I was just thinking that thinking is the root cause of all our suffering but please don’t think about this or you’ll suffer.
You see thoughts are not thinking, are they?
For example.
Up ahead you see a person.That’s the thought right there.Your sense organ just doing its job.As you get closer you start to wonder about that person,good things and maybe bad things.That’s thinking.
Any suffering you’ve ever had ( I’m not talking pain) is a result of your thinking.
A lover leaves you….thought.
He left because he thinks I’m stupid….. thinking.
Thinking is the root cause of all our suffering.
And discuss.
Thinking can be the suffering, and can also soothe suffering. Reparenting is an interesting concept worth looking into.
Also thought experiment. Don’t think of a pink elephant. What are you thinking of? When prompted to not think of something our brains are wired to think about it in the absence of an alternative.
Thanks Indie for the thoughtful comment.
The human mind remains a mystery does it not?
I think the human mind might be something scientist never quite figure out. Or at least I hope they don’t. There should be some mystery left to our psyches.