Q: Choose a thought, then think it.
Seems easy, right?
Q: OK, pick a thought, and think it.
A: "I choose the word 'bear'.
Q: You chose the word "I?"
A: No, bear!
Q: You chose the word "bear", but the first thought out of your mouth was "I".
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P.S. what produced the word "I"?
One side of the psyche, the self or "noun" aspect.
What produced the word "bear?"
The other side of the psyche, its object or verbal (doership) aspect.
All of it occurs automatically. No choice occurred at all.
Seems easy, right?
Q: OK, pick a thought, and think it.
A: "I choose the word 'bear'.
Q: You chose the word "I?"
A: No, bear!
Q: You chose the word "bear", but the first thought out of your mouth was "I".
***
P.S. what produced the word "I"?
One side of the psyche, the self or "noun" aspect.
What produced the word "bear?"
The other side of the psyche, its object or verbal (doership) aspect.
All of it occurs automatically. No choice occurred at all.