"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
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.
I assume you consider yourself a high Empathy person ?
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