To Think

Thinking is the boon every human get after birth. When the child starts speaking after that it accumulates the experiences and it forms the thinking ability in it. From childhood when we start seeing things, observing it unknowingly we get the ability of thinking. Thinking process is not developed in animals as such. It is more developed in humans. We start observing things and try to put our past experience in it and this thinking get its own work, to think from different perspectives, from different angles, from different views.

Thinking generally grow much as you start reading people actually, observing them, reading lot of books, studying life’s psychology, studying different subjects materialistic and non-materialistic. This thinking ability has different viewpoints – how the childhood environment one get in family, their circumstances, how much he is influenced by his friends, relatives, some role models, goals or ambitions in life. Human thinks in different perspective may be by that perceptions also he developed. Thinking is good at one point as it will motivate you, provided the thinking is in much positive direction and considers thinking not in negative direction. Thinking positively will develop your optimism in life, it will help you to grow as a gentle person, it will help to see the life from a neutral point of view to solve your daily problems. etc.. So in one way thinking in positive direction is good to some extent. But thinking in excessive way in more and more analytical way is also harmful to individual. Too much thinking make someone very confusing person of his initiatives, of his actions, of his abilities in life. Therefore by too much thinking if the person is quite capable of doing things in life; it could effect on his inner strength also. So he become more confused about his actions.

Some individuals have habit of thinking in positive direction so it's good as it give assertive direction in life. And there should be limit to it. But some individuals have the habit of thinking about past always. It may be natural. On the top of that there are people who appreciate the good things in their life. And compare their past with the present things in life. Like how much they progressed and how much they lag behind achieving something. But there are people who always grumble about their shortcoming’s life; instead of what is there, what is not there in their life, in short; always not happy with life. Or some face some bad incidences in life. Some has very small small memories which made their past life miserable. So if the present is good then also they always think about past. Too much thinking also lead to many problems in life. But too much thinking about past also lead to many emotional, mental problems as well as psychosomatic diseases. If the person is again and again thinking about small small unhappiness of the past experiences or those people who struggle too much in life and then that thing they remind again as their past experiences then also they could get psychosomatic diseases. For the miserable past the attitude should be it is bygones so need to keep it bygones and need to be cautious and assertive towards present and future. 

So to mention why to think about past regularly? You will say if the past is good then can’t we think. I will say if the past is good it will motivate you. But keep it as a moment only to think if it will please you or remind you of some reward in life. But not to make it a habit. Thinking about past is not good at all, whether it is good past or bad past. Because somehow you lose your thinking control from present and go to past memories. Which is not going to help you anyhow. 

For imperfect things happened in past you can’t go back and change the past. Or make it more perfect. So why to think about the past and make the present stressful, or spoil it. Human is killing his present joy by this. It is very easy to write this. But very difficult to implement. But it can be achieved by lot of hard work on your mind. It’s not a one day or night's job. It’s the years and years study of your mind, your surroundings and what you expect from life. In short thinking about past memories shouldn’t be done whether they are good or bad. Human make lot of problems in life just by merely thinking on the past as well as future problems itself.

While living life also we should have much control on life. It is not easy as well as I said it is not one day thing. The change won’t happen in one day. Many people acquire this skill by lot of study of human emotions and some with spirituality also. As everyone know today’s human is confused, he has lot of enticements which could be false also. In this process it is very difficult to mold the mind to think in a better, optimistic and assertive way. But with a longer practice it is possible.  Most importantly we should be clear with it what is needed in life and what is most important in life.  e.g. earning money in life is need, essential part of life. But getting peace of mind is important part of life. So in order to get this, developing your mind and thought process in such a way is very important in life. 

There are some people who born with being wise itself. And the most beautiful thing is when they understand their gift and work on it to polish it and glitter. It is not necessary they are very brilliant, very humorous and very lively. But sometimes you find them quite brilliant and with a touch to live life happily. Then as they grow their thinking process develops and they start searching what they actually seek in life. They may read lot of books, meet different people in order to know more and more information, again think on that, try to match those thoughts with daily examples, try to implement the information and thoughts in practical life. This is continuous process. They hardly flow with the stream. Most of them develop their own thinking process so they don’t stick to only flowing with stream but it doesn’t matter to them to flow against stream also. Because their thinking develop a determination, a grit, a strong confidence in them. They are philosophical. They talk life’s philosophy. Ordinary people may find them not living life fully. But they enjoy life in their own pace. Though they are aware what’s happening in the world and to their surrounding they see it with neutrality. They don’t force their opinions on others. Actually, they understand the myth of life. They may be credulous but smart.  If they stand in crowd; such people get recognized anyhow. In Marathi language we have one word called ‘Abha’. Abha means splendid appearance or soft glow. Such people’s ‘Abha’ make them stand in crowd also. If they wear simple clothes or fashionable, they are recognizable anywhere. An ordinary person as well as a person with lot study of different aspects of life would easily recognize them. Such personalities has their thinking modified and polished.

Many people in today’s word we find have uncontrollable ambitious. They want everything in life and with a jet speed. They work very hard, giving injustice to their body, mind, may be soul also and brain. They make huge plans and in this what is happening -- they continuously think fast, think more futuristic. Make many plans and whatever. I agree there are some professions and positions where a long term planning is needed. There is nothing wrong in planning with a long term goal also, if it is strategic. e.g. We take an example. Suppose there is one CEO of some company and it is his monthly activity to keep a futuristic attitude and plan for his company keeping a goal of 10 years or 20 years ahead of time in order to have growth in revenue and products for the organization. But here it is needed to play altogether a different strategy. This we are not discussing here. We are discussing about without any as such role thinking about future a lot. 

It is not at all good to think about future a lot. Where we don’t have control as humans. Actually we should respect God who has created this world and the things which are not in human’s hand we should leave it to Him. Planning should be thought and implemented from small goals. Like plan for a year, a month, a week and a day. And then start implementing it. But don’t plan like after 10 years what I will be doing or something like this. It’s going to take lot of your brain cells to think about this and gradually making you more impulsive to work for it , inversely more engaging all the internal organs in your body to work for it. Don’t you think it’s more tiring to your body and brain? Obviously people invite lot of diseases by this. So don’t think about future a lot. Be in present. Live in present. These days there is lot articles you will find on  mindfulness. Because some people show they are in present moment but thinking about past or future. Make your present good. Try to live the present moments beautifully, finding a silver line to your ought to jobs, trying to find a bit of happiness in unhappy conditions also, this way you will make your present good. So your future will follow the best.  Obviously this era’s human has quite hasty life. So it is challenge for him to set his life properly and live in a happy and healthy way. That’s why thinking in a proper manner is needed but not thinking too much about past or future life.