#beyond thinking

Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own has inspired a two-story bronze sculpture, “Beyond Thinking,” which apparently has a double meaning and is prompting discussion on social media and beyond.

It will be unveiled at Newnham College, Cambridge, on the 70th anniversary of the first degree ceremony for its female graduates, held in 1948.

Positioned at the entrance to the College’s new Dorothy Garrod…

I’m Awake Now What? It’s Time to Go Beyond Thinking (Video)

On a daily basis, it seems people are awakening in large droves and mass numbers. Whether this may be due to the precession of the equinox, the economic times, the destruction of earth ”our temporary home’; it may even be that we are just getting a little ‘homesick’ for a place that we can’t be sure even exists…..

Still, we all must take comfort in knowing the fantastic and comforting truth of it…

Actions are the only way to achieve something because they trigger the process whereby the chain of events starts to happen like the connection of mutually compatible pieces of a jigsaw puzzle to give us the (desired) results. Daydreaming is a waste of time as we all know; we can craft the best-looking plans but if we don’t take action to execute them then it’s just a pipe dream. Let me explain the process by breaking it down, the scenarios might differ, but the rule of thumb is, that we should have a bird’s eye view of the situation, and have some basic planning to start with, and quite often the happening events and given circumstances that occur give us hints and direction to maneuver if we remain mindful.

Planning is pivotal beyond a shadow of a doubt, but almost always all situation is entangled with time constraints, and it reminds me of a very valuable quote by Abraham Lincoln, “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”  However, the necessary will, clarity and drive to execute are the keys. Albeit, Human psychology in most cases pushes us to preserve status-quo as we feel safe in our self-perceived comfort zones and don’t want this beautiful fantasy-based bubble to burst. If we don’t take any initiatives by ourselves then we become part of someone else plan/initiative, let that sink in. And the feeling of subservience might emerge, Sooner or later. Don’t go that way, take your own initiative and preferably start with the trivial ones.   

That’s exactly the reason why we must take action/initiative not just to exercise our free will but to test our hypothesis and thinking, and we all know we only get the answers when we apply them to practical situations. Sometimes we succeed and sometimes we fail, part of the game, but by taking action we learn, and prepare ourselves to make better decisions year by year. It’s an ongoing process. From another perspective it’s a Thinking-action-rethinking cycle that explores and improves the preciseness when it comes to critical decision-making. Imagination is important but to take action to achieve your imagined/desired goal is more important. Beware of procrastination on the way though, some people confuse patience with procrastination; indeed, Patience is when you’ve done your part and wait for other uncontrollable factors to play their role. Words and plans may inspire but only action creates change.

Syed Salman Shah

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We cannot imagine nothing …

Whenever we attempt to imagine, or think of, “nothing” we have to form a concept of “nothing” in order to think about it.

Look at what is going on here. We may imagine that we are “thinking about nothing” but in reality we are thinking about our concept of nothing, which is “something”.

Try this for yourself. Attempt to think about nothing, even for just a few seconds. If you are like me and all…