From there, she deems the process of self-definition to be "too depressing" and asserts that "the easiest way out is to stop any thought approaching introspection and to advise others whenever possible".
We become mere signal-processing units, quickly shepherding disjointed bits of information into and then out of short-term memory.... What we seem to be sacrificing in all our surfing and searching is our capacity to engage in the quieter, attentive modes of thought that underpin contemplation, reflection and introspection.
Philosophical problems of the self and introspection occupied his thoughts, but modern dance staked its claim when he met and married Martha Coleman, a dancer who had studied with Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey and later taught at the American Dance Festival.
I walked away from my Ashram experience feeling more in touch with myself and those around me. Paradoxically, this feeling of connectedness resulted from hours of isolation and introspection, from focusing on my thoughts, my body, and my experience.
The music is mostly quiet, a dynamic associated perhaps with the thoughts of introspection and quietude.
He did not think the third level of the a priori consists in cognitive structures in the subject's mind, structures we could discover by doing physiology (as, for example Helmholtz and Lange thought) or by introspection (as, for example, J.F. Fries and, in Cohen's own time, Jürgen Bona Meyer thought) (de Schmidt 1976: Ch. 2.3).
It's a time when sentimentality and introspection becomes the norm – and sitting alone with your thoughts may not be ideal.
Depression is associated with over-connectivity of the default mode network -- the brain network associated with self-consciousness, rumination and introspection -- which can lead to excessive negative self-thought.
Others are brilliant communicators, but because of the connection between their thoughts and the synapses firing and the words coming out, there isn't enough time and introspection.
There's humility and introspection for you.
