As I am sure many have all heard the classic cliche "You think too much!" Thus, I ask....................

Question

... What is the definition of "too much"?

Might some look at another who thinks "too much," and have the inverse opinion; that such individual doesn't think enough? And the question that would arise to that, would be...

... What is the definition of "not enough"?

And the final question that I am left with is...
Why would you tell someone either of these statements?

Thoughts...?

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Thoroughly enough for whom? *wink*

Answer 1

When forming opinion of another, we take responsibility for them...this is "self" arising in the consciousness and is Selfish behaviour..we are "owning" .. both our opinion and the other person's ideas and opinions...as well as this, this behaviour is triggered by selfish, self serving desire to "change" another because we "see it" as wrong.

This is selfishness...how do we know that they are "thinking too much" .. what is the basis of this "truth"..?

It is "too much thinking" when we are so Unmindful of others that we involve ourselves in another's affairs without being invited ... we have no right to do so.

It is "not enough thinking" when we are Unmindful enough to barge into another's Life without invitation.

We should be Mindful of others and allow others their legitimacy and their worth as Beings without being judgemental and opinionated...this "butting in" on others is selfishness and will cause suffering as well as Karma..

We should accept others for they are valid and worthy of such acceptance...our opinions are from our consciousness and are irrelevent as they are not from our true selves unless they reinforce another's validity and worth...

Some thoughts on thinking and opinions about others from...

A Buddhist

Answer 2

I have been accused of being too nice. This usually happens when I let a minor slight go. This used to bother me until I saw that the people who said I was too nice would always back down even when a great slight was made against them. There is no such thing as too anything unless it results in an undesired effect. If you feel good, then it was not too much beer. If you are enjoying thinking, it is not too much. If, however, you find yourself thinking about things you do not want to think about or if you find yourself thinking about things which are stressing you out it is still not thinking too much, it is just thinking about the wrong things.

Answer 3

As an active Theologian-Evangelist-writer, formerly math, science, philosophy and sales trained, I do think and reflect deeply about 25% of the time. I would guess the average Human in the USA now thinks deeply 1% to 10% of the time. Many prefer to take drugs to get "bombed out" of their alleged minds !

For personality unification -- balance-- I also do many family and social activities and often perform music in public and in my drum studio. Almost all good driving types of music and also Christian concert bands. I average about 60 hrs/week in sermon writings and spiritual teachings. 20 hrs/week on drumset.

A Human being, over about age six years, has freewill "I am of I AM" personality, God's Spirit will within, a perfecting soul perfect duplicate You that may survive death, a mind and a (lowest reality) mortal body. Mind and body are both "tools" that should be used and controlled by the three higher parts of a Human being mentioned above. These higher parts of You know better than "you as mind" does what amount of deep thinking and reflecting you should be doing.

Summary: You may now train your mind to work better for you. If you can not yet master your mind, you may now freely ask for the perfect Mind of our Master God-Man Jesus Christ !

Descartes was wrong. "I am ! therefore I also think." is more correct. Dogs and lower animals all think some, but they have no "I am personality" from I AM; and thus they lack the mind adjutant spirits of worship and wisdom.


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Answer 4

I would say someone was thinking about a problen too much, not because thinking is wrong, but because they are rehashing the same thoughts and worries over a problem as a substitute for actually doing anything. I love thinking, it's my favorite pastime, (well, maybe my second favorite,) and I am often dismayed by how little and how seldom people bother to think. Quite often, what passes for thoughts in their heads are just repetitions of something they heard, repetitions of entertainment they have experienced, and obsessing.
Normally, if someone was trying to put you down by saying, "you think too much!" it would be because they felt inferior, or saw some virtue in being uneducated dolts, or that you thought of something they would rather not consider.
Not thinking enough is a mistake because it leaves you wide open to mistakes you would have caught if you bothered to think it all the way through. Unfortunately, lots of people would just rather not bother.

Answer 5

In my opinion, I think it means "you are focusing on one thing only" or "you are obsessed" or "you are dwelling on that aspect" or "you are being paranoid"......So to answer your question there is no such thing as 'thinking too much". At best we use less than 10% of our brain capacity and those are the geniuses. Once you are able to train to think at higher levels, like Gurus, Arhats, and others you go into 20, 30, 40% . Once you start exceeding 50% you will appear to be like a god to almost all. So to answer your question, I do not tell that to anyone (these days) that they think too much. I will say you are obsessed with your idea or something like that. If anything we are NOT thinking enough.

Thanks for a great question

Answer 6

Too much...would be when it no longer serves the highest intentions of love.

If a person does anything in the extreme...it becomes less beneficial....we need rest to assimilate our ponderings...or we will be lead astray by them.

The definition of not enough in my book is:
When someone is not thoughtful to the point of understanding a situation in the highest of love. When closure or acceptance through understanding, proper action or awareness of responsibility and forgiveness of self and other....is not achieved.

People say this to others for infinite reasons that have much to doo with the one saying the statement. A reason that it might be a useful thing to tell someone might be:
when a loved one is obsessively thinking, and needs rest.
or in matters of love between people....when someone asks another to explain love for them.....reminds me of a grateful dead song line
"Don't think too hard baby, cause you know what I'm sayin'"

Answer 7

The only time I can recall telling someone that he thought too much I was saying it to an ex-boyfriend who had the most unfortunate tendency to seize on insignificant words or actions and "dwell on them" until he could figure out in his mind what the deeper meaning was behind something I did. More unfortunately, he usually managed to add two and two and come up with 17.5! The only way you can have any clue what someone else is thinking or feeling is to ask them (unless, of course, you don't trust them or don't respect them enough to think they know their own mind).

I also remember telling my ex-husband that he didn't think enough. He was complaining that he could "never" win an argument with me because he was always wrong and I was always right. While he was exaggerating with the never, I did tend to be right more frequently because he tended to blurt our all sorts of emotional garbage before he thought about what he wanted to say while I tended to wait until I had thought about what I wanted to say before I said it.

Answer 8

Passion in any area is an advantage, both in successful functioning in the world and for most of our spiritual evolution.

I was told all my life that I think too much, and instead of numbing my mind to accommodate others insecurities, I opened my heart, and my whole being came alive with intuition and inspiration. Yin and Yang suggest a passionate integration. You are never 'too much' of anything.

Answer 9

OK...now we're going round and round...weee....ok anyway. I would think that "thinking too much" implies an overly critical person, someone who absolutely HAS to go through all the minute details (lets say...in a military operation, the one who needs to do things by-the-book and also, overly analyzes things) someone who doesn't "think enough" is someone who goes by instinct too much, the best possible outcome is to be analytical, but can still go by his/her gut instinct when needed. So...I hope I helped!

Answer 10

Too much for me means that I am only using my brain and not connecting to my heart. It takes both to glean a greater awareness.

Not Enough, to me means that I am not thinking instead I am reacting to a situation or circumstance without fully engaging all the gift that God gave me or us to discern.

To teach them the delicate nature of these processes as opposed to only what our experiences have given us.