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Thoughts

Thoughts the one entity which engulfs man all the time. Like the rivers originate from a small point, but expand and flow exponentially, at least the path, flow, and destination of rivers are defined. Whereas for the thoughts we don't understand the exact origin, the path, the flow nor the destination where we are taken to. We get lost in the thoughts and get carried away. The author feels it is rather unnecessary to go into the quantum of thoughts that we have each day, but wants to understand the proportion of, how many thoughts that we get into are realistic, and how many thoughts we convert into action in actuality?

Just like the clouds on the sky, the thoughts are never static and are temporary. But very rarely the sky is without clouds, similarly our mind is always preoccupied with the thoughts, with one thought giving way to the other endlessly.

Is there a beginning or an end for thoughts? Well as long as we are focusing our mind outwardly, there is hardly any chance to understand or become aware of these thoughts. Many times, the present thought and the subsequent thought are conflicting which results in pride, guilt, hope, fear, desire and the craving for more.

The author would want to cite one instance from the great epic of Ramayana which can be correlated with the thoughts and the mind, when the Vaanaras were constructing a bridge over the sea to reach Sri Lanka, the stones placed to construct the bridge were floating initially with the movement of the waves, but when each Stone were written with Ram Naam and placed over the sea they didn't float, but become static. Similarly we can correlate this with our mind and thoughts, that worship of God and God's name in any form are shown as a way to understand the oscillation of the mind.

Some other methods indicate that, becoming aware of the breath also makes us to be aware of our thoughts and subsequently our mind. 

When the thoughts cease to exist ? WHAT IS THAT IS LEFT BEHIND ?

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