A very good post of how the process works. Though it’s interesting you pick the priority of the physical and material world (attachment) in your analogy which keeps us in a suffering state to the material plane, the attachment frame and the spiritual require opposite views. Do you think the same approach works?
Your point “thought” goes hand in hand with “emotion” is striking and entirely correct, and I think you can say, not that thought validates choice but people do, so we can use them interchangeably simply because thought is a projection of us. True thought has no identity, it’s void, we give meaning. Even if you think thoughts don’t create they began the manifestation process of choice in this (real) world. In a sense we create.
I think validation is very important as a part of thought because it’s an element of a total whole that exists just as you have describe, that nothing exists by itself. In the outcome of act (choice) doing without guidance of thought begs what if choice creates chaos. Validation has to be part of this equation simply because as people can do horrible things as we know. We are creatures tied to emotion and it is part of logic.
I agree with the process and wish I could totally agree, but it is the fact thought implies opposites is very important (to us) because choices, actions, or what ever we want to call them aren’t neutral. Validation does not need to paralyze us in any way and maybe we should reflect deeper and even seek advice when troubled. I’m guessing we aren’t suppose to exclude morals and this post applies if we knew ourselves fully. There can be no shortcut to choice.
BTY Max, happy or sad thoughts are not thoughts but emotions, they are also states. Thoughts tends not to be long lasting but states are and we tend to operate from states, that is they influence thoughts. I think you’re saying disregard them…impossibly hard.
A very fine post.
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