What Is A Thought?

What is this thing –this experience– we call thought?

Don’t use more thoughts, concepts or definitions to explore this. Explore it in direct experience. How does it show up? Are there images? Sounds? Sensations?

It seems that the experience of thought is absolutely obvious and also totally unfindable, empty and mysterious. It’s fascinating that thought feels so powerful and victimizing at times. We can’t even find this thing that seems to victimize us.

There can be so much freedom in exploring this mystery.

[austinbrown]

Thank you! I appreciate your sharing. ❤ In my experience what you describe is the Buddhist concept of emptiness - which is also echoed in modern quantum theory. As you describe, the direct experience of the immaterial nature of thoughts is fascinating. ‘

‘We are what we think, with our thoughts we make the world. All that we are arises with our thoughts. Suffering follows an evil thought as surely as the wheel follows the cart drawn by the ox.

We are what we think. With our thoughts we make the world. All that we are arises with our thoughts. Joy follows a pure thought as like a shadow that never leaves.

🙏

[amuseern]

I'm exploring the sense of 'me', which is just a thought and I am so comical 😂 Throughout the day the 'me' thinking interpretation brings up fears of other me's and none of this thinking is real, just a thought! The idea of 'me' being separate from the universe is the most bizarre one, the universe is just happening including the thinking process 😊 Love your work, its helped me a lot. Thanks 😊