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October 7, 2026

Intrusive Thoughts and Mental Chatter: They Are Not You

By Phill Webster

You are not your thoughts. And science has shown us that behaviors and brain waves can be altered by stepping back from our thoughts, through meditation, suggesting that something beyond the brain comes into play. An ultimate awareness. A silent observer. Forever there, always in the background, calmly and unobjectively watching and listening to the thoughts.

— Phill Webster

We all need to turn off intrusive thoughts. We all have a constant barrage of mental chatter. It's incessant. Even when we sleep, the brain produces thoughts relevant to our current concerns. They may seem out of control. They may seem like they're bombarding us resulting from every external influence around us. But the truth is, we are the ones who are external to our thoughts. We have the ability to step away from them while they chatter on in the background.

Your brain produces your thoughts, and you observe them. Most of us get caught up in those thoughts. And most of us let our thoughts run rampant through our brains, putting us down, worrying about this, fixating on that, keeping us awake, stressing over outcomes that are yet to come. When one thought goes another arrives, instantly. In fact, they come so thick and fast that they overtake the other and it can become overwhelming; it can all become too much.

So if your brain produces your thoughts and you are the one listening to your brain, then who is the you that observes the thoughts? Consciousness. Consciousness makes itself known as separate from the thought. A knowing about a thought. An awareness of the knowing about the thought produced by the brain. Something beyond the mind, a universal insight blending with our own intuition. The very fact that a child can contemplate that he is separate from his thoughts reminds us that this was who we were before we became who we are.

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Recap

This week’s issue focuses on navigating uncertainty through awareness, emotional insight, and conscious decision-making. With the addition of expanded astrology tools, readers gain both practical and reflective guidance for personal growth and life transitions.

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