Where do thoughts come from? Do we create them (out of our egos?)? Or do they already exist and we attract?

them? If this, then, where are they "stored" prior to coming into our awareness? Are they within the infinite potential/possibility of the Absolute Field? How do thoughts serve us? Are they purposeful or purposeless? Do they divert us from our true nature? Is thinking always useless and unproductive? Or do we use the ability to "think" incorrectly? Are questions such as this just stirring up chaos and confusion? Is the intellect a helpful thing? I am Curious