It's All Mental

Think about this. Think about that. What do you think? I think I'm in love...Let me think about it.

Think, Think, Think.

We are always thinking, aren't we? We have much invested in our minds. After all, if we don't think about something we determine that we have not properly deliberated, evaluated, or analyzed our daily lives. Then we hope to feel. And we start thinking about how to feel. So we're feeling right? Or are we thinking about feeling, and not feeling at all?

What does feeling feel like? This isn't a riddle; I'm more concerned with stimulating the expression of feeling. There are moments when the mind goes blank: no mental assessment has been made of the person, situation, or anything else. What does that feel like? In the early part of the twentieth century psychologists called those moments "moments of insanity". We were deemed insane if we could not think and then express a feeling. Wow.

So in an age where verbosity about thinking dominates our communication the feelings are pushed to the side. We are given a description (thoughts with evidence) of what feeling is and as a result, have become accustomed to evaluating (more thinking) how we feel. If we cannot judge (thinking) how this makes us feel or that makes us feel then we are "out of touch" with reality. So in a world that is mentally focused we are left with only a small portion of the 10% of our brains they say we use. The feelings get judged, evaluated, distorted, and then discarded. Or so we think.

Feelings re-surface. They have a funny way of making sure they get the attention they desire. Our feelings are our humanity so when we repress them, we relegate ourselves to being almost animal like...simply surviving through the mind. I can guess that all in our lives we have a bunch of unsatisfying circumstances because we "thought" they would make us feel. Thought before feeling is nonsense, insanity, and never leads to feeling. Feeling before thought, however, creates, inspires, and nourishes.

We can think about life and watch it unfold outside our windows. We can feel life if we leave the window sill and step outside.