Thought

When I think about it, I find that as we grow up we lose something very precious. We lose our way of looking at the world without any prejudices or judgements, all in the name of 'growing up'. In fact the philosophy I've been reading about in the past couple of days tends to point out just that.
"In trying to seek simplicity in our lives, we end up making it all the more complicated by our thoughts."
It goes on to say, "You don't get love when you seek it, just like that peace in one's life doesn't come by seeking. It comes by creating an environment within oneself for peace to come and reside. That means eliminating thought when it is not needed. One needs thought when one is working or studying or dealing with the world. But one doesn't have to bring thought in the picture when one is dealing with oneself. The reason is that our thoughts are created and based upon our experiences. This in turn means that our thoughts are based on the old. When we are trying to bring about a positive change, something new, then how can this process of bringing in the new be based on something that is old and mostly biased? One needs to understand completely, only then can one get rid of thought."
"Our fears are created by our thought. Eliminate the thought that brought about this fear and you can eliminate fear itself."