First Think It All Out. {60.}

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Radhasoami!

Thinking is among the most elementary,
natural, ongoing, evolved, fruitful activities
that humans are capable of.

We think almost continuously.
Every moment one’s sense organs
receive a variety of impressions.
We process that information
by our thoughts,
and then file it
in our memories.

All these lead to beliefs, wisdom, insights.
Experiences can teach us a lot,
if we are willing to learn from them.
Only fools don’t learn from
& repeat their mistakes,
to put it rather bluntly.

Isaac Newton was not
a very practical person;
let’s be glad he wasn’t.
Had he been typically
practical & selfish,
when he had seen the apple
falling down to the ground,
he would merely have eaten it,
as anyone else would have.
Instead, he thought about it.
His thoughts on why the apple
fell to the ground,
helped science to discover
the fundamental laws of gravity,
and all the numerous
beneficial technological applications
derived from it.

We think all the time.
It is believed that the mind
does not fully rest
even during sleep.
Thoughts continue through one’s dreams.
The human mind habitually dreams,
though not all dreams
can be always remembered.

The average human mind
is believed to give birth to
as many as about
10,000 disparate thoughts
during the course of
every single day.

A large fraction of one’s thoughts
pertain to routine, petty, wasteful stuff.
She looked at me so ...
He said that about me ...
& the like.

Meditation involves gradually
reducing one’s thinking
to a standstill.
This enables one divine consciousness.

Thinking is the key
to one’s character.
Thinking and feeling are allied.
As the Buddha also observed,
we tend to become
just as we think.

So, control over one’s thoughts
can help us to
determine that we live rightly.
It is also crucial
for any spiritual progress.
To recall a quote,
“Only by understanding
can you get
the better of destiny.”

So, think, think,
think, think, think,
think, think, ... & continue thinking.

Don’t just think mechanically.
Think actively, think proactively.
Introspect.
Retrospect, as had been Advised by
Param Guru Huzur Mehta Ji Maharaj.
Think creatively.
Think out of the box.

Nobody is totally perfect.
Nobody is born perfect.
Nobody is a devil.
Nobody is damned eternally.
{I may add that I am generalizing
to convey a certain idea;
the actual truth is far more complex,
& cannot be presently discussed.}

Think about your strengths
& about your weaknesses.
Thereby learn to maximize
your virtues & competencies,
& minimize your errors, failings, failures.

Mere experiences or knowledge
are like raw food.
Digest it all with
your power of thought.
Emerge a polished person.

Then anyone you happen to meet
will be naturally attracted & impressed
by your awareness, control, bearing,
calm, reserve, poise & dignity.

A thoughtful person naturally speaks less.
Her thoughts are usually insightful,
right & honest.
A thoughtful person is more respected
in one’s peer group & community.

A thoughtful person’s actions will usually
be much better on various parameters,
than a bungler’s who lives recklessly,
with no thought to morality,
ethics, propriety, consequences.

When anything happens in life,
think about it.
Understand the essentials,
learn to discriminate, become able
to pierce through superficial veils.

With practice, you will be able to
become very intuitive.
A mere look at a person
will enable you to
instantly judge him
uncannily rightly, indeed.

You will then find that
living becomes an easier, simpler
& much more rewarding experience.

Thinking can help you to
even predict outcomes,
with varying degrees of certainty.

Thinking is a faculty that we must
learn to optimally employ to our advantage.

In any case, Satsangis are
enjoined to avoid
worldly objects & sensual pleasures.

Our living is to be
always strongly determined by values,
and directed only towards salvation.

As the Paath or hymn lines go:
“Main pyari pyare Radhasoami ki
Kaamna rahi na ab sansaar.
Main pyari pyare Radhasoami ki
Chutayi Guru ne jag begaar.”

That is,
“In that I am dear to Radhasoami Dayal,
I have now lost desire
for the world,
& He has Prevented me
from engaging in useless activities.”

To end this on
a slightly humorous note,
I hope you thought
that my above thinking
& thought-provoking thoughts
on thinking have been worthy
of your seriously thinking about,
& that you think it
desirable & necessary to henceforth
make it a habit to
think it all out first.

Radhasoami!
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