RE: Ecotrain Question of the Week: The unconscious mind
This really is an amazingly concise and detailed article @misslasvegas!
What you said about animals really resonated with me.
The main difference between our way of conscious thinking and that in an animal is probably that we think more profoundly, while an animal reacts out of instinct.
I think something very similar, but i reckon that part of the human species problem is the ego self that's so intrinsically attached to our cognition. Animals don't seem to have this problem as much, if at all. Sure some can problem solve, but I don't think they're afflicted with the inner voice that is the root of most humans problems. I also think animals probably don't have as developed a sense of time. Meaning they don't constently worry about a projected future that they can't control, or agonise over past events they can't change. Lol, higher human thought had a lot to answer for 😉
Great response to the question of the week. I might have a crack at it tomorrow, but I doubt I'll cover things as amazingly as you have here 🙂
P.s. I listened to that video while I was doing the washing up. It was really something else.
Well, thank you @raj808! That's a huge compliment coming from you! Yes, animals do have some sort of memory, like about things that scared them, and I am positive they also have a collective memory about things they should fear, like fire, or humans in some cases. But like you said: their sense of time is not like ours, nor would they be bothered by too much overthinking. They're either scared of something, or they're not, but they don't think: 'Ooooh, I hope this is going to work! What if it's not?' And so on...Like in birth, for instance, they just 'do' while people get told what to do much too often. Try telling a dog not to push...LOL 😜
I'm looking forward to your view on all things unconscious 🙂.