What lies behind thought?

[sandandfoam]

What do you think lies behind thought?

 

[4consideration]

I think of it as:

1. Being

2. Awareness

3. Thought

 

[freethinker44]

Neurons.

 

[Gjallarhorn]

Sensation.

 

[savagewind]

What do you think lies behind thought?

I don't know but whatever it is behind my thought I hope it's standing, not lying down

 

[sandandfoam]

I think of it as:

1. Being

2. Awareness

3. Thought

Could you expand on the thought you think lies behind thought? [geez louise there's a sentence!]

 

[sandandfoam]

Neurons.

Anything else?

 

[sandandfoam]

Sensation.

I like this - care to expand?

 

[sandandfoam]

I don't know but whatever it is behind my thought I hope it's standing, not lying down

LOL I'm not even going to ask

 

[Shuddhasattva]

Unconscious "thoughts," or apperceptions.

 

[Iti oj]

Genetics electricity chemistry experience

 

[sandandfoam]

Genetics electricity chemistry experience

Culture?

 

[Iti oj]

Culture?

Yes but I think thats covered in experience. Though eniviromental factors might be a better description.

 

[Quintessence]

I don't usually think of thoughts as having volume or location, so there cannot be anything "behind" something that does not exist in physical space.

 

[Gjallarhorn]

I like this - care to expand?

Thought arises without intent. Therefore thought is sensation, not perception.

 

[The Sum of Awe]

Thoughts are verbs, thus not concrete, just a basis of concrete things. And thus take up no mass, and therefore, nothing lies behind thoughts.

 

[PolyHedral]

Computation, and the mathematics thereof.

But that's kinda cheating on my part, since computation lies behind everything.

 

[Straw Dog]

What do you think lies behind thought?

Mm... Subconscious thought?

 

[Desert Snake]

Sensation.

^This. Sensation sends signals to our brain, causing us to formulate the information into words.

 

[Immersion]

What do you think lies behind thought?

Neural activity.