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A Life of Happiness or a Life of Mental Misery?

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Have you ever caught yourself finding an excuse for not doing any work ? Or in other words have you ever been in a state unwillingness to initiate any activity? Probably at some point of time in your life, right?

Your not the only one! 

Many, In fact all of us are filled with thoughts  - THAT WE DON'T EVEN WANT THERE, making our brains noisy- at some point or the other. This incessant chatter that goes on and on is sometime the only thing that we want to break free from, because it feels like a perpetually running chain saw and everything around it is a tree (to cut!)

Our minds are formless continuums that perceive and understand objects. It is that element of a person that enables him/her to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think and to feel; it is a faculty of consciousness and thought.

Here. thoughts are constantly being created – ideas/plans/opinions/pictures. etc. Every thought, however can be distinguished into two types: active and passive. For instance, if you are watching a video on YouTube and the information it passes to the viewers is heavily biased; then the thoughts you possibly could have as a result of this can be classified as passive thoughts.

On the other hand, active thoughts are known to be far more complex. It is a type of critical thinking and basically refers to analysing information that is projected to an individual by an external stimuli. It is deeper than passive thinking and rather than ignoring a thought allows an individual to understand why they have the thought. In short, active thinking is basically being aware of the negative thoughts and pictures or feelings that enter your mind and replacing them with positive ones that support the future you.             

In fact, the reality is that in life most of the time, we don't even need to do anything at all in a situation but just observe, yet we try to unnecessarily  do something. Our mind is constantly trying to analyse or figure things out, even though there is no need! How ridiculous, isn't it?   

So what is mental laziness and when does it come into the picture?

Maybe, this concept can be understood better by comparing it to a lack of initiative and perseverance to complete a particular activity. When your thoughts constantly repeat in your mind or they go in a state of ‘automate’ where they are controlled by the subconscious mind it may be referred to as mental laziness. 

This means that only 10% of your brain (or less-even!)  is actually open to absorb information from the conscious mind or whatever you may be experiencing in the present moment. Sounds alarming doesn't it!

Laziness is a common human trait, mental laziness is another! You really need to develop elasticity of the mind to help you develop your mental abilities and persevere. There is a vast difference between a physically lazy person and a mentally lazy person.
  

Laziness works. And the simple way to incorporate its health benefits into your life is simply to take a nap.
Tom Hodgkinson


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