"incognito argu sum" (I think therefore I am), so says a French philosopher Rene Descartes. Noted. But what does it mean to think? Is thinking just the ability to reason? Or does it entail more. Like delving into the guts to produce what lies therein?
Lesser animals have instincts. But man, a higher animal, thinks. To think is to be alive, a confirmation of consciousness. I am conscious, so I think.
But thinking involves more than just an exercise in awareness. It is a psychological mechanism, which enables us to act. Man is a being that is designed to execute his thoughts. We most times become what we think. The Orientals knew the secret of this, so they invented their mantras.
And what is mantra? A word repeated again and again in the mind like a sublimal broadcast so that the body now acts on it.
I will give an example of a mantra: "I can!"I am unique. So too my thoughts. No two human beings think the same way. Like fingerprint, my thought patterns are different. I am different. Or maybe I should say I choose to be different. So I think differently.
I am creative. And being creative means to bring into existence, that which does not exist. Many have thought and brought into existence. Like Wright brothers. Like Picasso. Like Tim Berners Lee. And if you should look towards the supernatural, like God.
I am born to think. I am born to be different. I am human and it is my prerogative.
PS:
I want to give credit to the co-author of this particular article. He is, Val K. Special thenks to him for his contributions.
Val K, formarly known as Valentine Okolo, is a poet,novelist and a system engineer. He is currently working on his collection of peoms to be published soon. He can be reached on okolowrites@yahoo.com
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