METHOD OF THINKING

We all know and are aware of  the fact that there is a method or a way of doing everything ; even from a small act to a complex one. Unless we adopt a correct method we do not realize the goal or perform the act to its proper completion.
      The method and the way we do things are assessed , made easy and simplified to such an extend that it becomes second nature for us  after prolonged rehearsal ; like driving a car.But we still are aware of the subjectve  preventive techniques we need to consciously adopt during driving ...like following the rules. All these are possible ,as it is our conative action ,but is it possible for our cognitive or thinking  ability . Is there a method in thinking ? Will a good contend in our thinking possibly exemplify our needs and goals?
        With our mind on a constant state of flux, is it possible to adopt a proper method or way of thinking?
         There are many methods and types of thinking that are  described,  from a realistic pragmatic and logical thinking to system thinking  .Each has its own votary or enthusiasts' claiming relevance and  giving guidance to proper thinking .Lateral thing, considered to be problem solving reasoning thinking, first explained by Maltese Psychologist Edward de  bono in his book the  "Use of lateral thinking" is  characteristically  described and explained  by  how King Solomon solved the problem of two women claiming a single child to be their own.
       Does each one of us   have a characteristic  pattern of thinking ? If it is so,  it should have evolved over a period of time from childhood based on life experiences, modeling of significant care givers and situational events .It was perhaps streamlined and strengthened by the prevailing mood or the ensuing  present psychological make up, in default or in  redundancy.
        If all around us in the world  ; if each event has a  method of evolving , functioning or maintaining, why is that there is no method in  thinking ?  is it there and  is unknown to us?
        Thinking is generally goal oriented. We perceive a goal ,then think and work to acheive it . There a right way and a short way .The right way takes time but is permanent .The short way is easy to acheive but is unstable , fragile and risky . Do we have the time to wait? A sole person cannot achieve what he has aimed in his life fully. A great degree of effort is required to acheive it .  All great Multinational companies are managed by generation of families who through their  right vision and purpose acheive  little by little perfectly  and then  become a great conglomerate.
If it is permanently stable  it is because  the families down the generation  have learnt the responsibility  to manage it successfully  through great righteous thinking , vision and purpose.It  sometimes also crumbles down  because of wrong compulsive or impulsive decisions ,perhaps a short cut,  taken by one of the members  in the family.Then others in the family rally around and revive it .
        As a Psychiatrist with twenty five years of experience reading minds and gleaning  disorders , I have to confess that there  is no  sure proof method to discern what is happening or going through one's mind . We know that our own mind is in a constant state of confusions with a conundrum of doubts with no pattern whatsoever , then is it possible to read others? .if I say I can do it , it certainly abounds on  the paranormal ,  complemented  with a plethora of lies and make beliefs.
       A cursory glance of the literature  has  voluminous  amount of details on the mind and
" The Human Mind " by the American Psychiatrist Karl Meninger gives an elaborate detail on Mind which is by itself mind boggling. Do we have  a rather simplified way of understanding and choosing the method of thinking ? Is it neccessary ? When freedom of expression is  guaranteed by all the great democracies in the world ,even allowing  it to impinge on the rights and dignity of others, what is this big deal of thinking methodically ?  " I will think as I like" . Don't I have that freedom; is the feeling in everybody's mind.
       Let us look into it a little closer. 80% of the ills of the society is due to skewed thinking . Many righteous fair person will agree that the present corona crisis is of our own making . Through proper  abstract thinking,   if everyone had applied  and adopted covid appropriate behaviour ( which was stuffed down our throat day in and day out by the official media )then much of the deaths i.e  3, 90, 660 as of now in India officially,( at the time of writing) could have been avoided. Environmental pollution, fighting wars to disrupt population, corruption,  amasing  wealth ( which is the basis of all evils)all are no  doubt abberations of thinking of some of our political leaders and  multinational companies ,  under whose tutelage others operate. If their  thinking is abound with the principle of ' Live and Let live ", magnanimity ,  cooperation , positive competition for the good of all and care of future generation which includes their own children , not to corrupt and empower everyone,then much of the present day woes in the world can be avoided.
          Let us learn to think in a good and simple way .A conscious reflective thinking on all the guiding principle of humanness and its welfare  consisting of positive thought , wishfull thinking of shared concerns , empathy for fellow humans, commitment and responsibility to this planet  which has given us life and sustenance would be a good method of thinking in order to enhance ourselves and our denizens in this world  .  Simple thinking and high living  would suffice to make our thoughts   useful to us  and  our fellow humans who share this planet with us . Let God grant us also equal vision , balanced mind ,  faith , devotion and wisdom to understand our brethren  and live together with empathy  to survive  in these testing times and propel us  for newer  hopes in future. Let us start all these at home and in our immediate surroundings, if we or our relatives and friends  have to survive. Otherwise most will perish and for the remaining ,the whole world will not  be a lot more  better.