Breaking the Hold of 'Thought'

Becoming the Master of Thought   By Arun Goel

Thought is the Master of us all - a good thought is a good master and a bad thought is a bad master.

Good thought uplifts, makes the mood brighter, and makes us feel on 'top of the world'.

Bad thoughts are like a sack full of stones tied to us, pulling us down at every stage, overcoming us with lethargy, disinterest and even violent aggression. Hostile thoughts are deeply destructive even if contained within - they 'eat' us up by sapping our energy and vitality.

We are continuously guided by our thoughts at every moment of our existence. Even when we are asleep a good thought (dream) can bring the faintest of smile on our lips while a bad one can make us break into a cold sweat. Our mind is endlessly enslaved by our thoughts.

This much we know and have individually experienced.

But is good thought really 'good'? Not so, as long as it is our Master.

The hard reality of life is that a Master-Slave relationship always results in the exploitation of the slave. This is a practical reality and our relationship with our thoughts is no different.

As long as 'Thought' remains the Master, it will continue to exploit our mind and through that - us.

Quite humorous actually - and in fact humbling, to realize that we are nothing but a product of our thought - our actions, behavior and all what we are is just a consequence of the hold that 'thought' has upon us.

We are merely the vehicle and Thought is our driver.

Now what if our driver has had a bad hair day! He decides to take his anger out on his lovely vehicle (us). As he transforms from good to bad, the vehicle starts getting shaky, is tossed around to its limits and experiences exorbitant wear and tear.
Oh dear, if only the good thought had remained good - why did it have to become bad ;)

So, what is good today can become bad tomorrow totally on its own whims and fancy without 'you' having a say.

Just imagine that our entire life is dictated by our thoughts. We do - action or inaction - in the hope that it will stimulate our thought (please our master) who, in turn, will gratify our senses. But we only hope and, in fact, have no control on how our Master interprets what we do.

As slaves, can we really enjoy the beauty of life without any control? In fact, none of us even know what this 'beauty of life' is and honestly, these will remain hollow words so long as we remain slaves.

Role Reversal


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