Thought Containers

Within all of us we have collections of Thought Containers... From preconceived notions, to learned ideas, to ways of thinking related to both nature and nurture... Our cultural myths, stories, narratives, and norms... Our beliefs and how we understand the world... The signs, symbols, words, gestures we have come to know, along with their explicit and implicit meanings...

All of these thought containers affect both how we take in and further understand the world, and how we interact and take action within the world. So often we abide by what we know and what we have come to know without question. We take action without too much conscious thought, taking comfort in, and relying on what we know for guidance. Our notions become a way of life with widespread implications, some intended and some unintended. We all have our "Red pills and Blue pills," often without knowing how or why our conceptions came to be...