Removing the veil of separation

[Anders]

How can thoughts be made into a sense perception instead of a tool for doing things? This is a new idea for me so I need to develop it further. As an illustration, if we walk on a path in a forest and then the path turns left in front of us, then we observe that (sense perception) and adjust our direction.

Similarly, our thoughts can see what lays ahead in the future and guide our movements, both physical and psychological, to steer us in the right direction. As an example, let's say that I have a bill to pay. Then instead of me using my thinking mind to pay the bill I simply acknowledge the situation and align myself with the outcome that will happen by itself without me having to think about details about how to achieve the goal, similarly to how I don't have to deal with the details of what muscles to move in order to turn left on a forest path.

This requires that the thoughts become more relevant to what the actual outcomes will be. The usual way we think is to have a lot of "what if" thoughts and all kinds of plans and personal scheming going on. That's like trying to use our eyes to change what is in front of us. For thoughts to be useful as a sense perception they need to better and more directly match the actual situation instead of the usual attempts of the thinking mind to control the future.