M1 Analogies

Metaphors and analogies

Unblocking the stream so that water can flow through.

Going to sleep so that fluids can flow through.

Brain swinging and relaxing on a hammock between 2 palm trees.

Diffuse thinking

Pinball Machine with tightly placed bumpers.

Focused way of thinking.

Pinball Machine with widely spaced bumpers.

Diffuse way of thinking.

Building strength by lifting weights gradually and consistently.

Building knowledge by learning gradually and consistently.

Ball going back and forth on ping pong table. Going back and forth between both sides of the table.

Learning by going back and forth between the 2 ways of thinking.

Knits up the loose threads of experience and concerns during the day and weaves them into the tapistry of your life story.

Sleep and how it changes your brain.

An intense 25-minute workout in a mental gym, followed by some mental relaxation.

Pomodoro Technique when experiencing procrastination.

Drawing a line with a marker over the same spot over and over again and the line becoming darker and darker.

Practice makes permanent. Especially when abstract you can make them reality. Neural thought patterns can be built and strengthened through practice.

Building brick houses and giving the concrete time to dry. Build a core foundation.

Don't cram and access your diffuse mode.

Metabolic Vampires sucking memories away.

Natural dissipating processes with memory.

Inefficient and foggy mental blackboard.

Working or Short Term Memory

A storage warehouse.

Long Term Memory

Clearing the table while you're still eating dinner.

Editing while you write.