1.I was thinking how to (re)vitalize my mind. I discovered during my talks & chats with friends and actually through scattered daily moments that for most of the time now my mind is not working, it is not thinking something productively, rather it seems to float along with no specific direction or destination. I seem to be in a perpetual maze. Now what is the solution?
There are 3 scenarios in which the problem pops up, or rather is most visible:
-I enter a social situation, ie. to meet someone. At best I stay silent. What makes it difficult is that I just know them but not familiar with them, I dont see them quite often, dont know their experience, story, so I dont know how to start, from which aspect.At this moment my mind was paralyzed and seemed to fall into a maze. At least I should think. How to solve this situation.?
-When I was reading, I was doing it as a programmed reaction, my mind seemed to float along the lines of letter. I may understand the meaning of the sentences but I dont have control over whats going on. So in any moment when I realized just that I could immediately speed up and feel that I was getting a better grasp of the material. The problem is just how to stop the maze ?
-When I have nothing to do, like on a bus :)
2.Regarding the first aspect above, one thing I can do is to make a list of the situation that I have failed, and when I sit back, think how to solve them.
The first situation of that kind is just how to start warming up with someone you may recognize but know not very well.
-For the second point, perhaps I can try reading some difficult materials, esp philosophy. I must make a determined, conscious effort if I want to see any effect.
There's something else I want to write but I forgot already :(