LAW OF THREE (59)
THE PURPOSE OF THINKING
"...thinking must never be
regarded as merely a subjective activity. Thinking lies beyond
subject and object. It produces these two concepts just as it
produces all others. When, therefore, I, as thinking subject, refer
a concept to an object, we must not regard this reference as
something purely subjective. It is not the subject that makes the
reference, but the thinking. The subject does not think because it
is a subject; rather it appears to itself as a subject because it can
think.
Rudolf Steiner. Intuitive Thinking as
a Spiritual Path.
Thinking is a human experience. Its
usefulness depend on how conscious we are of the thinking process and
to what use we put it. The clarity of our awareness determines
whether we think our thoughts or
our thoughts think us. The first is real thinking and
the second fictitious thinking.
'That
we are thinking is real, while what
we are thinking may be a fantasy' A. Blake
Thinking can be
seen as a dialogue between thoughts, feelings, and sensations. It
may consist of what I am, what I wish, and what I do, each voice
claiming an independent I and an independent will.
Thinking arises out of conflicting inner aims and desires. The need for discernment and reconciliation between conflicting aims and desires has
given rise to the development of different psychological and
spiritual methods and techniques.
From an intellectual view,
thinking needs to evolve into understanding by the practice of conscious dialogue or formulation.
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