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There are many problems with the language, if indeed, that is how it is stated. Let's question all of this.
If "you" are separated from thought, what is the "you" that is separated? This is one of the greatest sources of misery in the history of all the world. The self, the center, the you, the me, somehow thinks it is separate from the activity of thought. But that identity is created by thought.
For whatever reason, the mind will put together our experiences in such a way that seems to give security. It sets up that particular set of thoughts as a center of sorts. The activity of the self, is then projected from that center. The center taks on such an importance, that the mind begins to believe that the center is somehow different from the whole. But that is not at all true. The self is composed of the very same thought that it is trying to escape from. It is a violent mind, and that mind wants to escape from itself.
Hopeless.
That would be like trying to physically escape from yourself.
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Or like pulling yourself by the hair out of the water. Interesting thoughts Takuin.
Why do you say that the separation from your thoughts is a source of misery? I think the identification with them is misery and pain.