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I realized (decided?) early there was no St. Nick and all that it implied by extension and had Catholic angst for the next xx years until I overcame it with Zen. I sat up all that night staring into the abyss.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Is that your earliest memory? Or just a milestone memory?
I remember one time I was stuck in a weird state while falling asleep. My brain had disconnected my motor system for some heavy dreaming, but then my conscious mind did not relinquish control. I was stuck in a place where I could not move for 5-10 minutes, but I was awake. I could not even open my eyes. It was almost scary, but I was too comfortable to be scared.
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The earliest, and one of the single ones. I have no long-term emotional memory but for a few exceptions, e.g. the only thing I know from my not so recent past are things that were told me so often now that I know they probably took place, but I cannot remember them, not in the same way I remember what I did this morning.
I know things from the past that I learned, but not the ones I experienced. I have no memory of my childhood, previous jobs, children when they were little, my wedding, etc... But I know that I had earlier jobs and what I did there, that my children are indeed my children, etc...
What you experienced could be self-hypnosis, ticks all the marks. I never experienced that myself, sounds weird but fun 
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I find that the smart and brilliant ones tend to have the ability to see and argue all sides of an issue.
In my case, it allows me to simultaneously work out different parts of a problem or architecture, and run failure scenarios.
Once, when I needed some anti-depression medication for a short time, it quieted the extra dialog, and my productivity and ability to solve problems plummeted.
Now I embrace being a multi-threaded processor.
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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Mine is mostly there just to give me contra's or to find errors.
The solutions have to be made by my concious me and sometimes I can't manage to find the way to do something I am pretty sure it is possible, the only thing I am sure about is the 23 wrong ways to try it.
It can be very frustrating and on the same time, very easy to make enemies at work.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Message Closed
modified 15-May-23 19:06pm.
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I am not Jewish, for the record. I just really like Rabbi Twerski, whom I used to listen to periodically before he died. Clever guy.
As far as the pronunciation of Shalom, I am not sure.
You might ask Daniel Pfeffer, as he posted earlier on this thread. I think he would know.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
modified 20-Feb-23 13:28pm.
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Member 14968771 wrote: how do you pronounce Shalom ?
Is it SCHALOM or SCHOLOM ?
It depends. Askenazi (most European Jews) pronunciation differs from Sefaradi (descendants of the Jews expelled from Spain in 1492) pronunciation.
Ashkenazi Jews would say SCHOLOM or SCHOLEM
Sefaradi Jews would say SCHALOM.
The Sefaradi pronunciation has been almost universally accepted in Israel.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Your subconscious continues in the background and slowly surfaces some of it. Deja vu.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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When I have a problem that my conscious mind can't solve, I set it aside and do something unrelated. I often get the answer popping up while working on the second task.
Note quite the same as your named alter ego, but still evidence of multi-tasking.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Sure, most of us can multitask. It's just the way I do it is weird, or rather was. 
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Ditto. Sometimes, I use it like counting sheep, when going to sleep. Doing linked lists goes to ZZZZZ.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Yes. This, too, is my number 1 go-to for burned-out, stymied, stumped situations.
Distraction, seems to release the knot. Not always, but most of the time.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Terry Pratchett - "Maskerade", she had it too.
The only voice in my head is my wife telling me I did it wrong.
Granny Wetherwax
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I now feel disadvantaged, I have only a single stream in my head and am thankful for that- two of me on the inside would just be terrifying.
Damn, having someone/thing to help out with the tricky issues would have made life a lot simpler.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Sure thing.
It's called the default mode network. I've personified mine as a piano player, but he frowns when I try to name him and I respect that. Nice guy, helps me out a lot.
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It's called your subconscious. We all have it; nothing remarkable about it at all.
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I'm aware of that. That's not what I'm asking.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I have felt something like that.
For example, in school sometimes when a particularly nasty calculus problem bent my mind, the solution would come to me in a dream.
Once while playing "Burnout Paradise" I could not complete a race and an alternate route came to me in a dream. Next day the I found the route not only existed but saved me more than 10 seconds and helped me finish the race.
It still happens with problems programming problems that trouble me.
I have discussed with some friends, and they have felt something similar but not exactly in the same manner.
Maybe the solution "presents itself" while they're on the toilet or cooking, but dreaming it was novel to them. Still, I haven't felt that the one who solved the problem is not me.
Hence never felt the need to name it.
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I'm a runner. Before I started working remotely, I ran at lunchtime three days a week. After coming back from a run, many times I found a solution to the problem I'd been working on beforehand. This was in spite of the fact I didn't consciously think about the problem during the run. Brain chemistry is a funny thing.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I have at times considered that ones BRAIN is another being
and that your body is governed by that being
Not a great example thought is managed by input to the brain
When the body experiences pain it manages a reflex by talking to the BRAIN
I sometimes wonder who made the statement "The Brain has a mind of its own"
excuse me I am looking at a sweet roll my brain tells me it is time to eat!
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I think "Scout" is your right-brain - not constrained by logic nor syntax it is what raised us as a species above many others . . it is the very essence (and purest form) of intelligence.
Think of it as the part of your brain computer running only in it's native environment - unlike your left-brain which is running (probably vertical multi-level) interpreters but having the advantage of being accessible to your conscious thought processes . .
My "Scout" manifests most in the short period between sleep and me being fully awake - I think of it as that time where the barrier between the two hemispheres' connection is at it's thinnest . .
Just what I think . . YMMV . .
A few are great.
I am small.
Together we are the Universe.
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Fleece bygone indictment (10)
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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C'mon then we give up 
Edit
I think we both posted simultaneously
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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See above!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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