A Mental Defrag : Technique For Rebooting A Scattered Mind

• The purpose of a Mental Defrag is to give the mind an opportunity to reorganize the massive amount of information (thoughts, ideas, feelings) one is exposed to during the daily experience of being human.
• In direct contrast to the mainstream, assembly-line, approach of dealing with information by "focusing harder", "concentrating more", "further disciplining the mind".
• People organize their minds differently. The way one person processes information is different from the methods of another person. That is why the technique for slotting the information each individual person is exposed to, must be unique to the person.

The Computer Model Of The Mind

• The Computer Model of The Mind is exceptionally instructive in understanding how the human mind works. After all, computers are physical manifestations of the invisible world of human thoughts : a direct mirror by which to examine the way the human mind works.

The Mental Defrag Technique

1. Comfortable Chair. I'd recommend a Lazy Boy or a Recliner. Relax.
2. Lights Off or Low Light.
3. Let your mind go...Technically I call this process "Churning".

Churning

• Your mind will process vast amounts of information which will flash through your awareness like the "memory fast-forward" sequences in movies.
• You will remember things you have done during the day, yesterday, days ago, weeks ago, years ago.
• You will see endless amounts of imagery. The ability of sight enables us to see vast amounts of imagery every day of our lives.
  

What Does This All Do?

• Simply stated, it relieves the pressure of the accumulated wealth of knowledge a person has stored in their short-term memory, reprocesses that information into pieces which are suited to each person's unique mental framework, and stores those pieces in long-term memory for access when the need presents itself in the future.

What's The Secret To Getting A Mental Defrag Going?

• You have to let go.
  
• Let go of the way you have been conditioned to "be organized", "stand up straight", "tuck in your shirt", "be efficient", "be quiet", "be punctual".
• Let go of the belief that has been beat into you by a still-immature human species that you have to "organize your thoughts" and "be focused to succeed".
  
• The only thing you have to do in this life : is be true to yourself. That's it.
• Let your mind show you, what it needs to show you.

Going For A Mental Run

• Think of the process as going for a run, for your mind. Stretch your mental muscles.

Divergent Thinking

• Everyone on the planet is a genius at coming up with imaginative solutions to problems.
• Deers Run. Fish Swim. Humans Think. That's what we do.
• A Mental Defrag is letting your mind run and swim as fast and as much as it wants to.

"Free Your Mind."