for you are these the same or different: thought, imagination, intention

[BigSkyDiamond]

This came up on another thread  (see separate thread just started on "Does the Absolute have agency")

 

For this thread the topic for discussion is please answer the following:

 

For you in your own framework, are these the same or different.

Please discuss how you distinguish between them, how they are different (or not).

 

• thoughts, thinking
• imagination
• intent, setting and using intention

 

Thank you.

[Cobie]

4 hours ago, BigSkyDiamond said:

… thoughts … imagination … intent …

The pivotal thing for me is that all three are mental processes and therefore not real.

 

 

Edited August 17 by Cobie

[Tommy]

Not sure but they seem to come from the same place.

[Lairg]

On 8/18/2025 at 2:13 AM, BigSkyDiamond said:

• thoughts, thinking
• imagination
• intent, setting and using intention

 

Humans generally are more emotional than mental, but the terminology for internal processes is often based on the view that men are mental

 

So emotional humans will tend to astral imagery (imagination) rather than mental

 

Intent can exist on physical, emotional and mental planes - and transpersonal intent, from a human perspective, is primarily on the atmic plane

 

Not all thoughts, images and intents originate within a human.  Thus a suitable human can be managed by external thoughts, imagery and intent

 

 

Edited yesterday at 06:13 AM by Lairg

[Nungali]

On 8/18/2025 at 2:13 AM, BigSkyDiamond said:

This came up on another thread  (see separate thread just started on "Does the Absolute have agency")

 

For this thread the topic for discussion is please answer the following:

 

For you in your own framework, are these the same or different.

Please discuss how you distinguish between them, how they are different (or not).

 

• thoughts, thinking
• imagination
• intent, setting and using intention

 

Thank you.

 

 

They are all different .

 

A thought is a mental cognitive string .  Thinking is thoughts strung together .

 

Imagination is that refined process , when coupled with  material output ( eg  tool making )  that is the definitive difference between humans and the other animals . In that regard it is a postulation of perceived events and / or objects , followed mentally and observing process that  may or may not unfold from them   for either future uses or reviewing the past possibilities . 

 

But like thought imagination can be sub optimal or unbalanced .

 

Intent  is a mental desire to cause effect . Setting intention is  the mental action involved  in this . Using intention  is the process of this .