Thoughts

• 10 August 2022 | Author 1
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Thinking is a habitual activity of the human mind. We use this cognitive ability to process and interpret information. Thoughts can be differentiated as ideas, images, mental symbols, opinions, and beliefs. But the trick is that there is no single formal definition of what the “thoughts” are. Nobody really knows what the thought’s substance is. What is the thought, really? We can say that the thought is a certain sensation or a noise in your head. Apart from the scientific definition that is heavily predicated upon the brain’s functioning, it does not define the thought. The closest definition we could give is that “thoughts are tiny bundles of energy in your head”. If there is no standard definition of a thought, it can be seen as another mystery. Not that a thought mysterious by its nature, but its power. Think about it this way: thoughts create attitudes and beliefs.

Language is a foundation and one of the main tools to decode reality. Thoughts can be linguistic or conceptual. If it comes as a memory or an image, it does not have linguistic qualities. Thinking about the beach does not require verbalization. Just an image of the seashore in your head would suffice to carry you over in this dream for a moment. Even thoughts create our reality, it is very important to understand that thoughts are not reality itself, but they feel so real. Needless to say, thinking plays a huge part in creating various projections about yourself and others.

Your whole entire identity is broadcasted by thoughts. To understand our true nature, we should understand what comprises it. Thoughts are an integral part of this process. All your conceptual understandings are captured by the main and primal thought. The mind is experiencing this “I” and not the other way around. And your personal story dances around this basic thought. Thoughts about reality and so-called “identity” are superimposed on this one concept and belief in “I”, this concept is falsehood. Every thought is based on the notion that there is someone behind the scenes, who is in charge of this thinking process. But in fact, the process of thinking happens and there is nobody there. The root of all your ideas is this “I” and all your ideas are superimposed on “I”, building the ego construction. In other words, the “I” concept includes the totality of the individual’s knowledge and ideas about himself, the emotional attitude to his personality, as well as those forms of behavior that are conditioned by these knowledge, ideas and assessments.  This is how you emerge:

1. I am this body.
2. This is my thought.
3. I am thinking this thought and experiencing everything around me.

And here we go; you have a ready-made story about a human being with his personal history and experience. Then it goes unnoticed and by default becomes the core belief. It is in this way that duality is being created.   

 “So, who am I, really?” you will ask. You are everything that lies in your direct experience, including this body. The correct way to say is that “you” are this faceless awareness which observes thoughts, body, and feelings. And this awareness does not belong to anybody. The idea of “I” just emerges and is a part of the bigger concept about identity. Thoughts literally give birth to your identity; without thoughts you do not exist in the way you think you do. Could you handle the fact that this person that you consider yourself is a bunch of thought matrix? And this basic belief can be easily demolished.

By painstakingly observing our thoughts, we can get closer to our true nature. When you become aware of the thoughts’ power, you become a conscious Creator, when the highest good and ego are one, aligned and in sync. Thoughts do not really belong to the ego-mind, but most often are imposed upon you by the external environment. Once noticed, thought does not have that much power and can be dissolved in the light of your awareness.