K's desire to transcend thought was so strong that he lacked consideration for the natural aspect of thought. The material process etched into the brain of any thought is real and cannot be interrupted permanently and instantaneously. He also does not know when to do it because he remembers many moments that marked his life Because of this there are always necessary thoughts and optional thoughts. And the self is not a thought but it is a set of thoughts that has been strengthened for practical reasons and which subsequently extrapolates itself into a non-neccasary dimension. I know that K is talking about thought as a psychological given but this lack of precision that it had cost psychological stability in the basic sense of the term turning in the majority of cases to depression as what happened with bohm and others ...