Do you recall from a few years past when we started this pursuit? To integrate a perceived phenomena into logical structure (our conscious world) we need to pay attention, ask questions and make decisions. Both our attention span and time are very conserved and that disrupts the course. We have introduced a few items to help focus attention; testimonials, examples, social interaction and anomalies. These may help but we are still at the first step; to muster attention. To understand these limitations, we should have a look at signal to noise relationship.
All potential would yield a lot of noise—in fact every possible bit of data would be echoing all the time. Even our small logical world produces so much noise that we can only operate consciously with 7 +/- 2 bits of data (short term memory). Some of the noise we capture is recognized information. What we perceive of as noise may be data that we don’t yet distinguish. By design, we “hear” only mostly what we comprehend and may handle about 7 to 1 ratio translating the input signal. However, these feat filters out potential directives. Have you ever been out to dinner with friends at a noisy restaurant? You adjust to attend to your personal conversations and reduce the ambient sounds. Nice accommodation but it does narrow your range.
We created a new range and our goal is to find, from the space identified as phenomenon, a potential for us and convert that into a workable version to operate in our logical world. You are looking for something that you cannot see or understand and that is why it will take a lot of consideration. Now you get, perhaps, why I call this looking for clues? You spot (intuitively or abstractly) a small seed of an idea, attend more and start to ask questions. Very much like a jigsaw puzzle without a picture of the complete image and the pieces are mostly blank. Not impossible because most humans perform this task several times in a lifetime. Many people search and don’t notice the clues until they relax their attention. You take a break and you are suddenly flooded with ideas. At this point, asking questions and narrowing down the options is paramount. Once you reach a threshold in attention, questions will weave the clues to map a plan for implementation. The same unconscious process (intuition) that selects and supports unconscious defensive patterns is being trained by your focused attention to operate in support of clues. When you ask an expert a question in their field, they rattle off a correct answer without hesitation. This same skill will map your potential.
For a start I recommend you think probabilistically, not in true/false binaries. Don’t be fooled by patterns in random noise. Distinguish noise and bias by separating facts from values. Take notes and mark them with a reference for the clue and the date. Many clues appear to be useless but develop in steps or bits of information unfolding over time and repetition. Have fun with the adventure and don’t rush, you are crafting your future.
Chriss
