People sometimes compare thoughts to clouds that come and go in the sky of the mind. But if we want to be really accurate, nothing comes and nothing goes. Something would have to exist before it could come or go. It may seem radical to say that not even thoughts exist, until you begin to notice that every thought is in the past. Even the present moment is the past as soon as you notice it, and that is obvious to anyone who has spent much time in meditation. So how is a thought possible? It’s not. Just because you believe that thoughts exist doesn’t mean that they do. The imagined past is your
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