"Mere preoccupation with imagination and its imaginings could be purposeless, tiring and, yes, wasting."
Ah, yes but if it more than but a mere preocupation one could create reality! The imaginations of great writers have given birth to fantastic inventions. On Jul 9, 11:45 am, ashok tewari <[email protected]> wrote: > This is great read ... and write, Doug ! > > The thinking function has a purpose ... to enable us to realise, conclude, > and feed the conclusion back into our feeling, psychic and emotional world > to effect a perspective reorganisation and let the light of our realisation > illuminate and simplify our nether being. Which in turn strengthens and > empowers us while we next negotiate our way through the day to day world of > action and relationships. > > Mere preoccupation with imagination and its imaginings could be purposeless, > tiring and, yes, wasting. > > On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 7:55 PM, DarkwaterBlight > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > I was just thinking... > > > It started out innocently enough. I began to think at parties now and > > then to loosen up. Inevitably though, one thought would lead to > > another, and soon I was more than just a social thinker. I began to > > think alone --"to relax," I told myself -- but I knew it wasn't true. > > Thinking became more and more important to me, and finally I was > > thinking all the time. > > > I began to think on the job. I knew that thinking and employment don't > > mix, but I couldn't stop myself. I began to avoid friends at > > lunchtime so I could read Thoreau and Kafka. I would return to the > > office dizzied and confused, asking, "What is it exactly we are doing > > here?" > > > Things weren't going so great at home either. One evening I turned off > > the TV and asked my wife about the meaning of life. She spent that > > night at her mother's. > > > I soon had a reputation as a heavy thinker. One day the boss called me > > in. He said, "Skippy, I like you, and it hurts me to say this, but > > your thinking has become a real problem. If you don't stop thinking on > > the job, you'll have to find another one." This gave me a lot to > > think about. > > > I came home early after my conversation with the boss. "Honey," I > > confessed, "I've been thinking..." > > > "I know you've been thinking," she said, "and I want a divorce!" > > > "But Honey, surely it's not that serious." > > > "It is serious," she said, lower lip aquiver. "You think as much as > > college professors, and college professors don't make any money, so if > > you keep on thinking we won't have any money!" > > > "That's a faulty syllogism," I said impatiently, and she began to > > cry. > > > I'd had enough. "I'm going to the library," I snarled as I stomped out > > the door. I headed for the library, in the mood for some Nietzsche, > > with NPR on the radio. I roared into the parking lot and ran up to the > > big glass doors... they didn't open. The library was closed. To this > > day, I believe that a Higher Power was looking out for me that night. > > > As I sank to the ground clawing at the unfeeling glass, whimpering for > > Zarathustra, a poster caught my eye. "Friend, is heavy thinking > > ruining your life?" it asked. You probably recognize that line. It > > comes from the standard Thinker's Anonymous poster. Which is why I am > > what I am today: a recovering thinker. > > > I never miss a TA meeting. At each meeting we watch a non-educational > > video; last week it was "Porky's." Then we share experiences about how > > we avoided thinking since the last meeting. I still have my job, and > > things are a lot better at home. > > > Life just seemed ... easier, somehow, as soon as I stopped thinking. > > Soon, I'll be able to vote. > > > Anynomous > > -- > ASHOK TEWARI- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
