Your Vast Inner World, Part 2

Note: This is excerpted from a book I am writing for Autistics and those who work with Autistics. The book is designed to help Autistics personally, as well as help to educate the public on the many benefits of Autistic individuals.

Our Inner World versus Your “Real” World

Swiss Alps versus Detroit

Many people who are not autistics or geniuses will tell us to get out of our heads and into the “real” world. If they only knew what they are suggesting…

When you ask me to leave my inner world you are asking me to leave the Swiss Alps for downtown Detroit. Why would I want to do that?

We are Exploring

They also wonder why we spend so much time in our inner world. The answer is: we are exploring! Consider the Alps: how long does it take to explore all mountains and valleys of the Alps? A long time. And all of it is quite enjoyable. Well, that is what we are doing when we are deep within our inner worlds. We are exploring…we are exploring places just as beautiful and wonderful as these Swiss Alps.

Climbing Up the Mountain of Thought Experiments

Then there are the thought experiments. When we do thought experiments we are pondering a puzzle. We are manipulating and trying things out in our amazing scenery. This requires concentration and focus. It is a process, a mental labor in motion.

These thought experiments we do are very much like climbing a difficult mountain. It takes time. It requires concentration. It may take us a while to find the solution, just as it takes time to climb to the top of the difficult mountain.

But oh when we are there…what a wonderful view!! When you finally reach that peak, you can see very clearly. It makes so much sense. It is all so clear.

You couldn’t see that view while you are climbing up the mountain (you couldn’t see the answer while you were finding your way to the solution) but when you reach the top, you have it all figured out. And it is beautiful. It is all so simple, and so clear. Yes by God, it is beautiful.

Yet we would never get there if we didn’t explore. We wouldn’t see that view on the mountain if we didn’t spend our hours during the difficult climb to the top, and we wouldn’t see the beautiful solution to a mystery if we didn’t spend time concentrating on the puzzle.

Interrupting Our Thoughts Will Halt the Process of Discovery

This leads to another secret I want to share: when you ask us to come out of our world, when you ask us unrelated questions while we are deep in thought, our process stops. And it is hard to start it again.

Imagine the guy climbing up the mountain. He is struggling. Then he sees a path. Is it a path? It could be! This could be the path that leads to the top. And just as he starts going that direction, he is abruptly pulled down the mountain 500 feet. (He is not hurt, just disoriented). As he looks up, he can no longer see the path that he thought he discovered. It fades from view.

This is essentially the same thing that occurs when you pull us out of our thought experiments. I will often get an insight, a possible solution. I start out to explore. If I am not interrupted, I can pursue this path…sometimes to a dead end, but more often to advance forward. Yet if I am interrupted suddenly, then my insight disappears. The path is gone. When it is a minor interruption I may be able to continue, but keep pulling me out, and I might not find the hidden path again.

So the next time you want to pull an autistic or genius out of his deep thoughts, think twice. He may be on the verge of a great breakthrough in science, a revolutionary idea, a great benefit for humanity...and if we stop the process too soon we might lose this brilliant discovery.

Transforming Your World into Our World

There is another side to this story, one which everyone should embrace. We should bring the inner world of the Autistics, Geniuses, and Starseeds to your outer world. We should transform brown Kansas into emerald Oz. We should transform downtown Detroit into the Swiss Alps.

Now that the Autistic-Genius-Starseed has seen something wonderful, he must share it. Now that he has come up with a revolutionary idea, a breakthrough that will advance humanity, he must develop it and nurture it. Whether science, art, or any other arena, once the man has seen something amazing in his vast inner world, it is time to share it.

And the humans who have not seen it first hand, should embrace these discoveries and creations.

Encourage Autistics and Genius to be in their Inner Worlds

My final point is this: Autistics, Geniuses, and Starseeds have much to offer. They have many insights, many solutions. They will advance knowledge and understanding of science. They will advance the evolution of society. They will create amazing art. They will find effective ways to heal – both physically and emotionally. They will help move humans to a greater spiritual experience.

But they can only do that if they are encouraged. They have the talents, they have the natural abilities, they have the desires and interests. All you have to do is let them be in their “inner worlds”, and allow them to explore fully. Allow the Autistics, Geniuses, and Starseeds to do what they do best, and they will naturally come up with the brilliant discoveries on their own.

Read Part 1 here: “Your Vast Inner World – Part 1"

Read Part 3 here: “Your Vast Inner World – Part 3"