Friday, March 6, 2009
Thinking about Thinking
I sat on my bed and thought about this when I was still a small child. How can I think? Is there a mind for everybody, or is there a different mind? Can everybody think about the same thing, feel the same thing, as me? As a child, I was deeply intrigued by these questions. So, I decided to explore. I went to my parent’s room and asked them to think about something, and tried to tell them what they were thinking. It failed. However, as the years progressed, I gave the topic more thought.
I often thought about if there were someone exactly like me, in a reverse world, where everything was the direct opposite. I got this thought as I was watching a cartoon, where a boy shrank himself so much that he sort of turned the world ”inside out” and the world he’s in seemed so real, but in fact there are totally different and opposite, where he was a ‘winner’ in that world, and a ‘loser’ in the real world.
Another intriguing thought is of giants. Yes, this may sound childish, but I was a child then. Everyone has heard of the story ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ and at that time, I really thought that there were giants, up in the clouds. Now, I think the opposite, that we are giants and that there are small people (refer to previous paragraph).
It is quite mind-blowing how small thoughts like these could snowball into such a great topic to discuss. Yes, there are indeed many mysteries, both big and small yet to be solved.
My mind has been truly blown.
7:33 PM By Eugene
