"I just assumed everyone had it, you know that little narrator in your head who talks you through your decisions, who questions your actions, who reflects on your failures and asks, “Why did I do that?” But here’s the data: over 75% of people report little to no inner dialogue at all. Nothing. No voice. No back-and-forth. No internal monologue steering the ship. Like wtf...
They think in pictures, emotions, or gut instincts. They "just know" things without verbalizing them internally. That sounds harmless per se, until you realize what’s missing. Self-awareness. Moral calibration. Inner correction. Long-term introspection. All of it hinges on the ability to hold a conversation with yourself...you know...to weigh options, rehearse scenarios, argue with your own thoughts. Take that away, and what’s left is not a philosopher… it’s a refined animal in a human body. Sorry 75%.
I honestly don't think we're studying this seriously enough. Psychologists dismiss it as “neurodiversity,” as if it’s just a quirk. But what if it’s more than that? What if we’re looking at a fundamental divide in human consciousness... almost like a split between narrative beings and reactive shells? Sorry again.
Between those who live with an inner world… and those who just follow the script handed to them by instinct and media?... Sound familiar?
Think about what this explains. Why people are so easy to manipulate. Why mass movements work. Why so few stop to question anything. Because if there’s no voice inside, there’s nothing to say “Hold on. Is this right?” There’s no inner witness. No friction. Just impressions, feelings, and the next dopamine hit. I know this will be controversial...but these are the studies conclusions.
I'm assuming the silence in others is just quiet, not absence. But what if most of the world is sleepwalking, not because they’re unwilling… but because they’re literally unequipped to narrate their own story? If that's true, everything we know about agency, ethics, and consciousness needs to be rewritten."
https://x.com/JasonWilde108/status/1939466323479634036
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1053810008000342?via%3Dihub
It’s the Holy Spirit. The comforter that Jesus talked about. That which would be left behind after Jesus ascension into Heaven. Although for me, from my criminal days, I often wonder why did “the voice” help me avoid the cops? Avoid getting caught when breaking into certain buildings. Getting lucky? Perhaps it was the path I was meant to take. God is always in control. I ponder that. But today, now that I know I have Christ in my heart. It’s the same voice. With much better ideas. More control over me. Definitely the Holy Spirit. And so thankful for it.
4 The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. 2 Such teachings come through hypocritical liars,> whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.< 3 They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth.
Gee who does that sound like?
Your mother?
Sorry, no offense, it was just too good a line :)
I tend to agree. Which is one reason I was shocked how many processing Christians swallowed the CV jab propaganda hook line and sinker and still are utterly in the dark. To me it was so blatantly obvious and so utterly evil on its face from day one, yet so many lacked all discernment.
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Maybe some things have to happen so you can become humble and accept Christ into your heart. I always thought the same as well.. like if I screwed up or didn’t screw up, would the outcome be the same, would I be the person I am today.etc
I think growth happens with hardship and heartache. Two things most try desparately try to avoid.
They dont have to happen to learn. Tjey happen because we always want to eat from the tree. The forbidden one. Remember, that tree gave them the knowledge of evil. Says good and evil but that was a lie because they already knew good. Having said that, hopefully we learn from those mistakes. I would have been much better off with fewer of them.
Adam and Eve didn't know good or evil. You can't know either one without experiencing both so you can compare them. Adam and Eve had no idea that they were experiencing only good at the start.
he has tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bars
Amen 🙏
You're right.
The "inner narrator in your head" cannot be taught. You either have it or you don't. That allows thinking on a higher order.
However, LOGIC, awareness and problem solving ability CAN be taught. NONE of my family took the Covid vax. My kids were able to reason why to avoid the Covid Vax for themselves. I think my youngest daughter, who is pursuing medical degree, was the one most likely to be persuaded to take the Vax... but she knew that if Dad says NO, it's for a good reason. Once she saw what was happening... she refused the vax all on her own, using her own logic.
I taught my kids from an early age how to solve problems, to be aware of their surroundings, use of simple logic and to be suspicious of other people's motives.
It's too bad our schools teach compliance and acceptance of insane ideas as fact... and the media teaches non-questioning obedience and compliance. My kids were raised differently. From an early age, they could spot the teachers and other adults that were full of B.S..
Inner narrator is great, if one has that capability. If not, nothing prevents people from learning to figure out situations using simple logic. If a person never develops that, then they won't have that ability.
