Mental Tension, Brainstorming

THE ART OFCLEAR THINKING The reason for lack of peace of mind is mostly what is called ‘mental tension’ or ‘mental stress’. Now, it is a fact that in the present world, it is not possible for any person to avoid tension or stress completely. This being the case, the question arises as to what should be done in this matter. I believe that tension or stress is not evil in itself. Rather, if seen from the right perspective, it can be a boon for human beings. Mental tension produces a form of ‘brainstorming’ in a person’s mind that activates one’s thinking process. If a person did not experience mental tension, he would not experience ‘brainstorming.’ Moreover, without this sort of ‘brainstorming’ inside a person’s mind, a person cannot grow intellectually. To seek to stop mental tension directly or to try to suppress it is not a healthy solution to the issue. This sort of ‘solution’ is actually a sort of intellectual anesthesia. And this sort of anesthesia, which seeks to stop the process of a person’s intellectual growth, is synonymous with taking a person to the animalistic level. One can say that the right solution is to seek to appropriately manage mental tension, rather than seeking to suppress it. Peace for what Purpose? Some scholars define peace as ‘the absence of war.’ But people who have unleashed war in different places in the name of rights and justice do not accept this definition.