Do we Use Thought, or Does Thought Use us?
¿DOMINAMOS NUESTRO PENSAMIENTO, O ESTAMOS A SU MERCED?Dada
¿Alguna vez has meditado acerca del mismo fenómeno del pensamiento? ¿de dónde sale y cómo éste nos afecta? ¿qué es lo que provoca que aparezca o desaparezca? ¿has pensado sobre el bucle de tensión y miedo en el que puede hacer que entremos causándonos sufrimiento?
Todos los pensamientos y emociones que albergamos consumen energía mental, y cada reflexión que hacemos bebe de nuestro torrente vital. Cada contenido psíquico está dotado de una determinada cantidad de valiosa energía. Malgastar constantemente tu energía funcionando de manera automática con los mismos patrones adictivos de pensamiento resulta decididamente estúpido e inútil. Tener tu mente funcionando permanente e indiscriminadamente, no solo consigue que derroches tu energía, sino que también produce agotamiento mental e invita a la aparición de enfermedades psicosomáticas.
Se necesitan muy pocos pensamientos para poder funcionar en nuestro día a día. No necesitamos recurrir a ellos sin una razón. Pensar no tiene por qué hacerse en automático.
Pero la verdad es que incluso cuando nos retiramos a dormir, el pensamiento no cesa. Durante el sueño sorprendentemente también hay maquinación. Nuestra mente no para de proyectar fantasías y miedos, dándole vueltas a aquellos deseos que aún no han sido satisfechos. La mente se embarca con entusiasmo y sin descanso en este juego, y la vida queda reducida así a una cadena de pensamientos.
Al igual que ocurre con el latido del corazón, la mente permanece activa a lo largo de toda la vida, creando afanosamente situaciones que después trata de resolver. En raras ocasiones estamos tranquilos, y jamás conseguimos un estado de relajación total. [...]
Te crees que eres tú quien domina tu mente, pero lo dudo. Es ella la que te domina a ti. Se apropia de tu fuerza vital, y lo hace en la medida en que te atrapa, te controla, te dice cómo has de emplearla y se impone sobre las personas y las cosas.
El fenómeno del pensamiento tiene una fuerza que absorbe, domina y agrede, entorpeciendo y mermando la fuente de la creatividad. El que seamos capaces de percibir sus límites, su acotado alcance y ordinaria naturaleza; sus patrones mecánicos e imperceptibles obsesiones, es llegar a verdaderamente comprender. Estamos hablando de empezar a despertar a la comprensión intuitiva.
El mundo está necesitando que adoptemos la fórmula que aporte una nueva dimensión a nuestra experiencia vital: eliminar el sesgo en nuestras percepciones; experimentar la existencia de manera inspiradora y alegre; vivir en paz y en libertad.
Si conseguimos que nuestra atención se vuelva introspectiva, aparecerá una nueva percepción. Ésta permitirá que conservemos nuestra libertad, independencia y unidad internas para espontáneamente funcionar como seres inspirados que somos. Entonces, desde nuestra misma respuesta humana veremos surgir una nueva fuente de energía. Será el nacimiento de una nueva comprensión libre de juicio que brotará desde dentro del corazón y se expandirá.
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: How do you relate to the notion of thoughts using us instead of us using thoughts? What does intuitive intelligence mean to you? Can you share a personal story that illustrates intuitive intelligence?
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21 Past Reflections
On Nov 26, 2013 Rajni Gohil wrote :
I have read a lot of power of positive thinking books and articles. And in daily life I see many things happening as i have thought.
Sanskrit scriptures say "Manomulam idam Jagat" e. i. Our whole world is a reflection of our thought. in other words , we creative our own world, by thinking.
To me intuitive intelligence is like God sending us warnings or inspirations. Full faith in God and acting accordingly leads us to higher plane in spirituality.
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On Nov 3, 2013 Luv4all wrote :
I believe each thought leads to a subtle impression, repetition deepens them and our life is a collection of all such impressions. It is very important to be mindful about what we think and engage with people or acts which help in developing positive, humane thought patterns. Defining what is good itself needs thoughtfulness :)
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On Oct 29, 2013 Jyoti wrote :
Thoughts can be used creatively, with training and awareness. Monkey mind can be tamed, with practice. If I did not belief that, I would not be teaching critical thinking !
On intuitive intelligence, sometimes I just know what I need to do, without thought, without rationale, without it being impulsive too -- but with clarity, almost perfect clarity. It feels absolutely right. That, to me, is intuitive intelligence. I have no choice and I am content or rather happy to have no choice, because even if I did, I would still be compelled to just do that which feels right in every which way. Interviewing to get into a prestigious college, I was waiting in the corridor outside the interview room, sizing up the other candidates, competition. One of them was pacing restlessly and somehow I knew she was going to be my friend. We both were accepted to the college, were okay friends, but now 30 years on, are still friends and perhaps best of friends. The initially weak ties have survived so much,... [View Full Comment]
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On Oct 29, 2013 Chris Walker wrote :
Just finished a day full of thought, this is the best reading I could have found to reflect on before I go to bed.
