Quotes About Thoughts

Just as a sexual fantasy can lead to sexual feelings, so can happy memories cheer us up, or melancholy thoughts make us reflective.

At first the flow of thoughts rushes like a waterfall, which sometimes discourages beginners, who feel their mind is out of control. Actually, the sense of a torrent of thoughts seems to be due to paying close attention to our natural state, which Asian cultures dub "monkey mind," for its wildly frenetic randomness.

ser consciente de uno mismo significa «ser consciente de nuestros estados de ánimo y de los pensamientos que tenemos acerca de esos estados de ánimo».

Instead of being swept away by that stream we can pause and see that these are just thoughts - and choose whether or not to act on them.

They concluded that the brain's default activity—what happens automatically when nothing much else goes on—seems to be mulling over our relationships.18

El estado de ánimo de las personas cuando su mente divaga tiende, hablando en términos generales, hacia lo displacentero, hasta el punto de que pensamientos con un contenido aparentemente neutro se ven ensombrecidos por una carga emocional negativa. Pareciera como si la mente errante fuese, en parte o casi totalmente, una de las causas de la infelicidad.

The very fact that about half of our thoughts are daydreams suggests there may well be some advantages to a mind that can entertain the fanciful.

A atenção plena permite-nos quebrar o fluxo de pensamentos que poderiam, caso contrário, levar-nos a ficar prisioneiros da infelicidade, transformando a nossa relação com o próprio pensamento. Em vez de sermos arrastados por esse fluxo, conseguimos parar e ver que isto são apenas pensamentos – e escolher agir ou não de acordo com eles.

A atenção plena desenvolve a nossa capacidade para observar a nossa experiência momento a momento de uma forma imparcial e não reativa. Praticamos o abandono dos pensamentos acerca de qualquer coisa em particular e abrimos o foco àquilo que nos vier à mente no fluxo da consciência, sem nos deixarmos perder no curso de pensamentos acerca de qualquer coisa em particular.

Psychologists use the rather ponderous term metacognition to refer to an awareness of thought process, and metamood to mean awareness of one's own emotions. I prefer the term self-awareness, in the sense of an ongoing attention to one's internal states.

Capturar uma mente divagante em ação é ardiloso; quase sempre, quando estamos perdidos em pensamentos, não conseguimos perceber que a nossa mente começou a vaguear no momento em que isso aconteceu. Notar que a nossa mente divagou assinala uma mudança na atividade cerebral; quanto maior for esta metaconsciência, mais fraca se torna a divagação da mente.

Según Damasio, para tomar una buena decisión tenemos que aplicar sentimientos a los pensamientos

He sat on benches and tried to get in a spooky mood.

Nothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about it

Nothing in our minds is ever really gone.

My mind is a blank. At this point my feelings are more important than anything else.

I needed to confess my sin: I was once again having impure thoughts about saving the world.

Don't believe every worried thought you have. Worried thoughts are notoriously inaccurate.

If I go on summer vacation, I'd make a funny video about it for YouTube. For Instagram I'd show the gorgeous pictures. Snapchat is for the little side moments, like the hotel room, the food. Twitter is for whatever thoughts that come to mind about the vacation.

Focus on good thoughts and good things will happen. Happy Wednesday stay positive. Think positive. Do positive a very good morning.

Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice.

The brain is a complex biological organ of great computational capability that constructs our sensory experiences, regulates our thoughts and emotions, and control our actions.