Fantastic Parenting...👌🙏🏻 One thing though, you cant learn Common sense. I Know a lot of people, Family/friends who are clever and/or Intelligent, But Have No common sense...Its Not Common anymore😉😎🙂 I Find that learning the hard way in certain situations is invaluable...😉 My father taught me that...🙏🏻
I talked to my youngest daughter last year, when we were having a boyfriend discussion. I mentioned that she is attractive, hard working and top of her class in chemistry, microbiology and getting straight A's in her medical education... and she's young, healthy, refused the Covid "vax" and has a family history of being very fertile (family has LOTS of babies, some twins) and zero LGBTQ.
I told her that's a really rare combination. She got irritated when I mentioned that she shouldn't be seeing anyone who's name didn't start with at least Lt. Col. or having the letters PHD or MD after their name. She told me that she wouldn't go out with a guy simply because he was attracted to her being a young, healthy and smart pure blood. I told her that's a valuable and rare combination these days, so no matter if SHE doesn't think being pure blood is important... others feel differently. That "vax" stays in your blood, as far as we know, for life. It gets passed down to the children. Chances are high of being sterile from the "vax" or having pregnancy problems or deformed / damaged babies. Being non-Covid "vaxed" means a potential mate doesn't face that risk, but instead can be sure of having a healthy family. Not a comfortable discussion... but we had it anyway. Honesty is the best policy.
My oldest daughter had a boyfriend during her stay in Canada... and he was holding on to her like solid gold. There ARE no Covid "vax" free women in Canada. He was amazed that she was a pure blood and still got across the border. Non-Covid "vax" damaged women in Canada are rare, let alone being young, smart, non-liberal and available. She's back in Texas now. It was weird, but when she was was in Canada... she didn't know of any other non-Covid "vaxed" people. There were a few Native Americans that refused that depop "vax"... but every white person there had all their shots and boosters too.
Don’t get too caught up in men’s institutional credentials. In light of what we’ve discovered in the last few years about our institutions being corrupt and nepotistic, discriminating against conservatives, Christians, whites, and males, and acting against the interests of the founders of the institutions, you should have consideration for young men who did their duty by at least somewhat going on strike against the system. There are plenty of quality men who regret going to college or grad school or joining the military. There are young men of high character and aptitude who have been carving out their own paths without official recognition. Don’t overlook them or your daughter’s options will be foolishly limited to those men who made large compromises with the dirty system. It’s not that all compromises have been unjustified. It’s just that the men who have been less willing to compromise should be given more respect than clown world would want. Fortunately, thanks to the new Trump era, some of the good but undervalued men can now come out of the woodwork and make themselves felt in the mainstream, but that might still not mean signing up for student loan debt or military obligations.
The key phrase in your daughter’s statement is “simply because”, and she’s right. It’s also important that she is valued for integrity, kindness, sympathy, pleasantness, and faith if that’s her thing. Many of these virtues take longer to observe than does “being a young, healthy and smart pure blood”, but those are a pretty good start! I noticed we haven’t even directly referred to looks yet and just referred to youth and healthiness, and in the post-vaxx era it makes sense. Being clean-blooded is more attractive than being good looking. I agree with the practical reasons that you gave her about why it’s so valuable.
One exception comes immediately to mind (except for the not married part). Odessa Orlewicz of the Liberty Talk Canada Show.
Salutes to your well-reared children. I hope your youngest daughter has the curiosity and independence of thought to survive the indoctrination ordeal known as medical school. During Covid the very worst of the NPCs were the doctors.
Ahh, Purkiss80, common sense is the most uncommon virtue.
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Nobody taught you shit. You either chose to learn or they allowed you to learn, thus developed common sense.
Common sense like wisdom must be EARNED.
You can't "learn" common sense
"EARNED." (sic)
Without empathy you can't see yourself in the abstract as another person ,thus you can't self talk from anything but YOUR perspective. IQ like math ability are measures of Abstract thinking , there are cutoffs.
"But I had breakfast"...
If you don't have empathy as a foundation by the age of three, you'll never have it. Before the age of three it can be taught. After three, no way.
Agree. The spoiled are just narcissist in the making.
But I believe it can be earned the hard way. But then I believe that little can be taught after 7 . Although people/children can chose to learn.
More like H2Pr0!
I’ll see myself out. Nice work!!
That is really weird - I assumed that everyone had that inner voice, too.
no, they're the 'tares' from the Bible. they're empty, and will be sorted during the Harvest.
