My thoughts do not mean anything.

This statement is true of any thought I'm aware of. That's because any thoughts I'm aware of are not my real thoughts. We've tried to make this distinction before and will make it again, but right now I don't have a basis for comparison.

Here's how it works: First we start with the idea that the thoughts of which I am aware are meaningless, starting from outside, and starting from the past. Now we are learning that the presence of these thoughts means I am not thinking. This is another representation of the statement tht the mind is a blank. To recognize this is to recognize nothingness when it is seen, and this is the prerequisite for true vision.

So several ltimes today, I'm to close my eyes, and repeat that my thoughts do not mean anything. Then I am to repeat that this idea will help release me from all that I now believe. I am to search my mind for all the thoughts available to me, without selection or judgement, avoiding classificaiton. As each thought crosses my mind, I think: My thought about ________ does not mean anything. This idea will help to relase me from all that I now believe.