Some of us have many years of mindless, repitiscious crap to unlearn before we can think even a little for ourselves. It is liberating kid and I as well find solice with myself.
On Jul 10, 10:18 am, DarkwaterBlight <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jul 10, 3:33 am, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > hey..thinking is not bad.......now i confess it harms my grades..but it > > doesnt matter much...if i go even two days without thinking(like being > > sorrounded by friends day and night!!)... I feel i am disappearing...its > > like i have to be with myself all the time.. my friends think i am weird coz > > when i go away..i go away completely..switch off my fone ... off the > > grid...And i will tell you a plus side.. i never ever get bored...you'd > > think at my age a kid cant stay without the internet and the cell fone.. but > > i can live days on end without them..thats why even my parents think i am > > strange...some suggest i might be going into some sort of depression... but > > i disagree...a detatchment i feel...but its not depresing in any way.. its > > liberating rather...think for me is being with my Self..which i am > > exploring..having only rtecently begun.. have to do a lot of Unlearning > > first..its like begining afresh... > > > 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 > > > -- > > \--/ Peace- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
