Is thought actually us?

Question:Like are "we" our mind? Is our mind our "self"?

Not sure if this question makes sense...hmmmm...

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Like are "we" our mind? Is our mind our "self"?

Not sure if this question makes sense...hmmmm...

A thought is our imagination/ idea.
Our mind is the controller of our body/self. so there is possibility that our mind could be our self. Because without the mind, the self can not exist.

yes. and yes the question makes sense. I am the wondering me not the wandering me.

i think so. descartes thinks therefore he is.

When I was a kid, at night when things feel sleepless and spooky, I was afraid of my brain. When I finally realized that my brain feared itself, I had to laugh! I actually have conflicting thoughts about your question right now. Here's my current feeling: we are mostly our mind, but not entirely. In early 2005, my father died of a massive head injury after a bad fall. For about 6 weeks, he couldn't move or talk. Then he died. I was with him as he passed, and I honestly felt he was still brain-alive, but unable to communicate. A few months later, our family found the daughter my mom gave up for adoption before I was born. It took us 10 years to find her. My sister is my half-sister, and talk about spooky! Raised in separate households, hundreds of miles apart, we sound the same, have similar odd interests. It's very weird. That's where I question - are we spirit, and our brain just a conduit? Does 'mind' and 'self' transcend body? Maybe that's the ultimate question, one we won't know till it's too late to tell!

no to the 1st question. yes to the 2nd.

does that make sense?

I'm guessing you're referring to is something along the lines of "The Matrix" (maybe without even realizing it). You're saying that what we live in is our own minds and that we have to be "unplugged" to experience our physical body or the "Real World", right?

I would think that the thought is part of the person but not the entire person -- which also includes body, mind, deeds, reputations, character and the identity amount other things.