Is Thinking bad?

I used to think that thinking was good and when the head and heart were in conflict, the best chioce would be to go with the head. I used to agree with Einstein, who said "Thinking is difficult, that's why so few do it."

Now, or should I say, in The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle has given me a new perspective on thinking. I'm actually listening to A New Earth by ET, again, or shall I say, "anew." I'm listening to the audiobook and reading The Power of Now in written form.

ET says that most thinking is incessant, repetitious, and meaningless noise in your head. Most of it is completely unnecessary. I have heard that we think 60-70 thousand thoughts per day, and that 90% are the same thoughts as yesterday, so I have to agree with him.

In his book he quotes Shakespeare, "Nothing is bad or good, but thinking makes it so."

I need to think about this...

I'll write more later.

Typographical Error or Inspiration?

Happy Thinksgiving.

Maybe there should be a holiday for thinking. Or is that what Sunday is for? Keep holy the Sabbath day. Spend time in prayer or quiet meditation.

Thinking is not so popular these days. As a matter of fact, some teenagers in my class have told me it gives them a headache. I told them the only way to get past that is to think some more and make sure that they think at least 20 minutes per day. It's like exercise. The brain is like a muscle. If you use it, it gets stronger. If not it atrophies.

I actually believe that it may cause them discomfort. If you do nothing but talk on a cell phone, IM your friends, eat junk food, and sleep, I believe it could feel like pain if you read or concentrate for 20 minutes or so.

I can't imagine a world without books. I read voraciously. I often listen to audiobooks, but that's because I'm in the car and can't read a book and drive at the same time.

These are just some of my thoughts about reading and thinking.

Words are things

Does everyone think in words? I think so. Please post a comment or send an email if you don’t.

I do believe thoughts are powerful things. And we do have control over our thoughts to some extent. I believe we have more control over our spoken words than our thoughts. Because we usually think the words before we say them. And I have many thoughts that I do not choose to continue. I deliberately change them. I don’t dwell on sickness or injury or the worst that could happen. I choose to think about health, vibrant health and energy.

I am actually conducting an experiment right now. I affirm every morning and several times per day that I have so much energy, and lots of time. I always have time. I always have energy. I do schedule enough time for sleep and for meditation and self-hypnosis every day. I think that they are essential for me to have boundless energy. I don’t believe I can keep going beyond exhaustion if I don’t take care of myself. Affirmations and self-hypnosis are good, but not enough if I don’t take care of myself. I use affirmations and have had success with them before.

I got the idea for this experiment, because Mike Dooley issued a challenge for his audience to try, which was to keep saying, ”I’m so tired; I just don’t know why I’m exhausted all the time!” Even if you are lying. But I have no doubt that that would succeed and I prefer to create boundless energy, rather than exhaustion.

Inspiration

The space between your thots..

Wayne Dyer says that the average person has 60,000 thots per day. He says they are basically the same thots day after day.

60,000 thots a day! Use them wisely, for thots are things!
Mike Dooley says all you need is 5 minutes per day to visualize your future.

I'll write more about this when I finish listening to the CDs, Leverage the Universe and Engage the Magic by Mike Dooley. So far it is enlightening and inspirational!