We consist of a continuous stream of thought packets, arising from our ground of being, bubbling up as if from a volcanic floor in deep ocean. The thought packets arise and disappear, unless we attach ourselves to them, call them our own, call them “me.” We then build a personality around specific thought packets, magnifying them, clustering them as if they are eggs in a nest which we fuss over, keep warm, and hope to hatch.
Each thought packet consists of three distinct but interwoven aspects: cognition or belief, emotion, and imagery. The thought packets to which we cling, disallowing their flow through, their going by, are formed into an identity composed of all dualities: belief - disbelief, strong emotion for - strong emotion against, images of salvation and of doom. We cling to this identity and will defend it to the death (which it is).
We call these favored and solidified clusters of thought packets our self. We make it inviolable territory and walk it through each day.
An alternative is to allow packet flow with no clinging. We are the volcanic floor from which they arise. We are the vast boundless ocean through which they flow. We are the cosmic sky above to which they rise and merge. We are this vastness with thought packets forming and unforming, arising and disappearing. No clinging.
Each thought packet consists of three distinct but interwoven aspects: cognition or belief, emotion, and imagery. The thought packets to which we cling, disallowing their flow through, their going by, are formed into an identity composed of all dualities: belief - disbelief, strong emotion for - strong emotion against, images of salvation and of doom. We cling to this identity and will defend it to the death (which it is).
We call these favored and solidified clusters of thought packets our self. We make it inviolable territory and walk it through each day.
An alternative is to allow packet flow with no clinging. We are the volcanic floor from which they arise. We are the vast boundless ocean through which they flow. We are the cosmic sky above to which they rise and merge. We are this vastness with thought packets forming and unforming, arising and disappearing. No clinging.
this is an important aspect of the human experience / condition. an author friend of mine is writing a book relative to this topic. interesting that I am hearing it in "stereo" from two seemingly unconnected Sources. Thank you, b.
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