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Thinking

Thinking

 

What am I thinking of

My thoughts elude me, yet they are my thoughts are they not

The best thing about thoughts, and thinking is that you can not control them

A thought is already in your head before you have any say in weather it should be conjured

We choose to ignore many thoughts, act like they do not exist, but they do

Let your brain think, do not try and control your thoughts

Controlling thought is cutting yourself off from opportunity

 

Yet not enough people think

People choose not to or are trained not to think

Thinking is thought to be dangerous to many people

Thinking scares them, thinking enables us to reject the status quo

Thinking enables us to change, and to learn

Yet, we are trained to not think about these things

These things that are made to seem natural and true

Things we do not have to think about

 

This is a purposeful trap

Something too many of us find ourselves in

We do not even know we are not thinking what needs to be thought about

We are mentally whipped into shape

made to think about only what is good for the powers that be

For thinking is a dangerous tool, and thinking leads to action

Action leads to change, and they do not want change

Change would mean the loss of power

Which would force people to think

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hersch-rothmel
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Mar 3, 2012
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