How much of your Inner Thoughts do you share?
By Shiva
@Shiva49 (26192)
Singapore
January 18, 2018 9:09am CST
We have our thought process, inner yearnings, and prejudices. We tend to bottle up some that could well die along with us.
When thoughts occur I try to make sense of them. I share most with my wife and some at online sites but there are limitations in the latter. They may offend some especially with regard to belief; why invite controversies? I am one who likes to stick with my views but subject to change as per realities.
Some views relate to family members but I do not want to judge them and take a view I would have behaved the same way in similar circumstances. That goes a long way to accept the way they are without hurt feelings.
Every life is full of stories. I wonder how many would have taken with them their unique thoughts and experiences without sharing them with anyone.Thankfully, we have social media now to share even anonymously and let us share those that enrich our lives and lead to a better world.
How far do you open up to reveal who you really are?
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@Spontaneo (14703)
• United States
18 Jan 18
I have learned to be more open on-line. I have always been afraid to talk about myself on-line because of all the creepers out there.
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@Letranknight2015 (51498)
• Philippines
18 Jan 18
I don't share any of the sites to my brothers. They have way better things to earn money off line better than me.
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@JamesHxstatic (29237)
• Eugene, Oregon
18 Jan 18
I share most with my wife, some online and, very little really with friends, since I don't know a lot of them very well either.
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
31 Mar 18
I am "What you see is what you get" person .. And I am very open in sharing my thoughts but only with my husband and children .. I want them to know exactly what is on my mind .. In front of my family, what I think, comes out of my mouth.. I always think aloud .. And I accept it when they criticise my line of thoughts .. I get to know myself more that way ...
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@innertalks (20994)
• Australia
18 Jan 18
"When thoughts occur"
You used this interesting phrase in your topic piece above.
It raised the following questions to me.
Do our thoughts just occur in us, arising in us spontaneously, or are they being more tuned into, and so being accessed by us from some other source of them?
Can we create our own thoughts then, or do we just think, or more rethink, already existing thoughts?
Can we combine different thoughts to come up with new thoughts, as we do when we are writing, where we can use already known words in different new ways?
I think that there is a bank of infinite thoughts that we can all tap into, known as God's wisdom basket.
This can be the thread that joins thoughts together, or you can use your own thread, or mind to do this.
This is why it's said that God's thoughts are not your thoughts, because he threads them together in his own way, as does every part of creation, so each part can come up with new thoughts, using the basic building blocks of God's original clay breakers, so to speak.
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD.
Isaiah chapter 55, verse 8.
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Are our thoughts really all our own, or not?
@Shiva49 (26192)
• Singapore
19 Jan 18
I hope I can pick god's brain too! Of course, he will have none of it, he knows how to keep us at a safe distance, safeguard his turf, despite all his loving!
Well, we have 26 alphabets but wow, when we put them in right places, we create a masterpiece! Zero may have no value by itself but when it is placed in the right place,with many of them, then we can keep counting!
We have myriad thoughts all the time but we have limited time to pause and ponder.
I have always chewed the cud as I find many running around without reaching anywhere.
I wish I just sat around analysing my thoughts. when we dig deeper, we can hear the soul's voice but we tend to ignore it. Maybe, we should ask - "who are you inside me, pray tell me, I want to know".
I have heard some telling us to keep quiet and follow our thoughts as they occur by quieting our wandering mind. Of course, the majority will have none of these. Gandhi said "plain living and high thinking" while it is now more of living in planes and thinking when "high" - siva
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@innertalks (20994)
• Australia
19 Jan 18
@Shiva49 Mostly our thoughts seem to be reactive responses to what is going on around us, and unless we do a double take or rethink these responses, we often act without proper considered thought.
Thinking can be painful to do, and so to finish it quickly is often the approach taken, to get on with life, instead of being labelled as a thinker who never acts.
The spontaneous gut feeling that we sometimes follow seems to be intuitional, coming to us from somewhere other than our mind. Perhaps, it's more a prompting from our soul, implanting its own seeds of thought into us.
Thoughts are often thought using the building blocks of communication, as language, being spoken in our heads, but these gut feelings are often feelings, and not words, so after all, they might not be thoughts at all.
A thought becomes a thought once we take hold of it consciously, I guess, and so solidify it into words, otherwise, it usually just remains a flighty idea, speculation, flight of fancy, or a dream etc., etc.
@Shiva49 (26192)
• Singapore
19 Jan 18
@innertalks For a fuller life, we should have a nice blend of dreaming, thinking and action.
I had been closely associated with few who are no more now; in fact, I have more well wishers on the other side! I keep hearing their voices all the time and what they said verbatim! Maybe, they are prompting me putting ideas into my mind for me to latch on.
The world will be a better place if we live by ideals inspired by deep reflection taking into consideration the consequences of our actions and not by spontaneous impetuosity followed by putting out the fire, salvaging from the ruins.
I wish our big leaders never forget "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children". That will keep them rooted to reality - siva
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@dgobucks226 (34300)
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12 Mar 18
I share my innermost personal thoughts and feelings with those closest to me. I do not share them online. It is up to each individual how much of themselves they wish to share. Our uniqueness makes us special, but as you point out through not sharing, can lead to loneliness. It is for each person to decide...
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