Do you know the difference between the thinker and the knower? Have you ever pondered the difference between thinking and knowing? They are not the same. You can think because you have a brain. But how can you know? More to the point, where does knowing exist?
I Think, Therefore I Am
Thinking is a function of the brain, resulting in judgment or opinion. There is some doubt because human intellect has never been known for perfection. What’s been accepted as fact has been proven wrong time and time again. However, knowing is absolute. In knowing, there is no doubt. How do we resolve this? And what does this mean in the game of life?
1637 French philosopher René Descartes wrote, “I think, therefore I am.” To this day, it remains a foundational pillar of philosophy. It does prove existence. If you can doubt your existence, then you must exist to doubt. But what are the spiritual ramifications of this?
I Think; Therefore, I Am Not
Spiritually, you could say, “I think; therefore, I am not.” This is true because, spiritually, you are not of this world. Thinking is of the intellect, a brain function within that organ sitting on top of your body. The body is of the physical world, so thinking is also, whereas knowing is not. Thinking grounds you in physical reality, whereas knowing is beyond. This is a clue as to where knowing exists.
I think, therefore, I am not because I am not of this world. So, to the extent you think you are identifying with that which you are not. Look beyond the thinker, find the knower, and you have found your soul. Knowing is identification with your eternal soul.
It’s not that thinking is inherently bad. Thinking is necessary for a physical body to navigate the physical realm, a four-dimensional reality of time and space. Thinking is based on time and space. Still, identification with the intellect limits your consciousness to the body. Knowing is not dependent on time and space. You are capable of consciousness that encompasses the entire universe and beyond.
Your Mind is the Thinker, but Your Soul is the Knower
You are the light. Your doubts are the shadows. Shadows are cast when you block the light. While animals are guided primarily by instinct and spiritually unconscious people by the ego and its sensory perception, the spiritually conscious are guided by Spirit. Your mind thinks, but your soul knows.
The knower lives life as an eternal soul temporarily in human form, rather than the thinker who lives as a human creature. The knower views thinking as a mere mind-body phenomenon, and the physical world is perceived as an illusion. The physical world is seen for what it is, a canvas for the soul’s expression rather than the sole reality.
In other words, this is all a grand illusion; nothing is as it seems. Instead, everything is energy. Sight is light waves stimulating receptors in the back of your eyeballs, producing electrical impulses that your brain converts into mental images. Sound is just distortions in atmospheric conditions producing vibrations picked up in your eardrum, converted to electrical impulses that your brain interprets as sound. Finally, touch is just the sensation of resistance by the electrons in your body to other electrons without ever touching.
Thoughts, emotions, memories, and other sensory perceptions are not who you are. When your experiences of the physical world are viewed as integral to who you are, your understanding of yourself and others becomes distorted. Knowing releases you from anxiety, guilt, depression, anger, and fear, for they are of this world.
Identification with the knower is liberation from the distortion of reality, wherein soul consciousness emerges. Soul consciousness is identified with Spirit, the knower.
Choosing Between the Thinker and the Knower
In the final analysis, there is that which brings you to God, and that which pulls you away. But you get to choose. While you may think about God, if you identify with the intellect, even thinking about God pulls you away from God. The thinker thinks, but the knower knows. The knower knows God because the knower identifies with God.
Identification or alignment with God is a shared experience with the Divine. The difference between Jesus and most people is that Jesus was a knower, whereas most are thinkers without alignment with Supreme Consciousness. Whether to remain a thinker or transcend thinking into knowing is your choice. You can set your intention instead of letting your ego do it.
Don’t fear Supreme Consciousness or Spirit. Don’t fear what you know to be true. Be the voice of God, especially when no one else is; that’s when you’re needed most. Ego knows nothing, Spirit knows all. Surrender ego to Spirit, and the Truth will be revealed. The only knower is Spirit.
Ego is the shadow cast by souls incarnating in the physical world. It is the soul’s identification with the body’s sensory perception. The ego depends on the world of form, but if you destroy the physical universe and everything in it, your soul will remain because you are eternal. The ego focuses outward through the senses rather than inward toward God.
Thinking is an opinion and is always subject to change. Knowing is knowing the truth. The truth is that which remains constant and unchanging. The truth is communion with God, for they are the same.
