However brief and inaccessible this article is, it does stimulate one's thoughts about the reality we face in our daily life. Yes, our thoughts jump from one to another with no appearance of continuity. I recall reading in one of the Zen classics Hekiganroku (The Blue Cliff Records) that such thoughts are called "nian-thoughts". They are fractions of mental activity that often do not form a complete idea, but are nevertheless there and linger on for as long as we let the mind think about them. It is frustrating to feel a sense of uneasiness when the thoughts do not gel. From Hekiganroku, Case 5 Seppo's "A Grain of Rice", the phrase "It is like the ox-head disappearing, and the horse-head appearing" that represents our instantaneous thoughts of consciousness. Perhaps this is one reason to meditate so that our focus can be established.