You Don’t Think, but Thinking Happens to You

Becoming aware of this involuntary process of the mind

Hey there dear reader, I hope that you are doing good!

In today’s post, I want to talk to you about how you can recognize thinking as an automatic process of the mind and not as something that you do voluntarily.

I am sure some of you would agree with me when I say, that under the influence of our conditioning, we have deeply personalized the process of thinking.

We cement this belief further by using statements such as ‘I think, ‘You think’, and ‘They think’ in our everyday lives.

If we were to use this similar approach of a first-person perspective with other processes that are taking place in our body, it will sound absurd.

For example, we do not say that ‘I digest my food’, or ‘that I flow the blood through my veins.’ These processes are automatic, involuntary, and are run by the natural intelligence of our bodies.

Here, I would like to point your attention to a simple question that might change your perspective when it comes to thinking.

How can ‘You Think’, when ‘You’ are the one who is observing the thoughts that are occurring in your psyche?

Sit down for a moment and “try” to think.

Try producing a thought.

Were you successful? Were you able to produce a new thought?

If you were successful, did you produce the thought? Or were you the observer who noticed the thought being produced by the mind?

Your true essence is that of an observer, of a witness.

You notice the thoughts that pop up in your mind.

Awareness of this fact allows you to exercise a “free choice” when it comes to what thoughts you want to believe in.

Awareness of this fact allows you to create a space between your true self and the conditioning of your mind.

This awareness is the feeling-realization of consciousness becoming conscious of itself.

And, it frees you from the personalization of your thought activity!

Thanks for reading. May you shine bright with the light of the universe!

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