To take responsibility of/for One’s Thoughts (question)

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Responsible can mean slightly different things in different contexts. There is "responsible" as a character trait, and there is "responsible" as an honor/duty.

In either case though, it involves taking a situation and acting upon it with sound judgement.

But to do this, you need to think first. And to make a wise choice you need to weight up at least two options. That means letting your thoughts explore the negative and the positive.

So perhaps instead of trying to "responsible" for your thoughts, it may be better to view it as being "consciously aware" of your thoughts. Then, rather than being a slave to unruly and spontaneous thoughts, at least then you can choose which ones you want to manifest and cultivate.

I would say a responsible thinker is someone who explores all positive and negative thoughts to the best of their ability, and then consciously evaluates them to the best of their ability, cultivating those they believe will be most fruitful.

To put it another way - our mind is the place in which we do our sums. It's the scratch pad of the world that we can use to work things out. But ultimately, it's the answers I put down on my maths exam paper that I am truly responsible for - no-one grades my scratch pad. If I choose to do my sums carelessly, I will probably come up with the wrong answers. But if I am thorough and diligent with my sums, there is a much higher probability I'll come away with sound conclusions.