Thought: The Final Frontier ©️Dawn Minott

On By Dawn MinottIn Prose

Remember the Star Trek intro: “Space: the final frontier…. To boldly go where no man has gone before!”?

With the explosion of the fourth industrial revolution and advances in technology, space is no longer the final frontier, it has been explored and so has the depth of the oceans and the core of the earth.

The Pervasive Nature of Technology

Technology has become extraordinarily invasive. It permeates every sphere and facet of our lives. Unless you make a concerted effort to live ‘off the grid’, you leave a digital footprint just about every minute of the day. And now with AI and generative AI, the intrusion is even more intense.

That got me thinking about what of myself I can keep private, protected from scrutiny and judgment.

It’s not my words for once I’ve spoken/written them they are in the public domain and therefore at the whim of others’ opinions, thoughts and feelings to be scrutinized, dissected and even misconstrued.

It’s not my sense of style either because once I step out into the public domain, my style, my fashion choices (or lack thereof🙃), my hair, even my makeup are all open to be criticized or affirmed.

But my thoughts—the ideas or opinions produced in my mind—those are safe as long as they remain protected.

My mind, the protector and incubator of my thought, is its safest place.

Thoughts should be allowed to germinate, to come to maturity before they are birthed into words. For once they are expressed, they are no longer solely mine.

Thoughts Are Powerful

Everything that constitute the universe started with thought. From the beginning, where there was void and nothing had form and darkness abounded, God thought.

God thought: I’m going to make Me a universe—space, time, matter and energy, the cosmos, galaxies, planets, and stars arranged in constellations. And everything God thought of that was to make up the universe, once He spoke them, they existed.

In other words, God spoke what He thought, and what He thought is what it became.

As an example—before there was light in the physical realm, light was undefined. It was a thought incubated in the womb of God’s mind of what it would be and how it would function. When the thought matured and was ready to be birthed for its intended purpose, God spoke:

“Let there be light and there was light” (Genesis 1:3).

And what He thought light to be, that’s what light became. Traveling at 186,000 miles per second, light separated the darkness.

As it is with God’s thoughts, so it is with ours.

Our thoughts are also powerful enough to create.

For, it is what we think in our minds that we become in our lives.

The mind is the breeding ground for our consciousness, perception, imagination, intelligence, judgment, emotion, instinct and thinking.

Because our thoughts become a reflection of who we really are, why then would we not allow our thoughts to ‘hang out’ with these other faculties of the mind and germinate before they are released?!

Imagine a thought saturated and infused with imagination, judgement, emotions and instinct and only then is it given wings on words to soar.

Would there be less conflict, less war, more love? I think so.

Image: http://www.un.org

Concluding POV:

When contemplated in this way, I surmised that thoughts in their purest form—devoid of technological intrusion—are the final frontier of our personhood. That, if allowed to germinate fully/complete/whole would serve us well at the individual, familial, community, societal, national, regional, and global levels.

Like what you see? To never miss a post click HERE👈 to subscribe & follow the blog. I love hearing from you, so remember to “like” & comment. For more content start HERE👈

In creative solidarity, Dee

33 thoughts on “Thought: The Final Frontier ©️Dawn Minott”

  1. You’re so right, technology has made it hard to keep things private anymore. But our thoughts are still our own – until we share them, that is! I’ve written about similar stuff before, like how writing affects my brain and the power of thoughts. I’m a big believer that writing sets your thoughts free! But I totally agree with you, letting our thoughts marinate before sharing can lead to more love and understanding.

    This was the blog (if you want to check out) – https://theblogera.com/how-is-writing-affecting-my-brain/

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

  6. Girl sistah queen, you brought your message home with this summation:
    “When contemplated in this way, I surmised that thoughts in their purest form—devoid of technological intrusion—are the final frontier of our personhood.”

    I can’t add any more to that girlfriend. Hugs and smooches! 😊💖🥰🥂😘

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

    1. I don’t think of it as “watching” per se though that may very well be the reality. But I think we are super exposed just by virtue of using technology.

      Like

      Reply

      1. true. But the reason I sleep soundly is because I’m happy that people *can’t* use technology. Because they don’t have the brainpower. Governments, any how. Google and Amazon are a different kettle of fish.

        Liked by 1 person

        Reply

    2. Heya. I responded to you yesterday but not seeing it now. Sometimes you never know what direction a prompt will take you. Thank you for helping our creative juices to flow with your daily prompts. Cheers, Dee

      Liked by 1 person

      Reply

Leave a reply to Sunshine Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.