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Harry ji,

That is because you associate your sense of identity with your thoughts. You associate Harry with the constant stream of thought in your head. Replacing those thoughts would be like replacing (read:killing) Harry.

I have a pet bird, I have no qualms about eating meat either. However, eating meat is different than eating an animal. For the "animalness" of the animal is divorced from the meat we know, when we purchase it at the grocery store or find it in fast food joints. Animalness of the animal is what makes it what it is, the goatness of a goat, the cowness of a cow, the dogness of a dog. After knowing the birdness of my bird, I don't think I could ever eat it. This is part of a much larger divorce we are experiencing with modern technology.

That explains the restlessness and agitation. What do you like about your current personality?

Here's what Sant Kabir does when he meditates. http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/guru-granth-darpan/39141-bani-of-sant-kabir-das-2-a.html#post171799

"Does" is from our perspective, to Kabir it is rather an occurrence that occurs of its own accord.