“When Thomas Edison was confronted with a particularly challenging problem, he would sleep in his chair while holding a steel ball in each of his hands. Eventually, he would slip into a deep enough stage of sleep where the ball would drop, wake him up, and a solution to his problem would pop into his mind. Everything comes from nothing, and Edison understood this concept of creating space for new thoughts to enter his mind instead of attempting to effort his way into solving problems with his old way of think-ing. He knew that old thinking would not give him the solution to his challenges.”
The capriciousness of the Muse. “She only reveals what she wants you to see.” Billy Joel
she is a fickle, fickle woman.
Loved this, captured the experience and in just the the right amount of ‘time.’
Man this just happened to me last night 🤷♂️
I find that in the wild just sitting i call it uncaused joy. The holiness of it can be intense
“When Thomas Edison was confronted with a particularly challenging problem, he would sleep in his chair while holding a steel ball in each of his hands. Eventually, he would slip into a deep enough stage of sleep where the ball would drop, wake him up, and a solution to his problem would pop into his mind. Everything comes from nothing, and Edison understood this concept of creating space for new thoughts to enter his mind instead of attempting to effort his way into solving problems with his old way of think-ing. He knew that old thinking would not give him the solution to his challenges.”
From Don't Believe Everything You Think (https://amzn.to/4kwgnkK)