Which came first – ‘The Thought’ or ‘Who Bought’?

All the world’s gold and grain cannot replace man’s old brain…

Whenever I think of creativity, or thinking different I’ve always wondered… “Who am I thinking for?” Of course, I’d want to create just so that it exists… But then, it exists for? Who will pay for it? Do them paymasters have a say in my head?

A lot has been spoken for and against over several years of different civilizations. I mean, look at history. Every time someone came up with a ground-breaking idea, people always spoke against it. Why so?

I personally feel that there is a Pandora’s box of reasons for the reaction, some of which I shall state here.

1. Fear of the unknown: Everybody fears the unknown. That which is known and certain has bordered success or consequences while that which is unheard and unseen is always alien. A known enemy has a defined destruction mode which can be tapped into if he/she proves to be dangerously successful. Such is the mindset of the people who matter i.e; the middlemen of the idea.
2. Fear of failure: Every breakthrough spurns a previous one – and several people who have acknowledged its accuracy. It’s funny that more than the person who actually achieves the breakthrough (who was sure to have been antagonized to the core when he/she did by the way) the people who follow those ideas are the ones that get paranoid when a revision or an entirely new idea happens. The feeling in question here is Ego – A denial of fault.
3. Fear of success – yours: Nothing displeases others more than someone who succeeds by proving his/her predecessors wrong – seeing as they have now been owned by our dear examiners! It is a simple human vice called jealousy.

Having understood the above arguments we can draw up the following conclusions.

Theory of Counter-Thought

Now that we understand the reception scenario, how does the process of creation work best? What is the formula for the best idea?

The answer is simple. It depends… on the integrity of the thinker.

Every human mind is capable of a unique thought at the same time. What is best for one may not be the best for the other which omits the whole concept of ‘the best idea’. That which is best can always be bettered and the whole thinking process is volatile and devoid of a tangible route.

Hence, the only voice that counts while thinking is your very own. You are answerable to no other. And your idea is only as good as your faith in it.

However, in a person, the strength of idea and depth of intellect are two different departments. I shall share my theories on this subject in my forthcoming posts…