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The mind isn't made for thinking

What if the mind's not generating thought, but receiving it? The evidence is there… 🗼

The mind isn't made for thinking
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“The mind isn't made for thinking.”

It was a conclusion that a client came to, when we’d reached the space of insight together, and things were seen with clarity.

I gotta admit, as we sat there, reflecting on what had just been said, we both felt a tad uncomfortable with the phrasing—like it didn’t truly nail what we’d just seen together—but we both immediately knew exactly what was meant.

It’s that importance of seeing that the mind—the chatterbox, thinky-thinky, here-have-a-thought bit that we’re aware of—is not the SOURCE of anything.

It’s a data repository through which we become aware of experience.

Here we go, think of it like this: