Vedic Worldview

Where Do Our Thoughts Come From?

Oct 31, 2021
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INSIGHT

You Are The Witnessing Consciousness

  • Thom Knoles argues you are not your body or thoughts but the witnessing consciousness behind them.
  • He describes consciousness as an unbounded field of creative intelligence that witnesses cognitive processes.
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Body Replacement Doesn’t Equal Identity

  • Knoles shows the body is a flux of cells replacing over years, so the body can't define identity.
  • Memory and continuity of self persist despite total cellular turnover, implying a nonphysical self.
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Thoughts Print The Body’s Chemistry

  • Thoughts produce specific neurochemistry that the body embodies as emotional ‘bodies.’
  • The body follows a prime directive: manifest whatever state consciousness holds.
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