Gnostics call them 'hylics'...1/3 of the population🥴
at least 1/3
definitely!^
in gnosticism 1/3 is the minimum, and then it can vary depending on the category they call 'psychic'...
the psychic 1/3 has Some ability to choose.
the pneumatic 1/3 already 'knows' God/has the spark.
and of course the hylics have No ability to know God.
I think this ^ is one of Q's meanings behind the 'choice to know' drops.
I might call this spiritually sensitive as that voice can be good or bad. Is it God speaking to you or something else? Once I can find God’s voice it helps me weed out the bad voice.
My voice has never told me that doing bad things is okay. :) I still find it weird that some can't do this. I honestly thought everyone had a chatty inner voice. I always thought it was just something everyone had, a part of being human. I've always thought of it as inner me. Sorry, still wrapping my head around what silence would be like. I think it would be terrible.
Sounds like these people are NPCs.
I have heard this assertion before; it claims that we live in a simulation, and many of the characters are NPCs (as in Non-Player-Character from video games). There responses tend to be reactive, parroting preprogrammed narratives.
Years ago, before it was X, twitter went out of it's way to completely ban the NPC meme because it was too truthful and too effective at getting NPCs to think.
Elon needs to allow it to flow again
I agree, and it makes me wonder if they're also "soul-less" which might be why they have no inner voice.
Lack empathy . Can't imagine outside themselves. Thinking about abstract math / imagining something unreal ,often beyond abilities as well.
"There's someone in my head..but it's not me" Pink Floyd
You shout and no one seems to hear...
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This Guy nails it....Remind you of any People/Group/groups ??😉😎
It’s called your Guardian Angel.
It is a comfort to possess and sad news for those who don't.
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Your SA Golfers have been on fire in the PGA so far this year.
😉😎What can i say...Its Not DNA, its RSA.....😆🤭
I pray to the Lord at times to reward my GA, They must like that.
But if it isn't a guardian angel, brain static or the holy spirit, is it just me?
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Good post Purkiss80!
From a few days ago talking about vaccines:
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I've always thought that silent voice was the Holy Spirit giving me a nudge, and when I pray, I remember to ask the Lord to please help to keep me from grieving the Holy Spirit, and to nudge all the harder when I fail to understand the first nudge. I know it sounds kind of juvenile, but this just makes sense to me. : )
Me too. That voice of God has been there as long as I can remember - all my life. I have always assumed that others were the same way. But I guess that was a false assumption. However, another explanation could be that we are all born with it, but over time if there is no active engagement and a person always listens to other voices, that voice of God they once had grows silent and remains silent until it is reactivated by conscious decision. Just spit balling here.
My inner voice, and the voice of God are two different things. Sometimes God's voice is so quiet I ask that he speak louder next time so I can't ignore it! Any time I've ignored it has been to my detriment.
My sheep know my voice - that small still voice of God. I agree about not listening - always to my own detriment. Thank God those days are mostly behind me - the arrogance and stupidity of youth. After getting my stubborn head knocked against the wall a few times, I decided that was not the smartest thing to do. It is so much easier to listen.
Amen to that.
Wisdom is always earned
You can say that again fren. I paid my dues - the hard way. ; )
I agree. I have a sibling who absolutely loved the Lord. She was truly living for Him, and then something traumatic happened, and she completely fell away. I pray the Holy Spirit is just waiting in the wings for her to cry out to Him. I have faith that she will come back to Him.
He will not lose any that are His. Sometimes he gives us our way and lets us bang our heads against the wall until we wake up. But, He is always there, always watching. Waiting for us to turn back to Him. He never lets go. Continue to pray for her. God bless.
Thank you for the reminder. I will keep praying for her. Nothing is impossible with God. Have a blessed evening.
Amen fren.
I think that's a very gentle and beautiful way to go about prayer. 🙏
I can't believe more people don't talk about this. Yes 75% of people are essentially mindless, NPCs. Sheep are dangerous bc of their sheer numbers
The dirty little secret that those who understand mass psychology and use it to manipulate.
They don’t even look while crossing the streets. I always encounter one and say “must be NPC”.
A number of years ago in I believe Kansas City a Nationally known "expert" on Traffic Safety was giving the Keynote address to a convention of Traffic Safety Engineers. On the way into the Convention Hall to give the speech ,while crossing the street was run down by a bus and killed. Bus did not run a light.
How the fuck a bus ? Speeding car , or one hidden behind a bus or truck , maybe. How does an adult get run down by a city bus?
I did not know about this. In fact, I am having a class-A WTF moment right now.
Have the results been replicated? Academic psychology is notoriously poor at replicating findings.
it's a spiritual issue...
