> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.gilespcroft.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The mind isn't made for thinking - URL: https://www.gilespcroft.com/the-mind-isnt-made-for-thinking/ - Published: 2025-05-20T07:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-03-13T19:59:44.000Z - Description: What if the mind's not generating thought, but receiving it? The evidence is there… 🗼 - Author: Giles P Croft - Tags: Consciousness, Creativity, Decision-making, IMPLICATIONS, Neuroscience, Psychology, Real stories, Thought realisation, #vm-promo > *“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: 📡 The mind is a RECEIVER not a TRANSMITTER. 🤔 ## A helpful metaphor Unwittingly, we’d stumbled upon a notion that is the basis of lots of exciting, progressive thinking from the neuroscience community (who are [finally demonstrating what ancient philosophies have always known](https://amzn.to/3FbyM7i?ref=gilespcroft.com)*)* where Cognitive Scientists like Donald Hoffman talk about the “primacy of consciousness,” suggesting that, > *“Consciousness isn’t a product of the brain. The brain is a product of consciousness.”* Which is brilliant and erudite and thought-provoking… and for this here simpleton, a bit too hard to get my head around. So how about thinking about it in terms of a good old fashioned radio? 📻 Every single radio station you could possibly want to listen to is *already there*. The radio doesn’t *create* the signals, it just tunes into them. It’s a receiver (radios literally used to be called ‘wireless receivers’), not a transmitter. And what’s the ‘reality’ we get? A very real experience of a programme that can be enjoyed to the full; one that to all intents and purposes *looks* like it’s being created by the radio. But it’s not. The radio’s just tuning into something that’s already there. ## That's you, that is And, in no doubt overly-simplistic, but ultimately helpful terms, consider that this is how the mind works, [tuning in to the infinite](https://www.gilespcroft.com/consciousness-is-bonkers/), already-there, vibrating mass of energy. What's the ‘reality’ that we get? A very real experience of Thought-perception that can be enjoyed to the full; one that to all intents and purposes *looks* like it’s being created by the mind. But it’s not. The mind’s just tuning into something that’s already there. And there are a bazillion *other* thought-experiences up for grabs. 😯 > *“The mind isn’t made for thinking”* – see? ## Decisions, decisions One of the most show-stopping [IMPLICATIONS](https://www.gilespcroft.com/tag/implications/) of this understanding of how the mind works, is that when it comes to decision-making, the answer we’re looking for, technically speaking, is *already there.* We don’t come up with an answer. 📡 We ****receive** it. Ooh. 😳 That’s different, isn’t it? 💟 Giles READY TO GO DEEPER? [![CTA Image](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/f3/9bf3d316-7d32-494b-814f-a7d94d6358c3/content/images/2025/12/Decision-Making---Digital-Download.jpg)](https://payhip.com/b/IkKBz?ref=gilespcroft.com) This is the direction we look in, in the ****Decision-making Video Masterclass**, available in the store now, either as a stand alone self-study course, or paired with a 1:1 personalised coaching session to deepen your insights and apply them to your unique situation. **If choices in life seem to carry a weight that you'd now like to shrug off—and you're open to seeing something more fundamental about their nature—then this one is probably for you.* [Visit The Store ](https://payhip.com/b/IkKBz?ref=gilespcroft.com)