WHEN THE MIND
IS FULL
The national science foundation estimated that on an average
people have 70000-80000 thoughts per day, with 80% of those being negative and
95% being repeated. This implies that we are not really thinking. Our mind is
being governed by the memory of earlier thoughts.
This is a huge embarrassment. It means only 5% of what we
think is new and 80% of that is negative. Suppose 75000 thoughts engage my mind
every day, 60000 of those are negative and only 3750 are new but sadly of these
too 3 It means our mind is full but of garbage. Viewed in the context of
scientific theory that humans use only 10% of their brain, I shudder to think
what if we used our brain for 100% of its capacity. What a catastrophic
situation!
And what could be these negative thoughts? Mostly-I cannot
do this, this or that is not possible, people are dishonest, and I have to stay
at arm’s length from them and so on.
And what are the positive thoughts? Let me do this, have my
meals and go to sleep- the very basic things for survival and existence.
The answer seems to be- stay occupied, meditate and think
positive. Of these staying occupied is the easiest to do. Working people have
no such big problem because they have a lot to keep them occupied. It is the
retired seniors who have all the time at their disposal, get little sleep and
are forced to be frugal in their eating habits. There can many ways of staying
occupied depending on individual situation, health and financials. Traveling,
reading, net surfing, TV, group activities in real or virtual world, engaging
in some household chores, ‘can do it myself’ instead of hiring help.
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