"authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unfortunately, you won't be able to show me where > I've gone so wrong in my thinking.
I am wondering if, more precisely, you are referring to "where I have gone wrong in my analysis" aka acts of the intellect. I am not being picky. Just your comments relate to something I was thinking on a walk I just returned from. Can anyone of us go "wrong" in their thinking? Does anyone here actually create their own thoughts? One of the great Stealth Truths of the checking procedure is it allows us to groke that we don't control thoughts. There is no conscious volition to it. They happen. Thus, how can any thought be wrong? Thoughts have factors that influence them. Memories. Desires. Incentives and rewards. Curiosity. But when you go on the backwards regress, I am not sure its infinite, all of these things seem to be the result of past thoughts -- or outside things -- both for which we have no control. And actions are based on thought. If our thoughts happen "without" us, no "doer" -- at least not "us", then can the same be said of action? A thought comes to act. Another thought says "it seems like a good idea" and so on .. and soon out the door we go. Who is doing what? Well it must be the intellect. Thats whats in control. We may not have any control over the river of thoughts, but the dam of the intellect can regulate the flow. Reject some, divert some over here, let others flow freely. But do you consciously control your intellect? Any more than you control your CPU? Thoughts go into it, thoughts come out of it -- modified. Where is the control. Thoughts happen. Analysis happens. Sometimes "we" get gready and try to claim authorship. Plagerism. The most frequent crime for all humanity. These are not new thoughts. They have arisen before. But they cam up again tonight. One ramification. Who is a bad person? A person who has bad thoughts? A person who acts badly? If there is no control over thoughts, or analysis, who is the bad doer? Well perhaps past circumstances caused limitations etc that caused bad thoughts. Hate the sin not the sinner sort of an idea. But past bad circumstances, is that a sin? What is is. What has been done has been done. It would seem best to focus on fixing what we can in the present. Or at least thats the thought that comes. And the intellect nods. If your intellect nods too, maybe we are onto something. Or something within us is on to something. "We" are just along for the ride. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
