My reasoning is this...that if a person "thinks of nothing" they are still thinking of something. (like that white room in the Matrix that extened to infinity). Agree?
2007-07-24 19:27:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Yes you are right. It is impossible to think of nothing. Even meditating and focusing on blackness, you're still thinking of blackness. You can try to limit your thinking to one thing but it is impossible to think of nothing. Existence means thinking. I think therefore I am. Even when you're asleep or in a coma, you dream.
2007-07-24 19:32:35 · answer #1 · answered by amp 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very Zen. Always fun to tell someone to 'not think about red'
Still, our minds are quite finite. So at any given time we are thinking about only a few things, which means we are 'not thinking' about everything else.
So yes. People are 'not thinking about things' all the time.
Many guys have felt the pain that comes from not thinking about an anniversary.
2007-07-25 02:40:57 · answer #2 · answered by Phoenix Quill 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a very western way of thinking. The mind does constantly work, but if you practice Tantra yoga or Patanjali Yoga, you will see that you can calm your mind and reprogram ourselves to a calm of nothing thinking. My former husband was very good at this. I didn't understand, but I am now begnning to.
2007-07-25 02:56:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I actually play this game with myself where I blank my mind and see how long it can last. Usually, not even two seconds. Not even when I'm high.
I've found that when one tries not to think about anything, they are still thinking about how not to think about anything. It's impossible to clear your mind purely.
But, it's still strangely entertaining to try.
2007-07-25 03:02:14 · answer #4 · answered by SHARON 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
amp described this very well; even while meditating one is concentrating on the flow of breath through the body, thus constituting a thought process.
Thinking of 'nothing' is not possible.
2007-07-25 02:37:13 · answer #5 · answered by Lonnie P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the answer is no. like what amp said,
nothing is something. it exist. there for it is there,
if it does not exist, then you cant even think about it...
so the fact that you are thinking of nothing makes it exist.
2007-07-25 03:13:17 · answer #6 · answered by krazyfu_tangerine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if anything, people forget what they were thinking of if they said nothing, or like you said, they are thinking of something.
it's impossible to think of nothing, because there is always something (in the case of living people at least)
2007-07-25 02:58:37 · answer #7 · answered by anachronymph 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you think when you have been knocked out cold? That is the only time i might think of this being possible.
2007-07-25 03:27:09 · answer #8 · answered by Quid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes...
That's called "church..."
2007-07-25 02:52:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2007-07-25 03:16:02 · answer #10 · answered by Rainstar 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