Where are ones thoughts??

This bugs me...
When you picture something, a house /car /flowers whatever,where is that thought?

Think of something and try point to where the thing/ thought is..Is it inside your head or outside??

If in your head,how can so many images be there at once ,say for example a football pitch full of spectators,,,see what I mean .
AND AND move from that scene to a beach full of people,can you see both the beach and the pitch? Or just the one??
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Go sell 'crazy' someplace else, we're all stocked up here...

thedaras said:

This bugs me...
When you picture something, a house /car /flowers whatever,where is that thought?

Think of something and try point to where the thing/ thought is..Is it inside your head or outside??

If in your head,how can so many images be there at once ,say for example a football pitch full of spectators,,,see what I mean .
AND AND move from that scene to a beach full of people,can you see both the beach and the pitch? Or just the one??
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Funny that; my six year old said to me this morning: Mum how can I see two things at once? I can see what I'm looking at and at the same time because I'm thinking about my school, I can see it. Actually see it.

I didn't know what he was talking about either.


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I love the fact that a mental image can be so strong it can actually override your sense of vision. Used to happen to me all the time when I was young - school assembly, church etc.

Also, in a similar vein, isn't it strange how you can dream of people that you haven't actually met, that don't exist - you brain just invents them. E.g. I might have a dream tonight featuring a 'Sarah' character - she will have fully formed features, a distinct voice, personality etc but she doesn't exist. Or maybe I have seen her somewhere before but just don't remember. Or maybe she is a composite of a variety of people....

Caveat said:

I might have a dream tonight featuring a 'Sarah' character - she will have fully formed features, a distinct voice, personality etc but she doesn't exist.

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Oh yes

move from that scene to a beach full of people,can you see both the beach and the pitch? Or just the one??

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When you say MOVE from that scene, you leave it behind and its place is taken by the next one ,ugh ! maybe,

Anyway, there are times when I am looking at tv but visualising a hole in one on the golf course

thedaras said:

Is it inside your head or outside??

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D'you know - I have that trouble with voices