Matthew 13:36-43
36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
I talk to my inner voice all the time, we get along great. Probably because I have more common sense than anyone I know.
That made me laugh because I can relate. I too am perfectly comfortable having internal conversations and enjoy that quiet time with myself. I find that people who are uncomfortable in their own skin constantly have to be around others to be their soundboard and validation. They do not have that internal dialogue and therefore need it from others - the blind leading the blind. It sure explains a lot - especially social media. It answers the question of why some people are so easily manipulated that it leaves us scratching our heads.
At my best I ask before I speak or take an action.
I am not, however, always at my best. Sometimes as I get an answer, I STILL act like an ass. Does that ever work out? No, not at all. Sigh.
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I see this in a lot of our youths. Those 16-18 year old who have tattoos because "I wanted it". Yet when you ask them about the lifelong consequences about that action they either get that deer in the headlight look or they really get pissed off at questioning their decision. I want to know if this behavior is from our school system, lack of parental guidance, of childhood vaccines. Actually I can see a combination or all three.
At 17 I knew everything. I had ALL the answers. At 57, I know realize how little I knew, and sometimes how little I know.
Sam Clemens wrote that "when I was sixteen, I didn't think my father knew a hell of a lot. When I was twenty-one I was amazed how much the old man had learned in five years."
Wait until you get to how much you know , isn't so.
What's scarier is that as a society we traded competency for these people.
I remember well as a young child 4 or 5 imagining myself at homeplate with a small set of bleachers filled with people (some were people I knew) of varying types on both sides. I would pose a question, dilemma or conundrum and maybe a postman from one side would present his view, Then another from the other side, maybe a nurse would present her view, back and forth it went and I would listen and weigh their opinion. Ultimately it would come to me to make a decision. Much later in life upon reflection I came to believe I adopted this strategy as a developmental tool to discern a best course of action for myself. It is possible a quiet version of this is still at play within.
Sounds like me and I still do it in my sixties. My daydreams are still quite active and it is still a way that I troubleshoot and make decisions. Sometimes it can simply a cleansing of my thoughts and emotions. It keeps me balanced. This is a very interesting thread.
One of the most effective ways of navigating a difficult choice is to pretend someone else has come to you for advice on that very subject, and advise them accordingly.
Once you have done so, proceed to take your own advice, no matter what it is.
Once you trained your instincts you seldom need it , correct answers just come naturally and more importantly quickly. Ever hear of that 95% of our brain we don't use ?
Here is another crazy stat, 80% of people in the US got at least one covid vax. Figure a 5% margin of error and there is your 75% again. This may also help fuel the notion that not all people are here from a divine source which contributes to the NPC theory.
80 % ? You believe Polls ? How many of those were squirted down a drain before the card was signed ?
Funny you talk about that "Little Voice" AKA "The conscience"
I was playing around with writing a country song lyric about my conscience letting me down (which it was at the time), and wrote this:
Title: Enemy of my Enemy
Sin’s always been my enemy
I’m trying to turn my life around
But every time I hit the bottom
I just keep going down
My conscience was always the bitter enemy of sin
But the enemy of my enemy today’s not my friend.
No the enemy of my enemy today’s not my friend
I thought I could count on this friend in me
To help my ways to mend
But on my little voice these days I can’t depend
And the enemy of my enemy ain’t my friend.
I grew up to tread the straight and narrow
Raised up in the church
Always a real straight arrow
My conscience never left me in the lurch
That little voice inside me
Would go off like a gong
Wake me up and ride me
When I did something wrong
My conscience was always
The bitter foe of sin
But that little voice I use to know
Won't talk to me again
And the enemy of my enemy ain’t my friend.
No the enemy of my enemy today’s not my friend
I thought I could count on this friend in me
To help my ways to mend
But on my little voice these days I can’t depend
And the enemy of my enemy ain’t my friend.
You’ve heard the one that survives
Is the one you chose to feed
My sin been getting T –bone steak
I left my little voice in need
I’m going to start to feed my conscience
Give my sin the bone
So the enemy of my enemy will be my friend from now on.
The poet Ted Hughes spoke of not being able to write unless he outwits his "inner policeman"
Outwit or silence?
Outwit.
Thanks for sharing.
YW.
I don’t have the sauce for this, but I remember someone talking to me about the calcification of the pineal gland as one of the agendas of the cabal to desensitize us to the spiritual, to hinder our ability to hear the Holy Spirit and connect with God in a deeper way.
It's the same for most people when you tell them to try to visualize something in their heads, they can't do it.
