In the Light of Lamp - 1

WHAT YOU THINK,

YOU BECOME.

Whether its been said by Buddha or Gandhiji. Quote contains profound truth. 

Today, in light of festival of Light I want to ask different questions. Towards end come back again to this quote and show away shadow caste by Lamp.

In which language do we think?

Do we think original or its just borrowed or shadowed words/thoughts/idea/information of others?

Can we think without words?

Can we go beyond thinking, in domain of ideas, intuitions? 

Before all this, main question Do we think? 

Too many questions and there are not straight forward answers. As thinking is something tiresome for majority of people. Thus we run life on auto-pilot mode, rather than thoughtful mode like Human. 

First question was asked to me, some 9-10 years ago. I was showing my report to college professor and asked for her help in improving writing. After going through report, correcting some error and suggesting minor changes. She Asked, 'Vaibhav in which language do you think?' I was confused over her question. So far, I had never observed the language in which I think. After few seconds I replied. 'Not in English'. 

That's where I was. Driven by general notion of improving writing - Read More, Listen More. To write more. I had started blog, reading and writing on & off. Still, improvement was meagre. Something was missing in pursuit of more reading & writing.

The basic problem never got addressed or done very subconsciously - habit of translating.

What's problem with translating? 

See, first of all our thoughts will be from a language, which we are not going to write. Than hard work put behind translating words of those thoughts into known words of language in which we are going to write. Isn't it. Than obviously there will be more structural changes of language. This bring first fault, secondly we will never use more words and appropriate words of written language. And thirdly we have to put more time and energy.

Solution:

Read little, mostly editorial piece of newspaper. Read something of your interest and now think on that issue or on what you read in same language as you have read. Try over and see.

This was one of the exercise given at that time. Quite interesting and it makes us observe our thought and becomes meditative too.

Some effort and practice leads to amazing result. It gives ease while writing and 

speaking too. Sometime it was super fluid, thinking changing from one language to another. 

Writing in a same language as of our thoughts and feelings [thoughts of senses and expression!] indeed is the way. Still in our country we are forcing our children to do something quite contrary. Hope lights spread and we be natural & authentic in our quest of knowledge.