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On Oct 29, 2013 Mish wrote :
thoughts just passing through...letting them go...not giving them power .
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On Oct 27, 2013 a wrote :
The most simple personal story I can share related to the seed question given would be: Having a history of anxiety/panic, the evil one/ill thought "uses me" periodically when I'm on the road.
I was driving to Madison (pulling a load of my son's stuff in assisting him in his move from Milwaukee), following my husband,who was driving before me on the highway. Thoughts came . . . I'm trapped, I cannot do this, how am I going to get out of this situation (you get my drift) . . . that USED ME.
From experience, I USED THOUGHT . . . blasted cold air within the vehicle(to dry my wet with panic sweat face) . . . questioned "who would put negative thinking" in my head? . . . repeated the words "I can"! . . . until
God's truth returned in calm and assurance that, indeed, "I can" . . . "I could" . . . and "I would" finish the work I had begun!
Experience, too, tells me that ANY time/in ANY circumstance a disturbing thought or lie ONLY becomes our truth if... [View Full Comment]
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On Oct 26, 2013 david doane wrote :
Thinking makes a fine servant and a terrible master. I'm not sure who said that -- I definitely do believe it. I believe it is important that we have and use and control our thinking rather than our thinking have and use and control us. Our thinking is part of us, not us part of it. We have elevated thinking to a position of priority. Thinking is a primary left brain activity, and it is important that we at least equally utilize right brain attributes such as experience, feeling, intuition, dreaming, fantasy, nonlogic. I experience an I, and it is important that I be in charge of all qualities, including my thinking. Now I'm thinking that the author and I are thinking too much. To me, intuitive intelligence is intelligence that is right brain unconscious affective nonlogical intelligence. Actually, I think intuitive intelligence is operating and is part of our choices much more than we realize. When I make a decision because I have... [View Full Comment]
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On Oct 26, 2013 Thierry wrote :
It seems the author is speaking of the 95% of our so-called thinking which is vain, irrelevant, superficial, mechanical. The chattering mind. Yet to be aware of this chattering, of this wastage of energy, this also consumes energy while in a more focused way. It doesn't necessary follow that meditative watchfulness, must , of itself, generate new insights.. In my experience, insights come through sharing the thinking of others, whosoever whose thinking has meditative value, what is called wisdom. Which is in no way personal yet must make sense in my experience. The mind is like a huge reservoir not all of us can tap into directly. But we can tap into it indirectly through the mediation of others. This is how impersonal the mind is and how important thinking, in the meditative dimension, is.
Thought is restless, the more so as one does not attend to it. Yet this is only half of the deal. The fact is that the more one attend... [View Full Comment]
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On Oct 24, 2013 Ganoba wrote :
For a long time now, I have stopped thinking. Thoughts/ideas come when there is a need to move on. They are in the form of suggestions and there is no compulsion to act associated with them.
The mind is now like the sky, not a Pandora's box.
Thoughts float across the mind like clouds. They do not effect the quality of the mind. They do their job and then go.
Life is beautiful and harmonious.
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On Oct 24, 2013 Conrad P Pritscher wrote :
After writing what I said earlier, I read this from tricycle. It applies to what Dada Is saying,
Tricycle Daily Dharma October 24, 2013
The Examined Life
Life is profound if you’re awake to see it. It’s one thing to draw from culture, it’s another thing to be drawn so deeply into the culture that your true nature disappears. Wisdom is not merely something to be gained with old age. One can be wise in every stage of one’s life. To manifest wisdom means simply to step back and see—to reflect, inquire, be aware, be disciplined, and be focused not once in a while, but all of the time, moment to moment. This life is precious and fleeting. Pay attention.
- Seido Ray Ronci, "The Examined Life"
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On Oct 24, 2013 Conrad P Pritscher wrote :
Before I read Dada,, I thought thought uses me and I use thought. When I notice I am one with everyone and everything, I notice I think I am one with everyone and everything. I have not been able to rid myself of my ego to become impersonal as Dada suggests. My level of understanding has not yet gone beyond "'my' level of understanding." There is no question that my thought is limited. I find great to joy in thinking about thought. Yesterday I made notes to write about "a thought too far," and "a thought to near ." I love to think about change and time which can't be clearly defined and I don't know what they are. I love fuzzy thinking. I believe it is possible to evolve beyond "personal understanding," but I have not done so. Shunryu Suzuki's statement about being not one and not two seems to apply here. The great value of "not knowing" also is helpful here. Perhaps if I allowed myself to "not think" more often I would naturally evo... [View Full Comment]