"As a child you unlearn clear thinking and as an
adult you completely lost it." was the message I received last week. A
firm statement whilst in my opinion I so far - and certainly in relation to the
job that I had - could think quite clearly. Many psychological tests and
assessments established not even this thought but also my inner believe. So how
is it possible someone can spread such a statement? An invitation to do some research
...
Buddhism often works with crystals. They are a
visualization of so called “visible emptiness”. Not a state of nothingness
because for sure there is a crystal you can hold and see. I wrote a blog
already a long time ago about the use of this crystals in meditation. Only last
week I found out that the same round crystal balls are a symbol for the clarity
of your mind, your way of thinking. And indeed I discovered that crystal clear
thinking was not available anymore for a long time. The crystal balls are an invitation
to get back this clear thinking again and to bring into practise.
How about this?
I got the next example: “Just think of a little child
in the arms of an old, disfigured housemaid. The child is too young to have
picked up the prejudices of its elders. So when it snuggles in that woman’s
arms, it is responding not to labels in its head; labels like white woman,
black woman, ugly, pretty, old, young, mother, servant maid, it is responding
not to labels such as these but to reality. That woman meets the child’s need
for love and that is the reality the child responds to, not the woman’s name
and figure and religion and race or sect. Those are totally an absolutely
irrelevant. The child has as yet no beliefs and no prejudices. This I the environment
within which clear thinking can occur. “
To achieve this, one must drop everything one has
learned and achieve the mind of the child that is innocent of past experiences
and programming which so cloud our way of looking at reality. What is needed is
not learning but unlearning, not talent but courage to let go. To search for that
clear thinking mind you had as young sensing child, innocent of experiences. Be
aware you will see extremely more.
Behind all our actions prejudiced thoughts hide.
Actually our developed feelings, you can say from your heart, immediately
create the related thoughts for you. Your heart immediately gives you the
conclusion and directly gives the mind the command to find the proof to confirm
and defend if necessary the conclusion. You react facing a certain situation out
of your principles, ideologies, beliefs, religion, political affiliation or
background. Actually thus you limit the reality. You shut the door to the ocean
of other possibilities and ideas that are available for you because, at first
sight, they do not fit. You immediately label things as 'good' or 'bad' for
yourself while others can have an exactly opposite reality of your good or bad,
not being wrong.
And our prejudices and beliefs are not the only clouding
clarity makers of our thinking. Do not forget our desires, attachments and
fears which we learned ourselves. Look how hard it is to just get rid or let go
of our first conclusions (the ‘first impression’) we have directly we meet
other people. If they are not related with our ‘reality’, perceptions or needs,
if they do not fit into our thinking pattern, they are wrong. But….are those
people wrong?
Once a prosecutor I worked with in Middelburg – NL said
to me when I asked him information about somebody he knew as well; "I say
nothing about him/her. After all my experiences and your experiences can be
very different." I think someone with the right demeanor and attitude.
Many images and thoughts of others are formed out of their experiences or just
out of ‘stories’. So who are you to accept them as the truth?
Our thinking and vision therefore often are not at all
related with clear view of the reality (which is infinitely much wider than our
own reality). They are connected with finding the key of connection to our own (limited)
ideas. To find whether your interest is mine. To connect when your desire or
your fear is the same as mine. This is the biggest source of not understanding of-
or agreeing with each other and so not being open and willing to connect with a
bigger reality.
There is a heart sutra philosophy – a little bit
difficult so maybe you have to read it more times to find the wonderful underlying
meaning - it says: “In emptiness there is no form. No perception no conception,
no religion, no consciousness, no eye, no nose, tongue, body or mind. No form
sounds, smell, taste, touch or objects of mind. No strike of the eyes up to no strike
of consciousness. No ignorance, no extinction. There is no suffering, no cause
of suffering, no extinction no path, no wisdom and also no attainment because
there is no object to attain.”
If we learn uninhibited thinking a fantastic world reveals. An ocean of reality where diversity and creativity get more chances.
Frans Captijn
Host / Catalyst / Talenteer at Captijn Insight
Captijn Insight: “Catalyst in your process to new sustainable flow in life and work. Whether you are an individual, couple, team or an organization.”
If we learn uninhibited thinking a fantastic world reveals. An ocean of reality where diversity and creativity get more chances.
Frans Captijn
Host / Catalyst / Talenteer at Captijn Insight
Captijn Insight: “Catalyst in your process to new sustainable flow in life and work. Whether you are an individual, couple, team or an organization.”
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