Do we "think" or "channel" thoughts?

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I  think we 'channel' ourselves, if we are a puppet, it is to ourselves.

I don't even know the word to describe this. Is it a tautology?

It seems so counter-intuitive. Hah. Being a puppet to ourselves.

Unless you're referring to out future self in a higher density?

In this way you may see your self, your higher self or Oversoul, and your mind/body/spirit complex totality as three points in a circle. The only distinction is that of your time/space continuum. All are the same being.

I mean that energy moves along the circle between ourselves. Our body and identity here is just one of the 'receiving stations' for the intelligent energy that makes up our being.

Great, how can I explain that in layman's terms to my atheist friend?

I don't think you'll find these kind of ideas compatible with his. The fact is that most view it that the brain, the physical aspect, is the thing that produces thought, consciousness and the experience of self. The notion of mind beyond brain isn't generally accepted in scientific thinking.