Breaking Thought Barriers

       I think a lot. It's kind of obvious by now. I try to challenge myself and try to expand my horizons of knowledge and intellect. I can think pretty deep most of the time, no matter what state of mind I am in or what my mood is like. 

         I think my favorite part of deep thought is those moments when after a long time of contemplating something where my thoughts are hindered by a degree of limitations and I finally after much effort surpass those limitations and access realms of my mind once previously inaccessible to me.

       These "thought barriers" sometimes seem unpenetratable, but every once in awhile I break one, and my mind is flooded with new ideas and new methods of comprehension of my existence and reality in general.

     I felt like I broke one of these barriers this past winter, and it was euphoric to say the least. It is as if the confines of my mind and the limitations of my mental abilities melt away to an extent. Suddenly it felt like I gained access to a significant sample of ideas and constructs of the mind that previously were sealed off from my ability to access and analyze.

       It was like I got a taste of infinity and the liberty and purpose that came with this newfound access to different methods of thought and a regaining of some of my creativity that I felt I lost when I became an adult.

       I compare it to the moments in my schooling where I would work on a math or concept problem that I wasn't grasping very easily or struggling with substantially, and after much diligent effort I have a mental breakthrough, and that thought barrier that prevented me from understanding the problem was broken and understanding and comprehension flooded my mind. 

      I admit, this can get me into trouble. Often when a thought barrier is broken, my mood elevates with its breaking, and I end up going into a state of mind where my thoughts become hard to slow down and harder to control. I believe that the human mind at its maximum capacity is unbelievably advanced and extremely potent and deep in its imaginative and creative capacity. If it is not unlimited in this way, it comes quite close.

      I believe a significant majority of humanity has the capacity to broaden their creative and imaginative scope. It's just most of us don't have the will, the time, nor the mental freedom to do so. The imagination and creativity liberates the mind, and if your mind is free, you are truly free indeed. It's actually quite incredible to witness how some young children have more cognitive and mental liberty than most of their parents. It would be quite comical to be honest, if it weren't so sad. 

        When humans become adults, we are funneled into a system that often strips us of our will to be imaginative. We become producers and workers. Nooks and crannies in a system where the imagination is not just no longer a necessity, it can even be a hindrance to productivity. 

       God forbid you have an army of free thinkers to challenge the oppressive redundancy of the monotonous routines of industrialized societies based on maximal production. John Rockefeller summed up the attitude of the American ruling class quite succinctly when he said "I don't want a nation of thinkers. I want a nation of workers."

       Quite tragic, as a nation of thinkers would be more capable of responding effectively and efficiently to things like pandemics or wars than a nation of mindless drones and cognitive slaves who are oblivious to their servitude by the distractions of immense resource abundance and confusion of pressing issues because of sensationalism and theatricality in the media and being systematically dumbed down by the culture.

       As I continue to try and break new thought barriers, I also continue to push for more cognitive liberty. It is the only true unrestricted liberty I can have in this society. Getting wealthy doesn't seem super probable, and my other liberties are quite limited, but mental liberty is almost truly boundless. It's amazing and quite humorous to notice that some people's young children have more liberty of the mind than they do.😁

Good day friends. I hope you find peace and freedom.