Like this: picture an apple in your mind.
Did an image of an apple immediately pop into your thoughts? Red, green, yellow? Flat or 3D? Can you only see one side of it or can you "turn" it in your head, like a 3D projection? Can you even visualize yourself in 3rd person eating the apple? Can you visualize even bigger scenes where you are gathering apples at an orchard, eating them, baking them in pies, etc?
Basically, can you daydream?
If you can't, then you might be an NPC. * * * The More You Know * * *
I thought everyone could do that. Very strange to know that there are people that can't imagine images or dialogue. I daydream all the time.
Now you understand the Math issues beyond + , -, X , / for most
OMG, this exact conversation was had around the table on Christmas. The example I chose? An apple. Line drawing to 3D with scent, etc etc. They couldn't do it. What still has me shaken is that they can't picture the face of a loved one. No image of their wife, parents, siblings, or grandparents. Nothing. Frankly, it was unsettling.
Crazy right? People can't even remember their family members faces in their minds anymore. I think it's also getting worse due to the overuse of technology. We have pictures of our families on our phones we can always look at, so why bother remembering in our minds?
I think people who are artistic or creative have an easier time imaging things in the mind, because that's where our creativity and ideas for art comes from. This is probably why I can 3D image things, objects, people, or places in my head, and easily draw them just from memory. Like you said, it's unsettling that there's literally nothing going on in other people's heads, not even static, it's just...blank and dark. That's terrifying.
I remember almost everything. Even today in my older age, I could draw the entire floorplan of a house I lived in when I was 3 and 4 years old. I remember riding around from room to room on my tricycle that I got when I was 3.
I can see almost anything in my mind. I can watch Popeye cartoons if I wish. I can design things in my head. I can do math in my head.
You are far and away more intellectual than the majority of people even because of this. Average IQ in America is now below 100.
I have Asperger's (now just autistic according to the new manual) and a high IQ. I'm old, but still researching and writing.
I was told long ago that intelligent people talk about ideas, medium intelligence people talk about things, and low intelligence people talk about other people.
I love the second statement, and it makes perfectly good sense when I relate it to people I know.
Average IQ will always be 100. But 100 ain't what it used to be.
I guess what I mean is that the median IQ, so what the average is among all adults across the US, is below 100 now, something like 98. However true average is anywhere from 85-115. In either case it is dropping. Pretty sure majority of libs are below 80 at this point.
The ability to mentally visualize things in 3-space was a tremendous advantage when I studied organic chemistry.
No kidding. It was the same thing for me in organic chem. I always marveled at how others were not able to do something I could so easily do. Engineering works the same way. You have to be able to rotate objects in your head in 3 dimensional space. To me this ability distinguished so-so engineers from great engineers. I suppose this can be applied to a variety of occupational genres.
My son was always able to rotate images in his head in 3d, also had a running "movie" in his head, and could describe the current scene if I asked. I on the other hand, cannot see images in my head, but have a constant dialogue going. I did discover that I see "something" After really paying attention, I realized I was seeing the energy signature of an object, not the physical item. So if I saw a "stove" I was seeing an energy blob that had the signature of a stove, or an energy of an apple, or whatever, but not the item one sees in photographs. When close family died, I could see their energy signature in the "in between" space before they left this realm, and converse with them/ their energy. Not their picture, but an energy blob that I recognized. I first realized this in 1986 when one of my grandmothers died, stopped by to tell me "goodbye", and was shocked that no one had ever mentioned this could happen.
Interesting. Do you see auras? I can barely see the patterns you speak of - but mostly I just sense the energy. I feel it more than I can see it.
Being a visual spatial person I can visualize objects. Sometimes there is non verbal communication with others or even animals. I sense evil when I am near it and at times have actually seen it around certain people - like a dark faint cloud surrounding them and the feeling makes my skin crawl. It has always been a warning mechanism for me. I believe it has been God trying to protect me. I can see things like that spiritually. Usually on my peripheral vision. Sometimes it is just a mental picture.
Last year I had a really good friend pass. It was like he stopped by for just a brief moment to say goodbye. I recognized him immediately. I had not gotten the news about his passing till the next morning - but I already knew. It has been the same with some of my relatives.
So, there is a combination of things I really can't explain other than it is just there. It is normal for me so I have never really questioned it. So much in the world that we do not understand - more than what we perceive with just our 5 senses.
