How to think when answering questions?

[Ulax]

I am curious about answering this question of how to think when answering questions. 
 

I have seen Leo’s video on contemplation (thank you for that Leo). However, I would like to hear some more perspectives.

For example, how to think when describing something?

 

[Princess Arabia]

10 minutes ago, Ulax said:

I am curious about answering this question of how to think when answering questions. 
 

I have seen Leo’s video on contemplation (thank you for that Leo). However, I would like to hear some more perspectives.

For example, how to think when describing something?

 

Unclear. When answering questions or describing something?

[kavaris]

@Ulax

You almost have a good question. almost. but i would start by rephrasing it such that you arent asking about situations, as its hard to pin point what that means when you are asking "how do i think...", then adding, ".. when asking a question", or.. "when im describing something". It also feels like you want to ask about spirituality or consciousness work since you mentioned leo, and in that sense youd have to clarify if that is what you meant to say (p.s., i believe your allowed to ask leo and @ him directly, assuming thats what u want)

Therefore, your approach to asking your question requires some revision; at which point, what you are asking about might find a better fit. Something that would make more sense imo would be, e.g., "whats the right way to think about this area of research (*insert that thing youre researching*).." or ".. Whats the best way to think about this project im working on!?" (*insert project*), as that gives us context.

 

Edited Sunday at 03:30 AM by kavaris

[Ulax]

7 hours ago, Princess Arabia said:

Unclear. When answering questions or describing something?

@kavaris @Princess Arabia

Actually, I will change my question to two different questions.
 

1.) How should I think when describing something abstract? Ie describing what law is

2.) How should I think when describing something I am observing? Ie a game of tennis. 

Edited Sunday at 09:32 AM by Ulax

[Sucuk Ekmek]

How to think when answering questions?

You can try to approach this way: The one who asks the question becomes a question themselves.

Every question turns the questioner into the questioned.

So you can try to meet them there. If a dialogue is what you looking for.

9 hours ago, Ulax said:

 

For example, how to think when describing something?

 

My current progress is writing it down  and publishing it for public. What I found is It's hard to describe something without a well laid foundation and terms. I tried  social media to describe my history inquiries but my platform  choice was wrong, people left confused. Now I am in touch with a journal hope they can understand me better, so I can publish wider and literate audience.

Also pretty nice topic. From the get-go, you see how each of us describes things in our posts.

[Joshe]

I’ve been wanting to dive deep into cognition and map out all the ways it can be used. Consciously choosing various modes of cognition is one of my most-wanted skills. Ideally, we could choose the type of cognition required for our goal, but we have cognitive habits we’d have to break to achieve this. 

To describe something, you could think fast or slow. Slow might be to just stay preverbal and see how it’s fits in reality, structurally. Once you have the structure, consider the structure of the presentation. Once you have that structure, maybe look for adjectives for use in assembling your description. 

This reflects:

Preverbal awareness — perceptual immersion without jumping to language

Phenomenological noticing — tracking how the thing shows up in reality

Structural modeling — noticing shape, texture, relationships, behavior over time

Then: Presentation modeling — how you might present it clearly and meaningfully

Then: Lexical assembly — deliberately choosing adjectives or framing language to reflect that structure

Edited Sunday at 03:42 PM by Joshe

[UnbornTao]

It depends on what’s being addressed. Is it a watermelon, a principle, a mathematical formula, fear, soccer? Your question is useful - it invites new ways of thinking about things, even if they’re commonplace. But could you clarify it a bit more?

You can always go further by asking yourself more questions, like:

• What exactly am I trying to talk about?
• What’s my experience of it like?
• How am I relating to it? How does it affect me? What do I feel in relation to it?
• What would I say is there, as that particular thing, without considering its relationship to me? 

Edited Sunday at 08:37 PM by UnbornTao

[Ulax]

3 hours ago, UnbornTao said:

It depends on what’s being addressed. Is it a watermelon, a principle, a mathematical formula, fear, soccer? Your question is useful - it invites new ways of thinking about things, even if they’re commonplace. But could you clarify it a bit more?

You can always go further by asking yourself more questions, like:

• What exactly am I trying to talk about?
• What’s my experience of it like?
• How am I relating to it? How does it affect me? What do I feel in relation to it?
• What would I say is there, as that particular thing, without considering its relationship to me? 

Thanks.

Lets say describing the sport of football.

I like your idea of asking yourself further questions. 

[UnbornTao]

1 hour ago, Ulax said:

Thanks.

Lets say describing the sport of football.

I like your idea of asking yourself further questions. 

What is its purpose and what are the rules? How many players are on the pitch? What tactics are used? What’s the role of each player? Why do you like it - if you do? Have you ever played it? If so, what was your experience of that like? Questions like these can lead to useful answers. Sometimes, the responses don’t need to be extraordinary - just honest descriptions or explanations.

Also, if applicable, consider why the other person is asking. That context matters. Maybe they’re asking out of a desire to connect, to be entertained, or simply to start a conversation. In such cases, the question might just be a pretext for social interaction, and therefore secondary to that goal. 

[Hojo]

21 hours ago, Ulax said:

@kavaris @Princess Arabia

Actually, I will change my question to two different questions.
 

1.) How should I think when describing something abstract? Ie describing what law is

2.) How should I think when describing something I am observing? Ie a game of tennis. 

You could try by using imagination.

What is law? Its like a man sticking his hands out and handcuffs being put on him and a mallet. The mallet is a judge the judge is the head of the court room. The courtroom has some lawyers and people arguing about something that happened. They are making seperate cases for what they deem to he fair acts in society. The judge is slamming his mallet and deciding a victor. Someone loses and someone wins or its a draw.

What are some words that can describe this imagined scene.

[kavaris]

As long as you are asking questions, or asking a person to ask questions too, that is the best starter towards getting to the heart of what something is. If it is — say a sport you want to get better at, asking questions about the kindve form or ways to hold their racket, and sometimes that isnt something the player ever thought about, since it can be unconsciously trained, and thus it gets that player thinking more about their own form and how they can try doing it with say their left hand. You can get better if you are ambidextrious in a lot of sports, or especially on drum kit