{"id":8260,"date":"2024-07-26T17:08:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T21:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/is-it-possible-for-us-to-have-no-thoughts\/"},"modified":"2024-07-26T17:08:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T21:08:09","slug":"is-it-possible-for-us-to-have-no-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/is-it-possible-for-us-to-have-no-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it possible for us to have no thoughts?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When your mind and heart are truly open abundance will flow to you effortlessly and easily.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIs it possible not to have thoughts?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Like Sadh Guru says\u2026even when he is talking\u2026.no thoughts all day?<\/span><\/p>\n

I think only when I close my eyes, or stare, or focus my attention on one point with practice, I have learned to stop thoughts, but \u2018IS THIS SCIENTIFICALLY POSSIBLE to have no thoughts all day?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Response:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I consider all conscious mental activity to be thought.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hearing a bird chirp or seeing an apple is a thought.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So an enlightened or unenlightened mind can entertain thoughts just by virtue of being awake and sensing the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The deeper question is \u2018Who is having thoughts?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For the unenlightened, the separate self or ego believes it has, or creates the thoughts in the mind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a sense of ownership or authorship with thoughts, and the sense of self is identified with those thoughts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For the enlightened soul, there may be the mental activity of thoughts, but the predominant sense of selfhood is pure, silent consciousness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thoughts are not who you are, and they don\u2019t belong to you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thoughts belong to the universe and are merely passing through your field of awareness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In that sense, I can understand an enlightened soul not <\/span>having<\/span><\/span> thoughts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Love,<\/p>\n

Deepak<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n