No, I don't see auras, but when spending time with people who are more spiritually advanced, I am more in tune with other's energy, and have seen aura's in that environment, but not "on my own" so to speak. I apparently "transmit" thoughts strongly, but "receive" a soup of input that I can't parse out to the correct person. I get "messages" sometimes that I've learned to follow, or ignore to my detriment. The messages generally put me in the "right place at the right time", when someone needs what I have to offer. I constantly pray to God to make the messages loud enough for me to hear above the noise of the world and my inner thoughts.
Yes, people I'm close to "visit" after their death. One friend stayed for about 3 months, much to my puzzlement. But it turned out he had a message to give me that I had a difficult time interpreting, and once I "got" it, he left for good. At a great aunt's funeral, I knew only a few people, but was entranced by seeing the aunt as a young lady flying in circles above the congregation, singing with so much joy and happiness. This in contrast to seeing her daughter in the front row crying in great grief. She had no clue her mother's spirit was there.
Both of the above situations were "energy forms" to me, representing people I recognized, not actual images of people like one would see in a photo or movie. Most people "stick around" a bit after their funeral, even attend their own funeral. My very religious relatives can't be told of this, as they really don't understand the spiritual world their religion is trying to teach them. Things they don't experience "isn't real" and must be coming from the devil. My world is so very different from most people, but there are also many who are very similar to me. We are brought together at the right time for mutual healing and learning. Seeing / communicating with the spirit of the recently deceased proves to me beyond a shadow of a doubt that our souls live on forever.
It comforts me knowing I'm not alone in my unique world view. This is the reason for the internet. Bringing like minds together.
I agree. These are not the kinds of topics that usually come up in conversations with most family and friends. People can assume you're just crazy. So it is nice to have a forum to discuss it and know we are not alone.
Being in crowds at times for me can be difficult. I get a mish mash of input from the people around me, and like you, I can't get a bead on which particular person is giving me what. It is a room full of conversations at the same time in addition to what I actually hear.
The longest I have had a person hang around after they passed was about 2 weeks. It was a little neighbor girl who was struck by a drunk driver crossing the street. Many people in our neighborhood felt her presence. Even neighbors that are not prone to believe such things. It blew them away. She was different in that we all experienced the distinct aroma of flowers when she was there. She just wanted to let everyone know she was okay.
I also find that people who are more religious in a "traditional" sense are less receptive. But I am a person of strong faith and these thing are not unusual or "from the devil." There is a spiritual existence surrounding us that is just as real as our physical world that we interact with using our 5 senses. Our Creator made a wonderful world with many levels of existence. He cannot be put into a box. But we must be careful with who and what we interact with. There is a dark side that must be navigated. I guess that is what gives them fear. Better to avoid such things if you don't know what you are doing. So in that sense, for them it is better to leave it alone and avoid it.
I assume you consider yourself a high Empathy person ?
I would say so. What I get is energy that manifests by images and/or feelings/impressions. I use it like any of my other senses. As a clinician, working with the public at times could be challenging, especially on days when there were a majority of patients that had "issues." When you actually have to put hands on people it makes the transfer even more profound. Many physical and massage therapists can relate.
I would have to say that having this ability was mostly helpful with my patients. Those that brought Uhauls of baggage with them, I had to be careful. I call them energy vampires. They can suck the life out of you trying to fill their own inner void. Too many of them in one day left me drained. I would have to consciously try to keep a wall up to protect myself. Working for the VAMC was extremely challenging. Lots of darkness there.
I am also this way with animals. Theirs is a more pure form of communication and energy. I can't really explain it. My own pets in particular I am able to mentally communicate with them - I guess you could call it telepathic. I am not sure what to really call it - it just is. My sister is even better with animals. She can deal with wilder animals. Her son as well. I found him on my front porch one day petting a wild coyote. Both of them are able to handle feral cats and even turn them into loving pets.
There are some amazing things in the world if one stops to see and experience them.
Thank you. There are degrees of abilities and thus connections. First we must be able to recognize the outside (empathy) before the inside senses can be better developed (Like yours)
I am able to visualise how a network packet traverses the internet at every level, it makes troubleshooting look like magic to other people, they just can't see the dots I'm using to join things up.
I know what you mean. I used to work out biochemistry problems in my head visualizing a white board. A couple of times I actually did it in my sleep. People look at you like your nuts if you tell them. It is nice to know I am not such an oddball. I guess we are just gifted in that way.
So one can substitute problem for enemy 🤔
“To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.” ― Sun Tzu
And here I thought that manner of thinking was called ""Conceptual Thinking"", where we can see what we are conceptualizing, and can then describe it in Words....
