Obsidian’s main strength is the links between ideas.
When you write [[Note title]] — you create a two-way link between that note (the title) and the current one.
It’s like internal links, but more powerful:
- 📎 You combine ideas and don’t lose the context
- 🔁 Every link works both ways
- 📌 Even if the note doesn’t exist yet — Obsidian will create it
🌐 How it’s displayed
You can see the links:
- In the graph —
⌘Gor the “Graph View” icon
In the backlinks panel — bottom right
- In the preview of
[[links]]— just hover your mouse
💡 This is visual thinking: instead of a chaos of folders — a network of ideas.
⚡ Automating link entry
You don’t have to type [[ by hand — you can speed up the process:
- A hotkey: by default
[[appears after[[, and you can search for a note right away
💡 What’s the point of it all?
- 📚 You don’t need to remember everything — Obsidian remembers for you
- 🔍 Knowledge becomes accessible by links, not by folders
- 🧠 You start thinking in networks, not lists
📌 Links are the foundation of Obsidian. They turn notes into thinking.
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