If we cannot control our thoughts just how we respond to them, who is in control of our minds?

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Michael Poland Profile
Michael Poland answered


Always strive to do your best.

That's all any one can ask.

Keep your eye's on the sky,

but be careful that you don't step in anything.

Megan goodgirl Profile
Megan goodgirl answered

God?

Jann Nikka Profile
Jann Nikka answered

I'm in control of my mind. Just read my questions and comments, who else would write the stuff I write🤔.

PJ Stein Profile
PJ Stein answered

No one or nothing controls  our thoughts. They are conditioned by human nature and life experiences.

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Perry Nuttal commented
Thank you for answering Gator Blu, so if our thoughts are conditioned by human nature and life experiences who is controlling them?
Virginia Lou Profile
Virginia Lou answered

Dear Pea Nuts,

It is likely that control of our minds is currently handled largely by a military-industrial complex against which President Eisenhower warned us when he left office in the early sixties. The means of this control was probably explained by Marshall McLuhan, his 1964 thesis of "the medium IS the message"...that is, "we become what we behold"...media shapes our minds and who we are....currently feeding the insatiable greed of that M-I complex.

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The sunny side is that regaining control of our minds may be one way of stating the human journey, the purpose of life if you will...and the wonderful adventure of a lifetime.

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And last, sites like this one Blurt may be instrumental in that adventure, as we ordinary people connect with each other and explore who we are.

Barb Cala Profile
Barb Cala answered

We can often control our thoughts.  But it's just easier to control our actions.  If we control our actions, we'll see how successful we can be and that will decide how we think about things in the future.

Tom  Jackson Profile
Tom Jackson answered

Let me just throw this out there, without too much thinking.

We have muscle reflexes that we cannot control.

Some thoughts are like that---they are designed to make us aware of potential danger without the need for time-consuming cognitive evaluation.

You can affect your reflexes to some degree with operant conditioning.

You can affect your "reflexive" thoughts with CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy).

(I'm not taking questions on this one---lol.)

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