The Sound Of No Hand Clapping Volume II  (Paperback, Navin Sinha)

What is the role of conscious logical and rational thinking in creation of constructive thoughts? Any transportation pathway, including our circulatory system has as its backbone the major highways which allow quick movement around, but they cannot reach every nook and corner of the required destinations. The last mile connectivity is often provided by the smaller alleys for the roadways and by the arterioles, venules and capillaries in case of the human circulatory system. The conscious logical and rational thinking provides that last mile connectivity to our ideas and solutions. This conscious logical and rational thinking can, on their own, never lead to a brilliant or creative idea. Once a brilliant idea is in place, the conscious logical and rational thinking can break it down to lead us to the final, straight answers, can interpret the idea in various ways, can find ways to apply the idea in different contexts, etc. Brilliant ideas, even brilliant scientific and mathematical ideas, come through a 'flash of insight'. Once the spark has arrived, the 'thinker' (including scientists and mathematicians) add rigor to it and elaborate upon it to lead it to versatile theories. For most of us, creating these flashes of insight is an accidental phenomena. Because of its unpredictability, we choose to stick to the linear, logical thinking. We believe that even though ineffective, it is one form of thinking that is always available to us. However, in the process, we cut out the most valuable forms of the higher forms of thinking which could empower us to create consistent instances of brilliance. This book explores how we could evolve the process of creating flashes of insight as a skill that can be learnt, mastered and repeated with much more consistency. In this 2nd volume of the book 'The Sound of No Hand Clapping', we explore how to ride the waves of our thoughts. It helps us transcend the state of being a 'victim' to our endless thoughts and allow us, like expert surfers, to ride these waves and steer our way through them to lead us to brilliant ideas all the time.