Negative Thinking and positive thinking
When we think of thinking as positive thinking and negative thinking ,
that is , in dichotomous ways, it misleads us .
Since early childhood , we have been taught more with pair of opposites
than with similarities . We tend to think in dichotomous ways : black
and white , night and day , good and bad , small and big and so on and
so forth . The differences are stressed and not the similarities .
There have been thousands of books regarding positive thinking .
Come to think of it ; thinking is just thinking , it is not positive or
negative . Thinking is the vehicle in space . Whatever direction it
takes ;it has neither up nor down nor sideways . It is we , who are so
fond of cubbyholes , classifications , labels and X and Y axes aids to
thinking tend to give it a frame of reference from which to measure its
motion .
Conventionally , negative thinking is the name given to the spiral
staircase that comes down into itself that is it is concentric and
collapsing while positive thinking is the name given to the spiral that
is outward bound and expanding . But in the essence , both the concepts
are very much limited .
Thinking is moving , jumping , flying from one point to the next , next
to next and so on . it is neither spiralling inwards nor spiraling
outwards . It is not bound by space , thus whichever direction it goes
it just goes . There is no forward and no backward . It goes on
building on a platform of experiences till the need be , when it is
burdensome it just leaves the whole load and starts anew . At any point
in time it is new anyway . It does not have a starting point , not an
ending point . During its journey it can encompass many a milestones .
The essence of thinking is the movement . That is the reason why most
religions stress the value of tranquillity . When the mind is tranquil
it is in the maximum motion possible .
How ? Think for yourself !!
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