Our Thoughts Are Not Our Own

Our thoughts are not our own.
They never were.
We learnt to adopt them.

This is the deception of knowing about something

Whatever we read or hear about is never the complete picture, as it’s all about – concerning – that person’s view. Remember, we are reading about something, rather than actually experiencing the thing itself.

We become experts in knowing about a subject, and convince ourselves – and others – that we’ve experienced what we’ve imagined, and we find ourselves repeating and justifying vagueness.

All the imagery, titles, names, robes, hats, beards, suits, paraphernalia … are an effort to make us accept whatever appearance is being presented. In this way, we’re falling for the form, the look, the dream state.

Take all the paraphernalia away and just listen.

Test, test, test.
In this way we become less stupid.

How?
Look at the effect on the mind of whatever appears.

Has the appearance taken over our mind?
Or does the appearance remind us that appearances have no reality?