Thinking is an esoteric faculty by which thoughts arise. Sometimes they just pop up, but they still need to be grasped. Conscious attention has to be paid. If not, they will disappear. In case they return, we will not recognise them and they may seem to be new.
Sometimes we think that we create the thoughts ourselves. For instance, by solving a problem, or by examining the consequences of an event under study. Seemingly they may look to be new, but whether they did or did not exist before remains hidden. Occasionally we find somewhere a text, or hear an explanation of a view, in which we recognise the same thought.
The point of view might be defended that some or most thoughts are already there but that they just have to be discovered. They have to grasped and are waiting in the darkness for some mind that is interested.
However, what to do once a thought has been revealed? In might be applied in an action, thereby changing the world. Can it also be written down to prevent that it might be lost? Can a thought uniquely be phrased in language such that it can be shared by others? Will somebody who reads the words expressing a thought have the same thought?
In general, no! Different people may phrase the same thought differently. And moreover, if they use the same words we will never know whether they had the same thought, like we will never know whether they experience the same blue in the sky. Moreover, when we read our own words, much later after we had them written down, we might not recognise our initial intention. Words are a projection of the thought, but not the thought itself. Thoughts are much richer than words, and every attempt to phrase them are just a description of a particular aspect.
The words are not the thought. We may even struggle to find the right words for our thought. Even the thought that we observe in our mind depends on the moment, on our consciousness. Thoughts are larger and can only be grasped partially. Words may be helpful to add some emphasis. They may generate another aspect, but they are not thoughts themselves. A picture of the Matterhorn is not the Matterhorn itself.
