I realized that most thoughts are impersonal happenings, like self-assembling machines. Unless we train ourselves, the thoughts passing through our mind have little involvement with our will. It is strange to realize that even our own thoughts pass by like scenery out the window of a bus, a bus we took by accident while trying to get somewhere else. Daniel Pinchbeck
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead is a spiritual guide for the deceased and their journey to the afterlife. It discusses how to prepare for death and helps people decide what to do with their time in the next life. It seems like a pretty straightforward guide. However, it also has a passage about thoughts passing by like scenery out the window of a bus, a bus that we took by accident while trying to get somewhere else.

The idea that our thoughts are like scenery out our window is an important one. Our mind is not always with us and we may not always be aware of what we’re thinking.

Source: Breaking Open The Head: A Psychedelic Journey Into The Heart Of Contemporary Shamanism

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