How does 'thought' lead to an 'idea'? - 5 December 2012

How does 'thought' lead to an 'idea'? How does it get structured?
Bharat Bhushan - 5 December 2012

How does 'thought' lead to an idea and how does it get structured? How does it move forward? Can it lead to direct action? Can the action be taken almost immediately? How can thought be converted to action?


A thought would break up into several ideas by the nature of its birth, concept and the diversity of 'next-action' that would evolve by themselves. Different ideas would get established as various concepts of their own. These ideas will in turn generate action, and those action points could also be numerous. How many of those ideas can one follow up on? How can one accomplish all that needs to be done? There are some doubts that spring up instantly. Will not multiple thoughts and multiple ideas contribute to clutter in the mind? Will they not disturb the mind? How can the mind keep all such thoughts in separate clusters? How can the mind distinguish thoughts and ideas separately?


There is indeed a linear sequence from 'thought' to a 'possible plan'. Can one jump across from 'thought' directly to the 'plan'? Is that possible? Can one jump across without allowing the idea to be formed? What is the extent of detailed planning that one should do? Should it be in great detail? Sometimes, or most of the time, I feel, that one should not indulge in too much planning. One should go directly to action.

Is there circular motion in one's thoughts? Can one jump?


Can one jump from one aspect to the other without following the sequence? I do not think so. For nothing can happen without any action. What if 'inaction' would lead to some impact? What if there is impact even if we do not know the results? What if we assume that we know the impact of the action that we could have done and without having done so, we determine need for later action?


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