Thinking Again
Thursday, 10. April 2008, 18:55:21
When the mind is thinking, it is talking to itself. — Plato (427-347 BC), Greek philosopher.
Is this really true? If it is, then there must be one part of your mind that listens to another part that is talking. When I talk to myself (Aloud that is, which I do, on ocasion), I can hear what I'm saying, but I also know in my mind what I'm going to say before I say it, even when I know that no one else is listening, so what's the point? Why do I do it? Is that what I mean when I say, I'm just thinking out loud?
Can we control our own conscious thoughts? I know that most of us cannot control our subconscious thoughts, (Some have said they could). For instance when we are sleeping, and dreaming. But I wonder if it would be possible to have enough self discipline to control your every thought, every waking moment. There is an old saying that goes, "You can't stop the birds from flying over your head, but you can stop them from building a nest in your hair".
I think that if a thought comes into your mind that you don't want there, you must think of another thought to take it's place, but you must have something good in mind beforehand, and you must act quickly, or the thing that takes it's place may be worse than the original thought you were trying get rid of in the first place, and this could start a chain reaction of undesireable thoughts. So I think the key here is to keep that good thought handy, so those birds cannot build that nest in our hair. What do you think? (No pun intended).
Is this really true? If it is, then there must be one part of your mind that listens to another part that is talking. When I talk to myself (Aloud that is, which I do, on ocasion), I can hear what I'm saying, but I also know in my mind what I'm going to say before I say it, even when I know that no one else is listening, so what's the point? Why do I do it? Is that what I mean when I say, I'm just thinking out loud?
Can we control our own conscious thoughts? I know that most of us cannot control our subconscious thoughts, (Some have said they could). For instance when we are sleeping, and dreaming. But I wonder if it would be possible to have enough self discipline to control your every thought, every waking moment. There is an old saying that goes, "You can't stop the birds from flying over your head, but you can stop them from building a nest in your hair".
I think that if a thought comes into your mind that you don't want there, you must think of another thought to take it's place, but you must have something good in mind beforehand, and you must act quickly, or the thing that takes it's place may be worse than the original thought you were trying get rid of in the first place, and this could start a chain reaction of undesireable thoughts. So I think the key here is to keep that good thought handy, so those birds cannot build that nest in our hair. What do you think? (No pun intended).
