3. I don't want to live the human experience anymore

I don't want to live the human experience anymore

The root thought is the "I". All thoughts therefore are selfish in nature. Even thoughts of others are contaminated by selfishness. "I should be nice to others because I should be moral because if I am not moral I will be punished, others won't like me, I won't be able to love and respect myself as much, etc..."

Those who live blindly as you say in fact ARE thinking. They are possessed by thoughts. Selfish thoughts constantly. Just constantly thinking thoughts of craving, aversion, delusion and acting on them.

When the mind is without thoughts, it is without craving. It is without aversion and delusion. It becomes calm and pure. In this calm, pure, non-thinking state, the sense of separation begins to dissolve. When the mind dissolves completely and the ego is obliterated, then unity with all is directly experienced, and transpersonal wisdom flows through the mind and body. This is enlightenment. After enlightenment, which can only be reached through a dedicated practice of calming the mind and reducing the amount of thought activity in the mind, the mind is purified and filled with wisdom, joy, love, compassion, kindness, gratitude, etc...

You simply cannot reach enlightenment through thinking. Thinking is most often an obstacle to enlightenment.

Buddha pointed out two kinds of thoughts that are wholesome. In fact, "right thought" is one of his noble eightfold path to enlightenment. In the Saccavibhanga Sutta he stated:

"And what is right thought? The resolve for renunciation, for freedom from ill will, for harmlessness: This is called right thought."

So, according to Buddha, it is good to think about letting go, giving away one's possessions, letting go of one's hatred and greed and anger etc..., causing no harm in the world. Those are right thoughts.

Regardless of whether you give any credence to what the Buddha said, my experience tends to agree with the advice he gave. I think it is important to reduce the amount of thinking and connect with one's experience on a level deeper than thought. Thinking takes place in the head, but wisdom requires living from one's heart or deeper "chakras".

All of this is just my opinion.

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