What does it mean to be a “great thinker?”  Being a “great thinker” is not reserved for only a few in the world over many generations.  Being a great thinker simply means you are willing to consider things that you have never considered before in this lifetime.

How often do you sit and think about things that just “pop” into your head?  Often times, we do not “hear” thoughts that “pop” into our head, because our mind is too full of the chatter around us.  We think about paying the bills, what we’re going to eat for dinner, what a co-worker said to me at work, etc.  This is the chatter that has too high of a volume to hear things spoken to us by our “inner self.”

When we can quiet our mind and let the chatter of life diminish in volume, we begin to “hear” things that are much more fundamental to the “meaning of life.”   We begin to wonder about the universe and the source of energy that powers all living beings.  We begin to wonder about the connection between all living beings, and may begin to see that everything has some sort of “life” in it.  We begin to think like a “great thinker.”

We are not saying that everyone should strive to be revered as the “greatest thinker” of your time.  No, that would imply that you are “measuring” yourself against others, and that would be fueled by the ego.  What we are saying is that you might want to consider the possibility that everyone has a “great thinker” buried deep inside of them.   When you uncover that greatness of being able to consider things outside of yourself and beyond your lifetime, you  will be starting to make that connection with that non-physical part of who you are.  Which is essentially, the same non-physical energy for which everyone “is.”

By thinking like a “great thinker” you may realize what is really important in this lifetime and begin to see the “bigger picture.”  The part of life that spans your many life-times, and realize that what the co-worker said today may not be worth your “CPU cycles” of the brain to think about.   Rather, maybe you want to spend your “brain cycles” thinking about more fundamental things.

Again, we are not trying to tell you how you should think, and what you should think about.  We are trying to open up your mind to the possibility of thinking “beyond.”  Thinking beyond this lifetime.  Thinking beyond your own life.  Thinking beyond your own experiences.  Thinking beyond your own desires.  Thinking beyond your own feelings.  Thinking beyond…

When you can begin to think beyond the thoughts that you have been thinking for your entire lifetime, you may begin to see things that have been invisible to you for all of these years.  You may be able to see things in other people who you have been missing for all of these years.  You may be able to understand that happiness and joy originates not from the physical world, but rather from your mind, which is connected to “all worlds.”

Consider looking at things differently.  A great movie once, illustrated a teacher who stood on his desk to illustrate to his students how changing your perspective can be as simple as changing where you perceive things from.  Look at things from a different perspective and see how it opens up your world.  Maybe drive a different route to work.  Take a walk in a different direction than your normal path.   Talk to people who you otherwise ignore.  And think about the things you never considered before.

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Life can be as exciting as the most exciting ride at an amusement park.  The choice is yours as to whether or not you want to be the person to invent that ride, by “thinking from beyond.”

Written Thu Jan 9, 2014, 7:51 – 8:05 AM MT