Thought is matter as much as the floor, the wall, the telephone, are matter. Energy functioning in a pattern becomes matter. That is all life is....Matter and energy are interrelated. The one cannot exist without the other, and the more harmony there is between the two, the more balance, the more active the brain cells are. Thought has set up this pattern of pleasure, pain, fear, and has been functioning inside it for thousands of years and cannot break the pattern because it has created it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Thought is described as matter and energy functioning in patterns. Since thought created the patterns of fear and pain, it cannot break them without realizing this.
- In plain terms
- Thought is energy that creates patterns of pain, and it struggles to break its own creations.
- What can you take from it?
- Thought creates its own patterns of suffering and cannot easily break them.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can thought observe itself objectively?
- What patterns does your mind follow?
Another view
Equating thought directly with physical matter is a controversial metaphysical claim.
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