Cognito Ergo Sum

Three very powerful words, defining most of what is today. Three words that summarise man’s existence and struggle for surviving and getting the best for himself. It means, “I Think, Therefore I Am”, in other words, “To think is to be”. Sir Isaac Newton did not get all red and cut down the tree from which an apple fell on his head, he thought of the reason and that is why we have, today deciphered the biggest secret governing the biggest things around us, including the very earth we stand on! All the developments over centuries have come due to a run-off-the-mill thought, some small worm that crept up in a persons mind, infecting his brain to an extent of madness to get to the solution.

I speak not, of the thought within a thought within another thought inside a thought conundrum and…Hmmmm sense confusion i do, stop blabbering i must and AAAAnnnhhh AAAAAaannnnnHHHH. Umm… before you ascribe me to have gone bonkers let me clarify that the above was a display of the power of the mind. How it took me from Shakespeare to Leonardo Di Caprio to Master Yoda and a wookie in the end, all in the course of one simple statement. The mind, clearly very powerful, though, is no match to the crushing authority that thought commands. One pestering thought can crush your mightiest will power surge of the brain.

Thinking is a necessary evil. The same words we were told about friction and television and the more recent Commonwealth Games. Thinking is an art, a science and/or a skill! People think within, or in a more fancied word, introspection. “I am introspecting”!! Lets face the facts, you definitely are bitching about yourself to you!! The things people do to get sad are really astonishing! Thinking back, is another popular fad! Going by the name of retrospection, this has given many of us sleepless nights! Whether it be from the guilt that arose from the past, or the fear that arose due to your moms indulgence in the aforementioned act, retrospection’s a bitch!

Thinking is a science. It involves devoting all your life to something that eventually will gain you no tangible output. Clearly this seems to be the only correlation of the two terms, as far as my imagination stretches!

Thinking is a skill. But then again, singing is a skill…. and yet we have Justin Beiber and Miley Cyrus strutting around in the vanity of this SKILL. Acting is a skill, yet Katrina Kaif and Aishwarya Rai made it big (Katrina, no offense! You are doing a great job… just try taking some tips from Malaika or Rakhi, can go a LONG way! Aishwarya, you married Abhishek!? God forgives one mistake, but this is like… pushing the limits!). Getting back on track, thinking is a skill, you just got to have it to flaunt it! Au contraire people do it the other way round.

We think way too much for creatures that took billions of years to get internet! Heck, i am sure god was heckling his Bluetooth earpiece off while watching Bill Gates unveil the first operational O.S., on OmniTube (YouTube minus restrictions on content!!). We got to learn that changes will take time, thoughtlessly thinking (pun or whatever this implied, is totally intended) all the time gets you to the same place at the same time. Que Sera Sera…

Oh but not thinking altogether is also bad, and can have VERY SEVERE repercussions for the society and world as a whole! A living proof of this fact is the ever-pre-teen sensabulous Justin Bieber. Seriously, Patricia Elizabeth Mallette and Jeremy Jack Bieber could have saved an entire generation by putting in a tad bit more thought before committing such atrocities!

This post has no ending, thus i shall top it off with a self-thought-of brainfart!

Kahat vareva guru:

“Thinking provokes action

action provokes reaction,

reaction provokes thought,

Alas, square one is where you got!”

Its a vicious cycle, nip the problem at the bud!!