In various ways all of our thoughts are rooted in survival. And why not, considering that the thought machine between our ears has evolved for that very purpose. At best we shift our survival mode to family or nation or religion, etc., all of which are merely extensions or projections of self, the personal misappropriated self, who, our brains tell us, must be preserved as long as possible and at great cost. Of course, this kind of thinking will end sadly--and need not be so! "The next step in human evolution is to transcend thought. This is now our urgent task. It doesn't mean not to think anymore, but simply not to be completely identified with thought, possessed by thought." E.T.
Follow your thoughts sometime. It is a wild, usually inane, occasionally profound, always self-centered ride. Now the question arises, who is watching these thoughts? Whoever he is, like the Dude, he abides...
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