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Thoughts
April 24, 2016 at 2:17 pm
This is quite similiar to free will but: Do you believe we control our thoughts or do our thoughts control us?
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RE: Thoughts
April 24, 2016 at 2:23 pm
(April 24, 2016 at 2:17 pm)RozKek Wrote: This is quite similiar to free will but: Do you believe we control our thoughts or do our thoughts control us?

I think Karl Pilkington covered this topic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8n2jcrQY5o


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RE: Thoughts
April 24, 2016 at 2:40 pm
(April 24, 2016 at 2:23 pm)paulpablo Wrote:
(April 24, 2016 at 2:17 pm)RozKek Wrote: This is quite similiar to free will but: Do you believe we control our thoughts or do our thoughts control us?

I think Karl Pilkington covered this topic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8n2jcrQY5o

I fucking loved it, seriously. It was hilarious Tongue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd5hQkfB_xQ
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RE: Thoughts
April 24, 2016 at 2:51 pm
(April 24, 2016 at 2:17 pm)RozKek Wrote: This is quite similiar to free will but: Do you believe we control our thoughts or do our thoughts control us?

Both. We certainly can control how we think, and learn better ways of using reason and logic. But, even in our subconscious our brains gap fill constantly without us being aware of it. 

When we are asleep we dream, but through out our lives, from birth to old age, scientists do know that we DO NOT wake up remembering the vast majority of those dreams, so in that context, we have no control. 

But, a common tactic with dreams, for example when it comes to ending nightmares that you do remember is by therapy which can include change in diet, exercise and trying to figure out if there is some sort of stress in your waking life that might be a cause, and writing those dreams down. That combo can lead to reducing or getting rid of those dreams.
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RE: Thoughts
April 24, 2016 at 7:03 pm
I am my thoughts. That I am not always in control of myself is just the way things are.
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RE: Thoughts
April 25, 2016 at 2:24 am (This post was last modified: April 25, 2016 at 2:25 am by Martian Mermaid.)
Our emotions and instincts control our thoughts, which control us. We are our thoughts. How you think, you will behave. You cannot control what you feel, therefore you cannot control your thoughts, and you cannot control yourself. As much as you try to control your desires, you cannot.
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RE: Thoughts
April 25, 2016 at 2:26 am
When I write, my thoughts control me, but under no circumstances do my thoughts control me.
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RE: Thoughts
April 25, 2016 at 12:41 pm
"Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills."
~ Schopenhauer
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RE: Thoughts
April 25, 2016 at 12:44 pm (This post was last modified: April 25, 2016 at 12:45 pm by Losty.)
(April 24, 2016 at 2:17 pm)RozKek Wrote: This is quite similiar to free will but: Do you believe we control our thoughts or do our thoughts control us?

I think our thoughts are us.
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RE: Thoughts
April 25, 2016 at 1:11 pm
(April 24, 2016 at 2:17 pm)RozKek Wrote: This is quite similiar to free will but: Do you believe we control our thoughts or do our thoughts control us?

Depends on how recently I've been laid.



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