26 July 2007

Thought and Spontaneity


It is in my opinion that a connection between fleeting thoughts and spontaneous action, specifically the action of recording these thoughts, is of value to an individual. These thoughts—epiphanies better describe them—though temporary in duration, reveal an outstanding amount of understanding. Their occurrence is near impossible to foretell, which should be fairly obvious as thought is a rather disorderly mental process, but it appears that the epiphanies formulate themselves during times of 'inattentiveness'.

Inattentiveness should not be taken as negligence, however; rather this inattentiveness occurs when one does not give much thought in carrying out some menial task. Doing such a task would leave one's mind open to the aforementioned epiphanies. Take for example brushing one's teeth: the process of such an act is embedded in one's long-term memory and so thinking of absolutely nothing, which in itself is something, is possible.

What exactly these momentary mental constructions reveal is largely due to what is being thought. If one were to begin thinking of the relationships and interactions between women and men, a possible revelation that could present itself might be that it is illogical for either of the two to dominate over or be subordinated by the other.

The spontaneous action of recording epiphanies within the shortest amount of time as possible should enable one to extract more from the epiphanies' revelations. Records will allow one to ponder over the exact meaning of the epiphanies and, in the end, incorporate them into one's greater knowledge.


Scientiam et intellectum