Thinking, the active participation in a creative act of thinking, as opposed to being caught up in reactive entanglements in thought and conditioning, requires peace and quiet and a rested state of mind. These have been scarce lately…. In this statement is a key to how this process works. A triggering situation sets off a cascade of repercussions that establish habits of mind that view one's situation as being one of scarcity. It's a question of one's level of resilience towards disequilibrium that lead us to "fall of the wagon" in this way. Urgency rears its head. We are off-balance and begin to react instead of looking for ways to respond with sufficiency. Our projections begin to overwhelm us and our view of what is shifts into the realm of scarcity, of hostility, of conflict and a desperation seeking control.