A million in a thought

                                

       It was another Friday evening. With computer, coffee and thoughts as my companions I thought of writing a blog post. 'But what do I write?' was the first thought that came to my mind. Then another thought and then another. A moment out of this vicious circle of thoughts, I wondered what exactly are these "thoughts"? Where do they come from? Do they ever have an end? 
       There ain't perfect definition of thoughts cause thoughts are imperfect and incomplete themselves. Every microsecond a thought arises and vanishes. Some we hold on to and some we let go, maybe not on the gross but definitely on the subtle. Someone had once mentioned that - "Thoughts are like shoppers in a supermarket. They enter and they leave. If someone stops a shopper for reasons like inappropriate haircut or unusual dressing style in a supermarket, then definitely that person is a special kind of stupid." Every thought is different and unique in its own way. How many thoughts can we hold on to and make a fuss about them? or how many times can we smile on the same thought? Now or later we got to let them go. Logically, if every person gets a thought every microsecond then in a moment there are millions of thoughts that arise and set. So why make a big deal if some people don't behave right with us? Behind all of that is a thought which is eventually going to change. Thoughts are permanently impermanent. How can something of an impermanent nature define us? 
         But as it is said that we can't define ourselves and thoughts don't have a definition then wouldn't that make us a... thought? What if this whole world is a thought? What if the reality is a thought? Think...think...think... Nevermind! It's just a thought! 

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