The things that amazez me are likr a roulette wheel. Ususually it's all happenstance. If I see something on TV or hear about something on radio, or read about whatever.... and if it strikes my fancy.. I will temporarily develope a temporary psuedo-obsession with it and study whatever it is until I feel that my brain is as saturated as possible with that subject matter.... then I move on to the next thing... but i do not forget about the previous obsessions... they just kinda get tacked onto my psyche forever... When I was a kid I would get facinated by the most random things; then my elders would find me surrounded by encylopeadias and asking the most profound questions.. most of which they had no answers for.. I remember the first Gulf War, I got all about the history of Iraq and studied independantly about Saddam Hussein and his rise to power...
I don't know what any differentiation is in the choices that I make for things to obsess over... When i was a kid it was ALL science. Later on I got into fantasy stuff.. which got me into studying myths and legends and fables... which then got me into religion and spirituality...
The internet is interesting.. because it will lead me to mini-obsessions... One subject matter will lead me into another which will lead me into another.... and I'll go on for hours.. but I guess that's just normal "surfing".
I also used to play a mind game as a kid where I would sit and try to figure out HOW I came to be thinking about what I was thinking about at that moment... which I think did wonders in helping me expand my awareness of self a bit....I used to wonder if it were possible that all the thoughts in my head were tracable back to when I was born hehe... I would always go back as far as possible.... it was fun.
anyway
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