In the step 1 observing thoughts exercise I get a picture. I know I shouldnt think or judge here, but "something" thinks and observes, and, while observing the stream of... whatever one should call it, this "something" says,: "This is a madhouse. If this stuff would be visible to yourself, and others, you would be called a lunatic." It seems a big part of us, or at least me, is stark raving mad. At least not sane. This Homo sapiens thing is quite an exaggaration. Stu