It seems we as people have more control over our thoughts than maybe we would like to think. Or not to think, as the case may be. Where it is easier perhaps to believe that we are just passengers, beholden to a working mechanism that is toiling away in the background and reaching conclusions we pretend we are not party to. Just at the mercy of them and their consequences. An easy way to sidestep responsibility of thought or action, and although there is a certain level of subconscious workings that we are not fully aware of, there are also very clear and conscious processes we are aware of, and sometimes don’t always want to admit to. Where people can hide behind themselves, or get Stuck in Mind as they say, and will not step out of themselves for a moment to reflect.

But I always believed that thoughts start from somewhere, that they don’t ‘just appear’ as they seem to on occasion, and there is always A Train of Thought to an idea or belief. And like with trains, they have a starting point before meandering or speeding through various landscapes and terrain, picking up and dropping off characters until reaching the ‘station’ or conclusion. Just as a thought might until it terminates and is no longer relevant.

Do people give much thought to where their thoughts, motives, ideas and beliefs really come from? And where do they go? How they manoeuvre through your psyche, either taking hold and getting comfortable, or slipping through and dissolving into the beyond. And if they do take hold, how do they manifest? Are they out in the open to you and get to be explored freely? Or are they hidden in the back, festering and taking on a life of their own, not really being noted until triggered or brought forth by circumstance.

I try and articulate many of my thoughts and ideas, and sometimes how I believe they occurred, like in Be Mindful of the Labyrinth, talking of how we can capture ourselves sometimes in our own illusion. And of course, we can allow ourselves to be captured by someone else’s, often perhaps not quite aware of what we are doing or how to ‘know your own mind’ as one might say. Because as others sail along looking for ballast and crew for their Narciship, your thoughts and where they lead, are of utmost importance, because they can affect real life change if put into action. For better and for worse.

Because thoughts can create realities, as mentioned in Creating a Nightmare Reality, and that in society we as people are all going through life experience Separate Realities to one another. Where we converge in a shared version, where it appeared we were in a certain level of agreement on what we called ‘reality’. Not so much in agreement anymore though it seems, and perhaps some of the things that were just In Your Head, should well have stayed there. But even there they aren’t completely confined to that field, sometimes able to wander and influence from afar, because the power of thought should not be overlooked as we have seen it can be used to great effect. So, taking control of and being responsible for what is in mind seems paramount these days, remember, be mindful of your thoughts…

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