Marcia Beloved, 

Are you saying that if a meditator can scientifically sort out the specific origin of any particular thought that it will be easier to eliminate?  I’m not convinced of that. 

MiBeloved Reply:

A person may find it easier to eliminate an unwanted thought, if he/she could scientifically sort it. If however that was not the intention of the person, then it is a moot point.

However, in cases where someone does scientifically trace the origin of a thought, and then finds that he/she cannot eliminate the thought anyway, even then the realization of the helplessness may cause that person to develop resistance so that if it reoccurs in the mind when it is not wanted or when it dictates itself forcibly, the person can diminish it so that it quickly fizzes out.

Understanding what one did to contribute to an unwanted thought, is a power in itself, because that could lead to future care in not contributing to the formation, so that the thought or similar mental patterns became squelched early on in their formation.