Thanks for the psychic greeting...

[Patrick]

Yeah, it's becoming quite evident now, to me at least, when a thought is injected instead of taken. But this may not be easy to spot if one believes all thoughts are theirs.

I've noticed this as well. But it also feels that interjection is only possible when some small part of me agrees with the interjected thought, so it does seem to be a useful tool for learning.

Sometimes I'll reply to a thought with something like: "Come on now!" while smiling and emptying my mind to make space to take more positive thoughts.

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...In my 20's, happy, 'asleep'spiritually, joint in one hand, glass of red in the other, at peace. Awakening really is the pits! You can't go back to those blissful day...

You can! I did (minus the joint ) and it's a question of choices. Choice of perspectives mainly. Bliss comes back little by little via balancing. I'm not talking about directly balancing your chakras and stuff like that, but balancing via everyday catalysts. There are no shortcuts, but that's the second reason we're here.