On 1/9/2008 7:40:25 PM, Warren Ockrassa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Jan 9, 2008, at 3:09 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > An interesting little article about what you are doing when you > > are > > doing nothing. > > > > http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1580364,00.html > > This isn't Zen, actually,
Of course not.<G> But I think it is an apt description of what people tend to ^think^ they are doing during idle-minded moments. >which really *is* about doing nothing, and > the "time travel" aspect of the brain is actually extremely > well-known > to Buddhist meditators. The idling mind is seen in Buddhist > psychology > to be absolutely packed full of discursive thought, virtually all of > which is concerned either with reliving the past or anticipating the > future. > My understanding, introspective and otherwise, is that human brains model one's experiences and potential outcomes pretty much constantly. The only time I seem to drop out of this mode is when I have to focus on something immediate such as a conversation.Even when I am working I seem to be modeling what I am working on and only stop to perform individual tasks. xponent Modeler Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l