Few years back, while on the road to BHEL park in Bhopal i read this "Vicharhin manushya pashu ke samaan hai." on the tin boards that are a permanent feature of the BHEL area. The paradox attached to it struck me momentarily. At pretty frequent times, i've been a victim of thoughts- the thoughts which don't stop crowding your headspace and you feel like sulking and sulking over not being able to control them. I've found it to be a problem quite common among many i've come across. The state of thoughlessness is certainly a bliss and thats what is the sole concept meditation. But, meditation is often treated as something other-worldly and something which has many strings attached to it. The other solution is- keep youself busy, don't give youself time to think. No doubt, its an effective solution but while doing all this you're afraid of something and you try to avoid free state of mind- something that can't be avoided for long. Then where's the solution? Keep yourself busy- that's a must to keep you happy and satisfied too and then allot a slot for thinking. You direct your thinking towards writing- you pen down all that your thinking leads to as a conclusion. And the last but certainly the most important one- practise the state of thoughtlessness.
Controlled thinking is a power and uncontrolled thinking is a disease. Controlling these thoughts is something that has been a problem for the greatest men on the earth too. It has deep roots. A brief analysis of the different states of mind and the thought control underlines the fact that it certainly depends on our contentness. The more anxiety, the more worries the more uncontrolled thoughts. When you fall in love, you possess a greater control over your thoughts- thoughts come slowly in a controlled manner. When you're happy, you're almost blank. But how to be in a constant phase of contentness? Well, that's the question which needs a much deeper analysis and much higher degree of exploration.