messages of the mind

• Time and this forum by John Suler, 8/26/97
  • Time Distortion in Chatting Online by David Stein dstein@BloomStar.com, 9/7/97
    • re: time distortion by John Suler, 9/8/97
      
      

John makes an interesting point here: messages of the mind. If we presume that this behavior occurs, and that people are creating conscious thought while participating in on-line conversations, to then even begin investigating the what a person might be thinking seems impossible at best. Surely some of this thought HAS to be idle and not directly related to the current conversation(s). David seems to be implying that this has to be "bad" and non-productive.. a waste of ones time, so to speak. Has it occured to anyone that perhaps there are people who go onto the internet, and although they participate in the environment, they go there to free their minds and relish in the idle time to think and ponder? Most of our minds messages have direct purpose: to organize, to accomplish, to move forward, to keep all of the pieces in order so that they move in the direction we wish to go. "Idle" mind time, can be for some, a release valve.. a place where they can go and be with themselves. Quietly speaking to oneself, and having opportunity to listen to the answers, without distractions that "have" to be addressed. If we must speak of the "messages of the mind," then we must willingly acknowledge its infinite capabilities...

{least we forget the lurkers} Thanks for the forum..

• idle time by John, 10/4/98