In truth, thoughts happen on their own. We are not in charge of what our thoughts are about. We are their recipients, the hearers of thoughts, the screens upon which they are projected, but we are not the generators of all those thoughts. We can make use of thoughts, but without needing them to be ours in some fundamental, identity-defining way. If you’re like most people, much of what your mind tells you is material you’ve already heard before, many times. So, too, many of the thoughts you receive are useless or unremarkable. Only a small percentage might actually be of interest to you. Most
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