No One Can Tell Us How To Think

No one can tell us how to think.
But they do.

When we are in a group – be it family, friends, work, religion – we are all expected to think the same way to maintain groupthink. If we don’t, we’re cancelled – they don’t like us.

Once we realise the essence and nature of mind, no one can tell us how to think or what to think.

The essence of mind is pure consciousness, the direct clarity of perception.
The nature of mind is the thoughts developed through experience, whether they’re pleasant or unpleasant:

The unenlightened think inside the mind.
The enlightened think outside the mind.

How do we think outside the mind?

When a red car goes by, we don’t have to think,
“There’s a red car!”
We already know it.

In the same way, when we meet people,
we don’t have to think about them.
We already know instinctively what not to say.
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