散漫的却又认真探索的发呆

从小就喜欢发呆，有的时候还让同学误以为我有心事，其实真的就是大脑在放空。发呆的感觉很爽（个人感觉），但是不知道人为什么会发呆？发呆对于我们有什么意义。。。

We tend to reproach ourselves for staring out of the window.You're supposed to be working or studying,taking off things on your to-do list.It can seem almost the definition of wasted time.It appears to produce  nothing,just serve no purpose.

There's no prestige in it,we don't go around saying,"I had a great day,the high point was staring out of the window".But maybe in  a better society,that's just the sort of thing people would say to one another.

The point of staring out of the window ,is paradoxically not to find out what's going on outside.It's rather an exercise in discovering the contents of our own minds.It's easy to imagine we know what we think ,what we feel and what's going on in our heads,but we rarely do entirely.

There's a huge amount of what makes us who we are that circulates unexplored and unusesd.It's shy and doesn't emerge under the pressure of direct questioning. if we do it right ,staring out of the window offers us a way to listen out for the quiet suggesions and perspectives of our inner nature's

The philosopher Plato suggested a metaphor for the mind,It's full of ideas,like birds fluttering around in the aviary of our brains. But,in order for the birds to settle, Plato understood that we need periods of calm.staring out of the window offers such an opportunity.

The potential of daydreaming isn't recognized by society's obsessed with productivity.But some of our greatest insights come when we stop trying to be purposeful and instead respect the creative potential of reveie.

Window daydreaming is a strategic rebellion against the excessive demands of the immediate but ultimately insignificant pressures. In favor of the diffuse but very serious search for the insights of our deep ourselves.

译文：我们往往因为看着窗外发呆而自责，你本应该在工作、学习或完成你任务清单上的事，而看着窗外发呆就是浪费时间。发呆就是一件毫无意义的事，我们不会到处去说，“我今天看着窗外发了一天呆，好开心啊”，因为发呆没什么好说的。

但是或许，在一个更好的社会中，发呆可能会成为人们的谈资。矛盾的是，发呆，并不是观察外面都发生什么，而是锻炼我们发掘思维深处的东西。我们总是轻易地认为，我们知道自己的想法和感受，但我们不会去实践。人的大脑里存在大量构成“自我”的元素，却还没有被发掘和利用。它们会藏起来，而且当人们处于疑惑状态时，就更不会出现了。如果做得对的话，盯着窗外发呆就会变成我们静静聆听自己内心的建议和观点的一个途径。

哲学家柏拉图给我们的大脑做了一个比喻，满脑的想法就像鸟笼中振翅而飞的鸟一样活跃。但是柏拉图认为，为了让这些活跃的思想静下来，我们需要冷静。而向窗外发呆正好向我们提供了这样一个机会。白日梦的潜力，并不会被醉心于生产力的社会所认可。但是，当我们不再急功近利的时候，我们就会领悟很多事情，同时会尊重幻想，也具有创造性。

对着窗外发呆，是对现在过度却完全无关紧要的要求的一种战略反抗。为了内心深处的自我，我们应该支持这种散漫的却又认真探索的发呆。