Part 1
By itself, no thought has the power to trouble us; its authority over us is equal to the extent we are deceived into identifying with its particular, temporary character.
Part 2
No thought can stand by itself, any more than the “I” it represents can stand unsupported without the thinking that validates its position in the stream of passing events.
Part 3
Nothing is as thought sees it, let alone that it says “I” to... which is why we must work to be watchful of our thinking whose stream creates the illusion of a single self, but that is -- in truth -- many.
