Agnize The Thinking Process; Recognize your thoughts…
Every action we take forward begins from the miraculous ‘thinking’ process. We understand, interpret, create & recreate the world around us through the thinking process. The concepts and images are designed exclusively for the mind by the thought process. Acquiring a thorough understanding about the ‘thoughts’ helps filter it into a rational and precise process.
Enhancing the thought clarity
How can we develop a logical, sensible, and clear thought pattern?
- Attending to situational cues
Attend a stimulus with a completely focused mind, understand the situational aspects in order to relate, add, reject the thought process.
- Be motivated to develop knowledge
Developing knowledge and understanding about things happening around, through valid information is the key to logical thought process. This helps in avoiding biases and stereotypes.
- Logical versus emotional thinking
A question often arises is whether the thought process should be logical or emotional. A balance of both the thought patterns could be the best fit. Too much of logical-pattern thinking might end up in an apathetic response, and overly emotional thinking can drive off the reasoning capacity. A harmony of logical and emotional thought patterns can facilitate a proper thinking process.
Removing the barriers in the thinking process
Humans take-in loads of information every second and it is imperative to be conscious of the barriers that interrupt a normal thought process.
- Eliminate the biased and prejudiced thought pattern . Use the reasoning ability to substantiate the understanding about a concern
- Check the emotionality; under or over emotional patterns curtile clear and appropriate thought processes.
- Avoid ‘tunnel vision’; stop looking at things in only one angle, have varied perspectives without narrowing the wide range of possibilities for a concern. Check for various reasons, sources, angles etc.
- Check out the authenticity of information received. People may persuade others and impose their belief system, ideologies etc on others. Try making a broad and open minded thinking system.
- A peaceful mind is a prerequisite for an error-free thinking process. It’s said that never make decisions during highly emotional situations. Keep up the mind in a balanced state , a conflicted mind can elicit distorted thought patterns.
In a way, it’s the thoughts which decide the behavioral attributes of an individual. A positive, lucid and diligent thought process paves a way towards an accurate behavioral upshot. Make the mind a ‘haven’ so that the thoughts can be sieved by itself and flow flawlessly.
Dr.Arathy.K.Nair
Consultant Counseling Psychologist
Certified psychological trainer-mentor, well-being, art & color therapist.
