Thinking Made Easy - by Saleem Rana

Thinking Made Easy - by Saleem Rana: "Dr. Seuss created a funny little story about Mrs. McCave. She had 23 sons and she named them all Dave. Now when you ask, 'Who Is Dave?' The question, under
normal circumstances, would lead to a normal answer. But if you were to ask her, it
would be baffling.

Similarly, if you ask 'what is thinking?' you tend to baffle your listener.

This is because there is no singular way of thinking.

It has even been said that you can make people do almost anything, except think.

While this is supposed to be funny. It is also sad, in a way.

Because thinking is essential to evolution. Both your own and that of humanity as a whole.

It is also ironic, because all we appear to do all day is think.

Yet can this ceaseless stream of thoughts really be classified as thinking? After all, it seldom results in new ideas, new solutions, or a new way to grow.

From this we can assume that thinking is more than stream-of-consciousness thinking.

It is, in fact, a discipline. "