The Thought / A I

What is Thought?

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The Sanskrit equivalent of "Thought" is :

प्रत्यय : प्रतिरूप विधीयते इति प्रत्ययः / प्रत्ययम्.

As is pointed out in the पातञ्जल योगसूत्र :

दृष्टा दृशिमात्रः शुद्धोऽपि प्रत्ययानुपश्यः।।२०।।

(साधनपाद)

शान्तोदितौ तुल्यप्रत्ययौ चित्तस्यैकाग्रतापरिणामः।।१२।।

(विभूतिपाद)

For practical purposes, this could be treated as a proper definition of "Thought".

Though Thought is neither the Intelligence (चित्) - Awareness, nor any of the many and different objects that are perceived through the senses, at the same time, it is also to be noted that the consciousness too is neither the Intelligence (चित्)-Awareness, nor it is the impression caused upon the consciousness by an object.

So Therefore, it follows that Thought plays exactly the role of Artificial Intelligence as is evident from the two aphorisms mentioned in the above lines.

पाणिनी अष्टाध्यायी 3/1/1 may also be taken as a clue to this evidence. 

... "प्रत्ययग्रहणे लिङ्गविशिष्टस्यापि ग्रहणम्"

This is again a confirmation to the fact that Thought is verily A I indeed.

A salient example is :

अहं प्रत्यय - The I sense; 

That is not truly and exactly the Self, but the reflection of the Self in consciousness, and is synonymous with ego, and as such expressed in the word :

"I-Thought".

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