Negative Psychology
Essays on radical uncertainty
Negative Psychology
We aren't the boss of our own thinking
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Nick
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Thinking runs us rather than vice versa. Adyashanti compares the state of being in which we are 'identified with our own thinking' with being in a make-believe car on a fairground ride -
"This situation is like being on a fairground ride where we have a little make-believe car which comes equipped with a toy steering wheel to enable us to 'pretend' that we're steering the ride. Just as long as we steer the same way the ride wants us to go, we'll never know the difference!"