Key 18,
Room for Reception.
The English inventor,
Francis Ronalds,
Demonstrated the first working telegraph system to the British Admiralty in the early 1820s.
Over a distance of 8 miles,
He showed how a message could be sent to a remote recipient.
This augured the information age.
It used a mode of communication known as half-duplex.
This meant that when you were transmitting,
You couldn't receive,
And vice versa.
This actually mimics how we operate as humans.
While we are talking,
It is difficult to listen to someone else.
It is a misconception that our brain is just a transmitter and generator of thought.
Like the telegraph system developed by Ronalds,
Each brain can both transmit and receive.
When we engage in inner chatter and commentary,
We cannot receive any external thought forms,
Such as ideas and inspirations.
We are only able to have one thought at a time.
Just think about that statement to see what I mean.
To make step changes forward in innovation,
Our brain has to be switched into receiver mode.
The best way by far to do this is to learn to meditate,
And to do this with our eyes and mind open.
Fortunately,
We can use the singular nature of thought to get into a deep meditative state.
Go for a walk,
And as your mind wanders and thoughts arrive,
Talk to them,
Ask them where they came from and who sent them.
You will notice that they go away,
Having been replaced by your questionings of them.
Next you find your questions become replaced by new thoughts,
So just repeat the process.
After going around this loop for a few times,
The brain gives up and has room for reception.
