How to Approach a Thoughtless Person

A “thoughtless” person can be very dangerous to ourselves, and unpredictable as well. Thoughtless people are all over the place, we seem to run into them constantly these days, and when we do, we must be prepared to respond in the appropriate manner.

Perhaps “thoughtless” is not the correct terminology here. When we typically think of a thoughtless person, we think of a person who is actually filled with thoughts, constant thoughts, and not thoughtless at all. They are filled with endless thoughts about themselves, so much so, that there is no room for others, or the opinions of others. This person is filled with himself to the point that he no longer notices others, or attempts to help them. He only helps himself. If he does happen to notice someone else, it is usually from the standpoint of contempt.

But this is not the thoughtless people that I am writing about. I am writing about truly thoughtless people – people who can see so clearly that they act without the burden of thought interfering with their actions. You know who they are; the soldier who falls on a grenade to save his buddies, the mother who gives her life for her child, our champions in the movies that so endear us with their selfless actions, the football heroes that sacrifice all personal safety to help their team win.

But when thought has a chance to interfere, we become careful. Thought is the protector and architect of our “self,” our ego, and as such will hesitate when it comes to selfless action. If Mother Teresa wasn’t a thoughtless person, she would have thought twice about risking her life in a disease ridden country to help poor kids that could never pay her back.

Therefore, thoughtless people are a danger to our “selves.” The reason they are a danger is because when we see how a thoughtless person’s actions are pure, without agenda, without consideration or cunningness to receive something in return, or save themselves, then our small “self” feels ashamed, and when our self feels ashamed, it begins to justify its cowardly actions.

So how should we respond to these thoughtless people that we run into constantly? I think that we should embrace them – recognize them for the heroes and heroines that they truly are. But since they are thoughtless, the praise that they receive will go in one ear and out the other, as will any criticism that they are in some way irresponsible.

They can’t help it that they are thoughtless, they just see life differently. They see life as it actually is, not merely tools for our personal security. The thoughtless person envisions all of us as one, and whatever they do; it is never considered to be a sacrifice. How could giving up a self, that doesn’t exist in a thoughtless person’s mind, be sacrificed for anything.

Mother Teresa could easily have died in India, and if she would have, she would not have felt that she was any better or different from the children she saved. This understanding only occurs to thoughtless people, because thoughtless people are humanity; not merely separate parts of humanity. Did Mother Teresa care if the children were Catholic, or Hindu, or Buddhist? No, she never asked; she knew that such unimportant things such as religious beliefs only mattered with thoughtful people, never thoughtless people. Thoughtless people only worried about their fellow human beings.

So as meditators, we watch our thoughts, and we are constantly asked how we can survive in this world without relying solely on thinking.

I ask in return; have you noticed the world lately, one that is completely ruled by thought?

Written By:-E. Raymond Rock

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