It's related to FLOW. When I was obsessed with the Eastern
  Orthodox Church, I read all about "flow" side of deep mystical
  prayer states, noticing the mind and emotions as they pass by.

  Then a few years later read "Flow" by Malcolm Gladwell... led to
  a slight infatuation with Gladwell ('til I realized he was
  popularizing commonly known things... but honestly, I'm glad he
  did - and he's a great storyteller. Still disappointed that it
  wasn't "new", but I liked how he packaged it together).

  Then, 2 years ago, I went on a quest to record my EVERY SINGLE
  THOUGHT... and spent 6 months writing every thought down...
  well, for the first three months, then it tapered. Thousands of
  notecards, things on the computer, etc.

  Learned a lot. Still working on that "I'm gonna find out who I
  am" project. Never ends, always fun. smile emoticon