Where Thoughts Actually Come From
Sometimes a thought just appears. You are walking, brushing your teeth, staring at nothing in particular and suddenly it’s there. Something cruel. Something embarrassing. Something frightening. Something that makes you stop and think, why would I even think that ? The strangest part is not the content of the thought…It’s the timing. You didn’t invite it, you didn’t decide to think it. It just showed up. So where did it come from? We like to believe we are in charge of our thoughts. That we choose them, generate them, approve them. But if you pay close attention, that belief falls apart very quickly. Thoughts do not arrive with a knock. They don’t ask for permission. They emerge fully formed, already in your head and only then do you become aware of them. This is because thinking does not start in consciousness. It starts in the dark. Before you ever “hear” a thought, your brain has already done the work. Networks deep inside are constantly predi...