*image by Ben Harubin

The mind giveth and the mind taketh away,
without the mind ever recognizing-eth
exactly what the mind be up-eth to.

Thinking is consciousness dragged to its lowest possible level...for a few, that is;
for most, thinking will be the highest form of their mental awareness

There was a race of creatures who found a thing that gave them
Exceptional powers -- it later produced in them a dream of an additional ability,
whose realization however the presence of the original powers prevented.

A man said to a mystic, "You certainly have a knack for coming up with metaphors."
And he replied, "I deserve no credit, it was the human mind that originally conceived
of the concept when it first turned 'being alive' into 'living amidst 'conditions.'"

A boy asked his father, "Does thought distort everything?"
"Yes," the elder nodded.
"Does thought camouflage everything?" he asked.
And again the old man nodded his aye.
Then the lad asked, "Does thought separate man from everything?"
"Yes," his father indicated.
And the boy finally asked, "Does thought ruin everything?"
And his progenitor replied, "Only if being human ruins being alive!"
"And if, with any individual, that proves to be true, the solution for him
is to find enlightenment."
The lad may learn yet that, for any question thoughts may proffer,
an answer thoughts will offer.

Additional note: Life is just life -- "conditions" are man's metaphor for life.
(And a damn piss-poor one at that, once you see through it.)

There is no such thing as a valid "thinking view," only consciousness
provides a faithful representation of what is to be seen.