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Originally Posted by wolfgang  thoughts seem to come after the fact of experience. thoughts seem to be involved with defining the ego. are all thoughts verbal? if so, then thoughts are part of language and communicating and making subject and objects. |
Interesting point. I think those of us who live in the West tend to think verbally, but thoughts can also contain images and feelings.
I believe there is a two way flow. Concepts and images often arise from our subconscious without our conscious control (especially in dreams). As they filter through to the conscious mind, we try to make sense of them, by putting them in a context we understand, which may be linguistic, or it could be pictorial, auditory, or just a certain feeling.
We can also directly ask for information from the subconscious. Again, concepts and images will be yielded up to the conscious mind. If we interpret them correctly, they can be very useful. But, yes, there is a lot of random noise as well.
We can also consciously create strong, positive thoughts, which sink down into the subconscious, which have an effect there, and again, yield a response (programming the subconscious?). This is especially useful when trying to break unwanted habits and behaviour patterns.