Ask: Does thinking ever stop?

“…A question occurred to me thinking about consciousness/knowledge/awareness.
I can experience awareness of Christ around and within me; I can ‘sense’ this awareness as being enveloped in the arms of Christ/God/Holy Spirit; and I wonder: what about abstract thoughts, i.e. connected to ideas of logic, are they – where? Form? I remember reading/hearing a long time ago that real thinking never stops. Do you agree?...” - T

            Once, many years ago, while meditating I slipped into a Place Where there was no thought or ideas. I had expected there were no words in Truth but not no thoughts or ideas at all. I experienced pure being. No forms (thoughts, ideas); no doing (thinking). It was so alien to my usual experience that I would not have been able to conceive of it if I had not experienced it. It what total bliss! What release and freedom! No boundaries of any kind. I had no idea what a burden thoughts and thinking are, no matter their form. So I will say that, thankfully, thinking does stop.
All thought is form. Some thoughts are helpful (from the Holy Spirit/Teacher of Truth) and some are not (from the ego/personal thought system). So if you have thoughts you know your mind is at the level of perception/consciousness/awareness (not-Truth) rather than Knowledge (Truth/God).

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Comments

Christine said…
I had this experience also, a couple of years ago. I was not meditating, but I was riding my horse by myself coming back towards the barn on a trail. Everything disappeared, even my horse! There was light everywhere and a peaceful silence. It must have lasted for three or four seconds. I wasn't scared, but more relieved than blissful. This is not a "goal" specifically for anyone to experience, maybe yes, maybe no.
5:55 AM
Unknown said…
Did your thoughts stop permanently or was this just a temporary experience?
5:06 AM
ACIM Mentor said…
Ryan, it was just a temporary experience.
11:35 AM
Unknown said…
Is it possible for thoughts to stop permanently?

It seems possible to remain unattached, however I think they will keep on coming.

Thanks for your reply
6:59 AM
ACIM Mentor said…
Ryan, at the level of perception thoughts do not stop. But you learn to stop listening to the ego's thoughts. In Truth (Knowledge/God), Which is Formless, there are no thoughts (forms).
7:29 AM
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