I thought I was thinking....

Discussion in 'Philosophy and Religion' started by Meagain, Jul 17, 2008.

  1. MeAgain

    MeAgain Dazed & Confused Lifetime Supporter Super Moderator

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    So, I was thinking the other day about thought.
    And I thought, when I think a thought; or when a thought is thunk, is it me that thinks the thought or the thought that thinks me?
    Or to put it another way, a thunk thought is seen to be thunk only after it is thought, and then we look to see who is the thinker of the thought. A thought appears and then the thinker thinks he thunk he thought.

    I know what you're thinking... "I think a thought that gets thunk after I think it, not before." But that's a thought about thinking a thought that you had before you thunk it. Then you looked back and said, "I thought it first." The key word being "I".

    But where was the "I" before the thought was thunk?

    Think about it.
     
    MeAgain, Jul 17, 2008
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  3. LanSLIde

    LanSLIde Member

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    Do you encounter thoughts or do you create them?

    When you get a sudden idea that you have never thought up before, or heard from another, where does it come from?

    Do you apply your brand to a thought after you possess it? Are you the same person who expressed that thought?

    Check out some Jung
     
    LanSLIde, Jul 17, 2008
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  5. xexon

    xexon Destroyer Of Worlds

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    Thinking is only useful up to the point it becomes excessive.


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  7. kaminoishiki

    kaminoishiki Member

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    Nobody is thinking. Thinking is happening in this. The thought that 'I am Somebody thinking' is simply happening in this also.
     
    kaminoishiki, Jul 19, 2008
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  9. neodude1212

    neodude1212 Senior Member

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    wisdom. ^

    this is the total answer to your question. anything beyond....semantics....
     
    neodude1212, Jul 19, 2008
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