What does it mean when people say “you are not your thoughts”?

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I’ve been trying to wrap my head around it for a while now, and yeah, you are the conscious being that hears your thoughts, but how “deep” does that conscience go?

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I think it means different things. One is that you’re not defined by what you think. That could be some sort of positive message, such as making you realize that you’re not the worthless person you’ve told yourself you are.

I think the other meaning (similar) is that in some meditative practices you observe your thoughts, detached from them. You are the watcher, for lack of a better word, not that which is being watched.

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