Speaking as a meditation guy, reality comes down to sensation. I mean, this stream of sensations : Sights, sounds, tastes, feelings - and yes, thoughts. No, t

Speaking as a meditation guy, reality comes down to sensation. I mean, this stream of sensations : Sights, sounds, tastes, feelings - and yes, thoughts. No, thought does not get a special role here. Except in that we consider it to be special. And we use it to map, narrate and explain everything. We really like "meaning". We use thoughts like this. We associate this thought with that sight (ex "that looks like a horse"), or this thought with that smell (ex "smells like cookies"), or this thought with this other thought (ex "it logically follows..."). I mean we assign meaning. We map stuff. But no, thought is not inherently special. It's just one more grape on the perceptual vine. And all those perceptual/sensational/experience-things are all equally real, as far as I can tell.