Can thoughts harm us? Do our thoughts make up who we are?
I say no - I think we are greater than our thoughts, emotions, and behavior - therefore we are able to be meta-cognitive, meta-emotional, and meta-behavioral - having the ability to take an observer's perspective of all three.
I think this is the first step to understanding ourselves, making personal changes, and learning how to take another person's perspective, which leads to empathy, love and the ability to forgive others.
I also believe that ideas can never harm us if we realize that we are more than our thoughts.
I say no - I think we are greater than our thoughts, emotions, and behavior - therefore we are able to be meta-cognitive, meta-emotional, and meta-behavioral - having the ability to take an observer's perspective of all three.
I think this is the first step to understanding ourselves, making personal changes, and learning how to take another person's perspective, which leads to empathy, love and the ability to forgive others.
I also believe that ideas can never harm us if we realize that we are more than our thoughts.