Continuity of thinking the same problem

Problem Dimension

The more you think about the problem itself, the more perspective you can gain through different angles each time you move on.

While I'm writing about "Thoughts that full of doubt" blog, a flash of insight about this thought is passing my mind, something called "isn't it really gonna rewire our brain to see differently a problem if we focus on the problem itself for a few days?". So I'm wondering, that if we focus on a specific problem for a few days, or longer maybe a few weeks, a new way to see it also changes.

As I'm writing this on the couch with the current biological state, I think it's fascinating to understand more of how our minds work together with our body strictly. Because what I'm going to eat tomorrow will be a different menu than today, the biological state at the atomic level should be different when I wake up tomorrow, the neuroplasticity shape of my brain tonight will slightly change tomorrow too. So does that mean a new way to see a problem might rise tomorrow too?

There's a quote for it "What you do on a daily basis (eat, read, thinking) becomes what your output will be (work, art, hobby)". As you focus on one single problem for a few days, it's changing slowly, like walking around the problem, seeing it from different angles, and sometimes the solution might appear, but sometimes finding the solution is not the ultimate goal.

Exploring is the ultimate reason why we do it, like what I'm doing right now with my thoughts. I love exploring mindfulness like this moment, where I'm writing on the couch, thinking about this "Continuum in Thinking the same problem" itself. Right now I don't really have a problem I need to solve quickly, but I like to wander around this problem to see if there's another lesson I can learn. It's quite funny because I found myself capitalizing on a single problem for wisdom, walking through it from every possible perspective to gain another insight.

Like a mountain in front of you, but you decide not to hike it yet. You decide to go around the mountain itself, to see it from different angles, maximizing the joy of watching the spectacle of God's creation, savoring each second to praise the beauty of it.

Sometimes the solution never appears, but I appreciate this thinking process. Within this moment I feel I'm becoming a human as essence of having "Independent Mind", while it's debatable whether we are really independent or not, but the process of trying to understand our problem better itself is making ourselves become better humans.

A problem can have so many dimensions, depending on what kind of knowledge we currently have right now. By letting it rest for a few days in our mind, our consciousness isn't forgetting about it, but bringing it to moment after moment, activity by activity.

I remember reading one of the chapters from a book that I already forgot the title of, maybe Discipline is Destiny (current book that I'm reading). The title of it is "Keep moving on". Humans are part of living organisms that need to move in order to live, but our society standardized us with living at the same place for the rest of our lives (even charges us with tax). While in essence we are supposed to "Move" like our ancestors, I think that's why when we go for a trip to anywhere, and then we come back home with a "Fresher" body. Maybe our animal instinct or grand predecessor instinct has been fulfilled, so we feel much more joy, happy, and fulfilled.

There are a lot of great thinkers in the past who rested from their work by walking in the park, going out somewhere, getting fresh air, getting new views. And by doing that outdoor activity we stimulate our brain to access another dimension of perspective. We might be stuck because of the room where we live right now, or stuck because of the work we do right now, but do not let your thoughts get stuck in one dimension, let them be free to wonder, let them be free to fly around.

And when the problem arises, don't try to solve it quickly if you don't know how to solve it. Don't act like you know if you feel you are going to mess things up if you try, but try "Moving On" physically, going out to a restaurant, walking in the park, or just sitting on the side of the road and watching people go by.

Thinking about the problem one or two times, but not many times, as you have to be in the present moment while doing all of that activity in the outside.

And hopefully the solution comes to you peacefully, not in a rush, and not in hectic thoughts, but at the right time and right moment.