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My Existence is typified by a primary subjective component. It has a certain overall quality of being RECEIVED, as a stream of conscious experience. As such, first and foremost it FEELS; it makes sense only secondarily. My feelings are the most direct, most compelling evidence of my Being. They require no external reference; they are significant in themselves. They are of an ABSOLUTE NATURE. In fact, they constitute my SELF-VALIDATING REALITY.
My thoughts, on the other hand, are just a subclass of conscious experience. They are neutral in themselves. They operate in a bubble of ultimate ignorance of what lies outside of them. The schemes they create are based on arbitrary assumptions which cannot be tested. Alternative or outright contrary postulates can always be advanced concerning what precedes the KNOWABLE WORLD. They all hold equal validity.
Therefore, thoughts invariably must be subject to duality. They have a RELATIVE NATURE. They refer to the outside world and its interpretations. They can perceive relationships among parts, but are not capable to validate criteria of choice. They always remain at the service of feelings which empower them. You cannot reason why something should be done without some reference to a basic desire.
Thoughts merely provide us with an organizational framework for the more primary feelings. They just speculate as to the nature of the various external factors which, because of their correlation with subjective feelings, are presumed to be causal with respect to them.
Thoughts look for what stands behind feelings, for what is responsible for producing either qualitative or quantitative changes in them, and how to effect these changes in desired ways. Only this makes them relevant. Therefore, I recognize that:
Once a thought comes to recognize its own absurdity, liberation is at hand!