The Right Side of Thought - More To That

Rather than referring to the usage of thought, she was commenting on what she believed to be the innate character of thought. At its baseline level, what is the texture of frequent thought? Is it smooth, allowing for a steady, fluid current of evaluation, or is it rough, causing violent waves to rise and crash in the ocean of your mind?

I call this the Thought See-Saw, and while it features two prominent sides, the truth is that we are rarely sitting at the endpoints of it. Although I’d like to think that sustained thought is a reliable pathway to profound insight, I can easily find myself on a train of thought that is taking me to a pit of anxiety and fear. In fact, I find myself... See more

So if thought is the great thing responsible for the evolutionary backbone of our species, why has its reputation been so shitty this whole time?

However, I have a feeling that most of you are not wrestling between using thought for good and using it for terror. The issue of choosing between enlightening ideas and toxic ones may certainly represent a struggle for us, but I’m pretty sure that this battle wasn’t what my mom was referring to when she was telling me to stop thinking so much.

How you think about the world fundamentally dictates the actions you take in it. A framework of thought is the pre-requisite to any form of action, and it can only be constructed with the ideas you’ve subscribed to.

Almost everything we tangibly interact with everyday has been touched, molded, and modified by thought.

To properly navigate these waves, we require reflection, or what I like to refer to as being on the right side of thought.

Some argue that these intangible systems create the material world, while others like to believe it’s the other way around. Whichever way you view it, it’s undeniable that thought is the irreplaceable fuel of our existence, powering every gear and component necessary for humanity to survive.

Our thoughts provide the lens in which we view the world, and have created everything we experience today. To denounce their existence would render us delusional, but to give them unchecked power would turn us into slaves. The true power of thought resides somewhere between these poles, and that point can only be accessed through the careful examin... See more