Higher consciousness = slower thinking?

[Manusia]

Anyone see themselves slowing down in thinking because seeing the old thinking pattern can't really work anymore? 

End of the year my consciousness expand.. I can use my old thinking pattern but I see it as stupid then not using it anymore deliberately.. But at the same time now I am kinda slow thinker.. Not fast like before.. I just cant endure the stupid things caused by overly fast mind construction.. Or I am just stupid? Or this is new recontexting process in my brain so my brain need to slowly build new neuron path so in order to be fast and efficient needing a time? Can psychedelic accelerate it?

I notice it while doing game, I wont do fast thinking.. I just avoid it.. Like kinda tired to so it haha. And my creative work too.. I just too lazy to think with old way of thinking.. Hate the overthinking mind that constantly create its own shadow. 

[Terell Kirby]

Hmm, maybe not slower thinking .. but elevated, more sophisticated thinking.

Becoming more conscious allows us to clearly see through our self deceptive and bullshit thoughts.

It's all about separating Truth from falsehood.

[Nahm]

Noticing & feeling reaction, slowin down and creating response. Not stupid at all.

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[BipolarGrowth]

I would say that for me it’s more like speeding up the rate of awareness/perception with the speed of thought either being very fast and creative, slow and settled, or somewhere in between depending on the state in the moment. The ability to perceive more sensations distinctly in a given timeframe has been the main change. 

[Tim R]

Thinking used to be an unconscious habit, now it's more of a conscious process, slower, more solid, less reactive and clearer. Still tend to overthink sometimes tho

[Gesundheit2]

Slower thinking for me is associated with meditative states. I've experienced serious lack of thoughts in certain states. But I don't think that slower thinking equals higher consciousness necessarily. Most of the times, slower thinking rather just means lower intelligence. But still, it's a lot easier to contemplate and dissect thoughts if they're few and not too overwhelming, which is why meditation is a very effective and useful practice. It probably takes a supermind to be able to handle the monkey mind at full force with high consciousness. Higher consciousness has more to do with quality and clarity of thoughts, regardless of speed. And if you can process a lot of high quality thoughts with enough clarity in very short time, then you probably have the supermind. But it's a skill that can be developed, and not entirely genetic, even though genes play a big role in my experience/opinion.

Edited December 27, 2021 by Gesundheit2