If you're anything like me, you've spent your whole life trying to tame wild thoughts. When anxieties prowl through your mind, you round them up with rational analysis. When creative inspiration blossoms, you breed it to come again. When grief bites, you muzzle it to protect yourself. The desire to domesticate your mental wilderness runs deep. You want thoughts that come when called, sit when commanded, and perform useful tricks on demand. You dream of a well-ordered mind where every thought knows its place and serves your purposes. What would it take to domesticate thoughts? First thing, something would need to volunteer to domesticate them, a bronco buster of the mind. The one to mount that horse would be the ego, the thought of "I"... Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to The Reflective Eclectic to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives. A subscription gets you:
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Monday, 11 August 2025
The Domestication of Thoughts
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The Domestication of Thoughts
Wild Thoughts - Part Three ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏...
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