Before thought becomes an object which relates to a separate subject, thought is intimate and impersonal. Thought is cosmic, like the weather. The personal identification is an add-on that creates the unhappy illusion of a separate subject.
5 Years Ago
From a conversation with a friend: What is thought? Is it illusion?
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Thought is awareness that the mind refers to as thought.
Thought is not illusion, it is awareness.
The illusion is to BELIEVE that thought has an independent reality from awareness.