[wolfgang]

Originally Posted by Nelson

Okay, first of all - be more specific, I can barely understand your thread at all. It is extremly cryptic. From context I'm guessing that this post is saying "Thoughts are bad because they do not come from the spirit and they cause soem sort of spiritual friction/resistance".

Thoughts aren't good or bad, they just are. To be able to not cling to them is the important part so that we can find more peace. Thoughts are defining forms and as such have ego in them. Even those thoughts that come from a spiritual vibe are crossing into form and ego.

I would also venture that this post has something to do with intention manifestation. Although there is no mention of it.

I wasn't trying to allude to IM. Although, since you brought it up. I do have a conflict that "thoughts create your reality". Because I'm saying thoughts are ego. And I don't think ego creates reality, spirit does. So with IM, I look at it as you can guide thoughts to align with spirit and your intentions will be divine.

1. It would be nice ot have some sort of definition of spirit in this topic. What you appear to be hinting at is the idea that anything that doesn't involve rational thought is "spiritual."

Rational thought is what? Thoughts can be either habitual and unconscious or aware and conscious. We have a small part of thought power or awareness available otherwise it's all habitual. That small part is the spiritual part - the true you. That awareness doesn't have to think too much. Spirit is just one of those labels. Maybe being or awareness is a similar label.

2. What are the benefits of giving into your instinctual, spirtual thought over the ones that are currently possesing your brain?

Instinctual is habitual not spiritual. The patterns in our brains are not flexible and may be outdated and not fit our current life situation. If we just do the same things over and over that we did as kids, we aren't growing or changing or allowing peace and freedom to be in our being.

3. If you start thinking "spiritual" thoughts on a frequent basis do they become the terrible addictive thoughts that we wanted to avoid in the first place?

The brain will train on what ever we do over and over. I don't think spiritual thoughts are repetitive. Only the ego does that, tries to hang on to something that is not permanent. Spiritual thoughts are not the spirit, but a distillation and a descent into the ego. Although those thoughts will be more like whispers in most and hard to pick up on. And I don't think there would have to be a lot of thinking that the spirit or soul's will gives us. It would be more like you feel like going somewhere or doing something, having a hunch. perhaps.