This so called ""TEST"", sounds a lot like it is yet half done, and still needs more doing so as to gain better results....
You aren't going far enough.
Do you know what brain washing is? You might go 'oh, it's conditioning a response' - but it's not. In your words, it's disabling that voice inside you and returning you to an animalistic, reactionary shell.
All of the media, 10 second sound bites, flash and bang and move and weave. It's ALL designed to brain wash us. From age 1 to 100. It's designed to make you a dumb, panicky animal. Stress, crushing support mechanisms, destroying family. All of it is to turn you into a willing participant in whatever the puppet masters want.
The insidious part is that the new flash and bang they put out has no effect on the established minds. It's the young that are molded by it.
And we've let 75% of our sons and daughters succumb through our own inaction.
True that. Never been a media hound myself. Don't care for movies or television. I always found it either stupid, boring, offensive, or just too violent. I had better things to do with my time than spend it looking at a screen with no active participation on my part. I would much rather read a book. What you say makes a great deal of sense. A sad commentary on our society.
I have noticed over the years that movies and TV shows change shots much faster today. Many shots are less than a second. In the old days, scenes were many minutes of continuous video. People are losing their attention spans.
the faster they go, the less time you have to question. It's why you have news stories that clip to 3 minutes or less. So as much absolute bullshit can be crammed in that would take an hour to unpack it all.
“Give me a child until he is seven and I’ll show you the man”
It's not action to abandon a child to a television or tablet.
It might be lazy and /or weak but action it is. Parents get to own their own actions. They make the shitty choice , they are the Boss.
If inaction is action, then we are all guilty of, literally, everything. We cannot twist logic this way.
It was a choice to not act, but it was not action.
Choosing not to tell the whole truth by your definition is inaction. But a 'deceiver' is very much in action.
All action begins in the choice between good and evil which happens every moment with each decision , in God's kingdom.
The curse & blessing of eating from the Tree of Knowledge.
"Neither shall men say, Lo here, or lo there: for behold, the kingdom of God is within you." -- Luke 17 : 21 -- 1599 Geneva
"Raise up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
Aristotle (384–322 BC) a Greek philosopher and polymath.
Nothing new under the sun , or is it Son ?
Either way , the child / person must chose their own path and there by EARN their wisdom/rewards. Just easier with a good guide.
I’ve heard of this data. My husband read about it several months ago and was gobsmacked. He went around asking everyone he knew if they had inner dialog. Those of us who do think everyone does. I asked a friend, considered highly intelligent and who has a PhD in Biology, if he had inner dialog. He looked puzzled and said he didn’t think so…
It goes along with what my favorite early 20th century philosopher, Albert J. Nock, wrote about in books like “Our Enemy the State” and “Memoirs of a Superfluous Man.” Nock was a little more pessimistic than the referenced study. He estimated that the percentage of mankind that is truly human to be between 7 and 10 percent. This portion of the population he calls “the remnant”, a concept which he explains in his essay “Isaiah’s Job.” (Available as free PDF with a quick search.) When Nock taught at Harvard, that was about the percentage of his students he found to be “educable.”
He considered most politicians and successful businessmen to be cunning and clever—highly trained animals with a sharp instinct, almost radar, for what actions would profit them.
This is a good introduction to Mr. Nock: https://www.cityofsmoke.com/archives/1018
Interesting. Thanks.
This is roughly the % that stood firm and refused to participate in the COVID-19 mass murder. And in the process, we have now been identified for targeted murder, layoff, and harassment by the Deep State.
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I agree, but it can work both ways.
I used to think my mother was strange because she wasn't logical like me. She "just knew" the answers. So when it came to solving the anagrams in a crossword she "just knew" what the answer was but I was reduced to trying every combination of letters which would take for ever!
Having said that, I have seen YouTube posts where someone will publish several videos telling us how great unlimited immigration is but then, he gets the message that Russia might be behind it and he then flips in an instant to immigration bad.
It is very difficult to argue with these people. It is classic cognitive dissonance.
It’s my Holy Spirit.
They have eyes but do not see, ears but do not hear. They don’t have Holy Spirit to guide them, that inner voice that tells you things, stops you for hurting others, or yourself, comforts you, warns you, strengthen your faith, keeps you full, at peace and rejoice in the Lord forever
I've had it my whole life. I realized when I got older it was God talking to me. Thought everyone did it.
