Excellent insight. The distinction between passive and active introspection is brilliant Thank you, Henrik.
Regarding the value of holding off on the passive type, I highly recommend Lewis Thomas's essay "The Attic of the Brain," which makes essentially the same point by arguing that there's creative danger in psychoanalysis and other such means by which we seek to become too acutely aware of the contents of our own subconscious minds.
Two kinds of introspection
Excellent insight. The distinction between passive and active introspection is brilliant Thank you, Henrik.
Regarding the value of holding off on the passive type, I highly recommend Lewis Thomas's essay "The Attic of the Brain," which makes essentially the same point by arguing that there's creative danger in psychoanalysis and other such means by which we seek to become too acutely aware of the contents of our own subconscious minds.