Thinking Itself (Thoughtless)

a distich couplet

It's thinking itself that seems to be

The most thoughtless thing I can do to me

Jim Lonsdale Poetry 2025

Reviews

[Michael Sun Bear]

A nicely penned piece of Zen-like wisdom. I very recently heard a Sufi discourse describing how we are not our thoughts and emotions, and that a beginning step on that Path is to try to step back and as our True Self try to be an observer, not a participant in that activity of the mind. Your two lines strongly reminded me of that.

[Desert Knave]

Thank you. I just wish I could have gotten some of this in my head when I was a bit younger. ~Jim

[John Sullivan]

I thought about it and think I agree with you.

Cheers, Jim.

[Desert Knave]

Thank you so much ! ~Jim

[Chris Shaw]

I pondered on this Jim. I can at times over think. Yes, I am guilty of this. And certainly it is a thoughtless thing to do to yourself. Too much thinking can be a pain in the backside.

Chris

[Desert Knave]

Thank you ! Yes, it's really easy to ruin something by overthinking it. ~Jim

[jacob erin-cilberto]

If we think too much, we hesitate...and he or she who hesitates is lost.
j.

[Desert Knave]

Thank you. Yeah, thinking can really take the joy out of a lot of things. ~Jim