How do you explain "how" a thought just popped into your head?

Answer 1

Sometimes by following the branches instead of seeking the root. Sometimes it's like Hermes or Mercury { messengers of the light, the orginal angles} giving the wisdom of life.

Answer 2

To me it is like a light or something pops up somewhere to the top right of my head, and it really is like: KCHINGG

It is hard to explain, because the thought suddenly just pushes it's way up trough heaps of scattered random thoughts, maybe there is somekind of searching system in your head, and if it finds something the alarm goes, and the thought is shown to you on a silver platter.

Answer 3

InSPIRation. It comes from SPIRIT. But it can be
good or bad.
Shamans talk about evil spirits that are elemental type
beings. It's their job to break down psychic matter to
be recycled by the forces of Creation. And they put
negative thoughts in our minds. Like when you say
something dumb that makes an arguement 10 times worse, and you ask yourself, "Why did I say that?"
But there are higher beings that communicate
telepathically with us. Just don't believe everything you
hear. Your heart will tell you what's right.

Answer 4

Neural synapses in the pre-frontal cortex fire continuously so dozens of thoughts just pop into our head at any given time but our brain only holds onto the ones that are of relevance.

Answer 5

Hypothetically speaking, thought IS reality. Thought forms exist independently of space and time. The physical brain is much like a tuning fork which resonates with the timeless archetype of the physical reality in question.

Complex physical configurations[advanced brains] are more capable of resonating[understanding] the complex thought forms.

That could be why snails are not capable of complex thoughts.

That is my guess ;)

Answer 6

People used to say "It was like a light bulb turned on inside my head". That's why all of those cartoons show a light bulb over someone's head when they suddenly get an idea out of the blue.

Answer 7

The five sense organs and the mind are constantly being bombarded by millions of stimuli.Sometime,the most subtle stimulus,like smell of urine could trigger off thoughts of:lust,revulsion,anger,etc;or light breeze blowing onto the face could trigger off thought of:holiday by the beach,etc.
All these happened very fast.

Answer 8

I'm sure theirs a scientific answer, like memory from visual viewing triggers past experience, triggers emotion, triggers somethign and on and on it goes, but eventually theres not enough science to explain the unknown and impossible.

Answer 9

That's your subconscious talking to you. When you "quiet" your logical, left side of the brain, your creative/intuitive right side pops answers into your head seemingly out of nowhere.

Answer 10

I cannot, sometimes it seems as if the thought is born there, other times it seems as if the thought is placed there by another. Perhaps me at another level? Maybe you or God put it there.