Are Thoughts Really Controllable?

Are Thoughts Really Controllable...?


“We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out”. - Winston Churchill

How true it is... We must be more cautious before saying something - is it not?

If your words hurt someone - then the only option available to you if you wish to maintain relationship with that person is to ask for an excuse for the words which you have used which made them hurt !!

At this moment, we become no other than a 'slave' to the word which we use... Churchill said that rightly! 

But, can we always take control over the words which we use? It is tricky since all our words are primary representation of our thoughts. Whatever we think 'inside' comes 'outside' as words... There always exists a logical connect. In Tamil, there is a famous saying "எண்ணங்களே செயல்களை உருவாக்குகின்றன".

In real life, our thoughts are uncontrollable (of course, I am not here to speak on the Meditation Mechanism where thoughts are brought under control).

A very simple example - When we drive a car or ride a motorcycle on the road, it is not that our minds / thoughts are idle or keeps thinking only on driving safely... Our thoughts goes all over the world... we may think of our childhood memories, trips to a picnic spot with friends, arguments had with your loved ones, favorite foods, economy, price hike, inflation etc., etc., While driving itself, someone focuses on scolding the one who drives rashly or disturbs him/her.

Though controlled thoughts are recognized as "good" by many, I question myself - Why to struggle with something which is actually interesting when allowed to go on its own way.

Instead of playing a set of songs in MP3 player with 'SHUFFLE OFF' if you listen it with 'SHUFFLE ON' - I bet you will enjoy more. Because, you are not aware of the next outcome! This is applicable in life too. Can we judge what is going to happen next? Certainly -'No'!

Similarly, we must be ready to accept the Life on a 'as is' situation...

I am sure it gives peach of mind.