The Mind Dance

NOT ALL THOUGHTS ARE CREATED EQUAL

Wise teachers throughout the ages have emphasized the important role that our thoughts play in our lives. Given the infinite diversity of thought types available to us, the question becomes, "Which thoughts?"

We can concentrate our attention or let it wander; think about the past, present, or future; ask questions or think of answers; make minor decisions or those with significant impact.

We can direct attention to our feelings, internal dialogue, or mental images; flavor any thought with a positive or negative attitude; electrify a notion with passionate caring; or diffuse it with ambivalence.

We can amplify our awareness with the energy and attention of synergistic dialogue; think about detailed issues or high level concepts; or vary our minds' brain waves between beta, alpha, theta, and delta.

All of these thought types can occur at various levels of conscious awareness and be organized within the context of heart frequencies or mind frequencies.


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If the hundreds of thousands of words in the English language can be formed from an alphabet of just 26 letters, imagine how many different thought combinations there must be. How are we to coordinate the mental dance between these various thoughts?


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Range of Thought Scale

Focus Daydreaming<-->Concentrating
Awareness Subconscious<-->Conscious
Time Orientation Past<-->Present<-->Future
Decision Minor<-->Destiny Shaping
Question Questions<-->Answers
Modality Kinesthetic<-->Auditory<-->Visual
Attitude Positive<-->Negative
Emotion Passionate<-->Ambivalent
Brain Wave Frequency Delta<-->Theta<-->Alpha<-->Beta
Dialogue None<-->Many People
Detail Level General<-->Specific
Metaphor Orientation<-->Ontological<-->Structural
Frequency Center Heart<-->Mind

This is excerpted from a great online resource. For more information on our ongoing mental dance... visit http://braindance.com/bd.htm by Patrick T. Magee author of Brain Dancing. Loads of free resources and information.

The Beginning

Advance Corporate Training Ltd. (ACT) is a brain-based learning specialist - our logo represents the six key secrets to ensuring learning takes hold in the learner and can transfer back to the workplace. Here are the six secrets and why engaging each one of them encourages higher learning levels.

Personal Relevance
(Association Cortex)
When we associate learning with what we already know, we are more open to a new idea. Info that supports our existing knowledge is better retained and transferred on-the-job.

Kinesthetic Learning
(Motor Cortex)
When we are engaged physically while learning, our brain operates more efficiently and we are better able to apply learned skills consistently.

Emotion & Engagement
(Somatosensory Cortex)
Emotion is often missing in many adult learning environments. When we emotionally connect to the material we learn more and deeper. ACT designs all its courses to engage this cortex.

Auditory Learning
(Auditory Cortex)
When we listen and speak we deepen our understanding. This cortex needs time to engage, so the start of all conversations should be “losable” data.

Visual Learning
(Visual Cortex)
We all need to have visual stimulation to be energized by learning. If we visualize our changed performance, we are more able to achieve it.

Broca's Area
Our ability to communicate clearly and to understand complex concepts is controlled here. Without learning that engages this area of the brain, we know but we don't understand and can't share our knowledge. True learning occurs after we achieve understanding, and performance change can not occur without understanding. This area was identified in 1861 by Pierre Paul Broca to be the “seat of articulation”.