The thinker cannot use thought to reach enlightenment

[Mellowmarsh]

12 minutes ago, Joseph Maynor said:

I'm sure you are.  

Yes, I only know what I’m sure of, and that is that I am conscious, even though I don’t know how or what this knowing is. Just that it is. 

[Joseph Maynor]

6 minutes ago, Mellowmarsh said:

But that doesn’t stop you coming to this forum not knowing who you are speaking to or writing to. 
 

Who is interacting with who here? All you keep repeating is that I don’t know you I don’t know you I don’t know I don’t know you.

 

How many more times are you going to say  you don’t know? 

Show me your picture.  Who is saying these things to me?  You won't do that.  

[Mellowmarsh]

1 minute ago, Joseph Maynor said:

Show me your picture

I don’t care enough about you to show you my picture. It’s not personal. I just don’t allow people to command I do something just so they can fantasise over an image believing they know that person, and then say unless you see a person’s image then you don’t trust them. Okay, that’s fine by me, I couldn’t give a flying saucer. You’re still not having my image, so you can demand it all you like, it’s not going to happen. You should have paid attention the first time I posted it, you’ve missed the boat now. 
 

 

[Joseph Maynor]

1 minute ago, Mellowmarsh said:

I don’t care enough about you to show you my picture. It’s not personal. I just don’t allow people to command I do something just so they can fantasise over an image believing they know that person, and then say unless you see a person’s image then you don’t trust them. Okay, that’s fine by me, I couldn’t give a flying saucer. You’re still not having my image, so you can demand it all you like, it’s not going to happen. You should have paid attention the first time I posted it, you’ve missed the boat now. 

It is important for me to know who I am dealing with,  

[Yimpa]

in conflict with your own self:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbbA9XmOXVL

[Mellowmarsh]

40 minutes ago, Joseph Maynor said:

It is important for me to know who I am dealing with,  

You’re being pathetic. How are you going to tell if the photo posted is the real person they’re showing you, it could be a fake, how the hell would you know, do you just blindly believe only what you want to believe? What do you want from this forum, exactly?

 

 

[Mellowmarsh]

38 minutes ago, Yimpa said:

in conflict with your own self:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbbA9XmOXVL

Thank you 🙏 

[Breakingthewall]

Thought is essential because the human psyche has an enormous symbolic and conceptual dimension. Understanding the mechanisms that govern this psyche is essential, and for that, thought is necessary.

Not only thought, but the direct perception of the emotional layers that govern it is even more essential, but without a correct framework for thought, you are lost.

[Mellowmarsh]

12 minutes ago, Breakingthewall said:

Thought is essential because the human psyche has an enormous symbolic and conceptual dimension. Understanding the mechanisms that govern this psyche is essential, and for that, thought is necessary.

Not only thought, but the direct perception of the emotional layers that govern it is even more essential, but without a correct framework for thought, you are lost.

I strongly disagree. 
 

Thought is thought, feelings are feelings, emotions are emotions. I deal with those thoughts and feelings as and when they arise, when I’m around other people. . I deal only with those arisings, not the person. The person is just being themselves, I have no problem with how people are.  I’m not going to kick a person just for being who they are, I deal with how I feel when I am around them. I have no problem with the actual person. I just deal with how I personally feel when I’m around them. If I don’t like the way I feel when I’m around a certain person then I’ll deal with the feeling without ever losing sight of who I am because I’m absolutely certain I know who I am in every moment. That’s not something that can be lost.