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Originally Posted by Iamit
What is the "we" you refer to that observes thoughts that is suggested is not the mind? The mind is capable of observing itself and what it thinks.
The incessant internal mental chatter may simply be the mind working on discomfort in the organism like a fast computer so is beneficial to the organism.
Ironically some of that chatter may be because the mind has come to believe that it itself is the problem it has to solve by eliminating itself, causing a state of conflict for the mind. A very difficult dilemma for the mind to solve which is why I suggest it solves it very creatively and cleverly, by pretending to be eliminated as the only sensible solution so it can hide but continue to run the show essential for the organisms survival.
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Ah, such a complicated approach to something which is so simple.
Is the mind really capable of observing itself? How do we experience the mind? Simply one thought at a time, arising out of nothing and dissolving back into nothing. This nothing is simply the awareness of Being, and it is this awareness which observes thoughts coming and going.
So let go of thoughts and rest in the empty space. The organism will continue to survive without the need for any intervention from the mind. Everything continues doing whatever it does, but we do nothing.
Peace.