You might be trapped in a labyrinth

Hey, it’s Luke from Unwritten Tomes.

This week’s topic – a person who thinks all the time... A story about getting lost in the labyrinth of your own thoughts.

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My finger slipped, and I fell from the wall again.

The impact pushed all the air out of my lungs. I winced as I stared at the towering gray walls surrounding me.

I was trapped in this maze for… I’m not sure exactly. I woke up yesterday, but I can’t remember anything from before I got here.

I pushed myself up and started walking – not to find a way out, but to think.

There’s only one thing giving me hope. The maze seems to respond to my behavior. The walls get blurry when I’m not looking. Other times – when I relax for just a moment – I can get a glimpse of a forest at the end of the corridor. But it always disappears before I get there.

Maybe if I figure out the rules, I can get out.

But the harder I thought, the higher the walls seemed to grow. Or, as I looked closer… The walls were actually getting higher.

The realization hit me. Why there wasn’t a way out. Why the labyrinth responded to my thoughts.

I closed my eyes and emptied my mind. I started walking. The moment I was supposed to hit a wall, I felt a warm breeze, and instead of the hard rock – I felt soft grass under my feet.

I opened my eyes as my suspicions were confirmed – the labyrinth was one of my own thoughts from the very beginning.

***

The person who thinks all the time, has nothing to think about except thoughts.

Have you ever been overwhelmed by thoughts, trapped in a cycle where you couldn’t let go of the problem? Feeling locked in your own mind?

Well… you might be familiar with this famous quote by Alan Watts.

My take on this:

Your thoughts are based on your experiences – even those about the future are based on what you’ve seen so far.

So what happens if you spend every moment lost in your own mind? Well… that becomes the only thing you experience, and you become trapped in a cycle where the only thing there is to think about are your own thoughts.

You can’t think through every problem. Sometimes what’s needed isn’t more strategy, it’s more action.

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