The Un-Derived Mind

"Do not laugh out loud!"

"Do not play too much"

"Study hard as nothing else will fetch a job today"

How many times as a child are we told what to do and what not to do? While I totally understand the predicaments of elders while they try to put us in the right way, somewhere along the path we start becoming them. Our minds are trained to accept all the terms set by everyone around us or rather everyone who can influence us. We mould ourselves into becoming what they want us to be and during the process lose our SELF.

Slowly but surely, we begin to expect to be told what to do at every step. We seek advice from everyone before making a decision, we seek approval after every step. All our thoughts are influenced by what others think. Right from our behavior to theories of Physics, everything is derived. All scientific developments since civilization have been the originality and genius of a few underived minds. Had they been influenced like the rest of us, the world of today would never have been.

What we need is a paradigm shift. To come across an uninfluenced thought is nothing short of a miracle. Once it comes, let it wander across your mind and fully occupy it. Then you would have found an entrance to a gold mine. Once you open your mind to the freedom of thoughts, there is no stopping you. You could be a genius in the making!

How do we come across an original thought. For that we need to see not only with our eyes but with our mind. Let all your senses perceive whats around you. Our mind is often contaminated with needless thoughts and problems. It would need the pristine nature to mend it and leave it as nature intended it to be.The silence in the hills.. a lonely road.. sound of waves.. a duck in a lake.. these are some of many things that actually explore the unexplored.

Why do the beings of the wild have such extraordinary senses? Where as we, considered superior beings, are so lost in our worldy problems that we even forget that we have these senses. Why can't our eyes see the obvious? Why can't our nose smell emotions? Why can't our ears hear the feelings of the heart? Why aren't we part of nature anymore? I wish I knew the answers to these questions.. someday may be I will, as I wander on a lonely road.. or a silent hill.. or by the seaside!