Stop Dismissing Thought

[Inception]

You were able to think before you learned English. Blind and deaf people are still able to think. So thought is prior to language.

“Think” about it: Have you ever had an idea you’ve had a hard time articulating? You got the idea in your head, but you don’t know how to communicate it.

A lot of you guys are hung up on language, which is how thoughts are often manifested, especially when communicating with others.

But often when we’re talking about thoughts, we’re referring to something much more fundamental: intuition, intelligence, and understanding.

Stop dismissing thought, just because language is dualistic. You’re only looking at surface, what lies beneath?

[WokeBloke]

I agree language is evolving. Future humanity will be more adept in communicating their ideas and our society can't function without it. listen to Terrance Mckenna if you want to see the power of language.

[snowyowl]

I just looked up the definition of 'thought' in wiktionary, the main one is: 

"Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking."

If you agree with this definition, then thought is broader than internal verbal language, it can include memories and imaginative creations of other types like images and sounds. This is super useful when we use creativity to imagine new ideas, solutions to problems etc. 

[mandyjw]

@Inception Emotion indicates "where" a thought came from and lies under the surface so to speak. So if a thought feels bad, either I have beliefs that are causing me to misinterpret what this thought means to me, and/or the thought is not true. If my idea of me and what I am is false, I will have a lot of thoughts that my emotions are like "NAH!" to. So emotion is already dismissing thought for us, we don't have to do it. Just listen.