Can we think completely independently, without any influence? I don’t think anyone can. However, we can accept ideas from others that align so closely with our own that we begin to feel them as our own. We can adopt ideas, thoughts, and beliefs that we believe are the best fit for us.
When it comes to beliefs, the originality of the idea doesn’t matter, meaning having an idea that no one has expressed before, but rather living out an idea that may come from distant times, but is useful and suitable for the development of an entire system of related values.
Therefore, the first step means opening the mind to aspects of creative imagination and intuition, rather than closing it off.
By practicing thoughts, the ability to listen and read, pausing on words and their meanings, trust in the certainties that begin to emerge will gradually develop.
The second step is to try to live, apply these ideas and intuition, make them our own, even striving if we make mistakes, because we also learn from mistakes.