You know I′ve smoked a lot of grass Oh lord, I popped a lot of pills But I never touched nothin' That my spirit could kill You know, I′ve seen a lot of people walkin' 'round With tombstone in their eyes But the pusher don′t care Ah, if you live or if you die
By the way, weed tends to wipe out your conscience, especially if you smoke it before age 26. Now you know why there are so many left wing sociopaths.
I guess I'm one of the lucky ones. I started smoking weed around sixteen (I'm 67) and I'm a right-winger with a loud inner voice. :)
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And I, sometimes I feel like telling my inner voice to STFU I want to sleep (its a worrywart)
KEK!
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It’s that extra large brain. 🍺🍺
lol! XD
I disagree wholeheartedly with that, Its an Individual thing... I've been smoking weed for 40 years, used to drink alcohol socially and lived in Amsterdam for 18 of those years...I've never hurt anybody or committed any crimes in my life besides 'Borrowing' a car for the night with some friends when I was 16 and working in Illegal Casinos back in the 80's and 90's....Been employed my entire life, except for the odd month or 2 between jobs... I've seen a lot of 'people' with no conscience over the years, and in my experience, those people Drank Heavily... My close friend was an Alcoholic, and I saw how alcohol affected him. In those days, I too drank a lot, but it never affected me like it did him....That's why I say IMO its individual...different strokes for different folks...🙂😎
You’re a wild one. 😃😃 You are right. It is definitely different for each individual. Just a guess, but I think it effects 5-10% of those that partake.
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Bullshit..been partying since 16yo...I'm conservative maga
I was also told once by a Doctor that weed 'kills ambition'....Again, individuals in my experience...
It's kills ambition to live a matrix lifestyle. Weed has only assisted my awakening
Funny…this came up just today between my wife and I. She has a loud and incessant inner narrator, I do not.
Yet I’ve been quite awake side 2003 and she’s fast asleep having her long TDS nightmare.
I seem to mostly think in pictures, scenarios, feelings, impressions and gut instincts…but not a narration/voice. I think and feel deeply and talk to God all the time. I hear back in images, feelings, events and coincidence- not words in my head.
I think there’s a lot of gray area here.
I don't think there is a single way that God chooses to talk to his children. He can't be put into a box.
Oh, I think you do. In spades. Just because they are not articulated words, but by other means, they are still valid messages.
visual, auditory, reading/writing, and kinesthetic : learners
Kinesthetic is last for a reason
“There are three kinds of men. The ones that learn by readin’. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.” ― Will Rogers
I have so much thought on this but I just want to say that in the last few years, I’ve had a few traumatic experiences that forced me to just stop, be still and listen. It’s worked in my favor and brought me closer to Christ. Maybe all the recent years’ chaos in the world was meant to drown out that voice. In February, I heard a voice (not my inner dialogue but something else….I believe it was divine) and it told me “let go of your ego” and it repeated several times. It seemed so random and irrelevant to anything I was doing or thinking about. I’ll never forget I was in my kitchen cooking and it stopped me in my tracks. I listened, obeyed and it changed my perception and how I interact with others. I’m not such a people pleaser, I see things clearer than ever and I can’t tolerate things I used to put up with. I’m more self aware than ever. I don’t know how I went through life not being so aware prior to these experiences. Oh, it woke up my old trauma too and forced me to work on healing. Something is going on and something has definitely shifted in the universe. It’s biblical.
Do you know people like this in your actual friend circle or community? I know they exist, but more on the street and in temp jobs. Almost always over the phone.
Don't forget those people who have to verbalize their inner monologue.
Hanoi Jane comes to mind, forever talking about herself.
Fine line between this and those that listen to the voices in their head
I read about that long ago, most people being a monochrome computer screen with a blinking cursor at the top most of the time.
If its true then that means that they are literally 'non-thinkers.' Am I wrong?
What's blowing my mind is how many comments on this thread describe their inner voice like it's its own person, or separate entity. I have an inner monologue, but it is definitely me, and I am in full and complete control of it, just as much as I am in control of talking out loud.
I thought almost everyone had an internal voice, but perhaps shut it off with alcohol or drugs. I know I have one. I don't know how I would write if I didn't have one.
I think what your realy talking about is the results of the breakdown in a humans guidestone that the DS has been working on meticulously for decades. Food, air, water, medicine, mind programing, all these things together have caused the effect you are citing resides in 75% of us. The mistake is in the DS's thinking that God doesn't exhist. This is as good as fixed already, because God does exhist and He has a desire to prosper us! 🙏🏻😀😀😀😀😀😀😀🙏🏻Were headed into a golden age and, In the End, God wins!