All,
Being aware of our own mind has enormous benefits, since happiness is a state of mind, obviously happiness depends entirely on mind. Knowing this we have enormous opportunity to recognize what thoughts are beneficial and lead to happiness and which ones are negative and lead to anxiety and suffering.
The ‘voice inside my head’ is nothing more than a projection of mind. We love listening to this voice or engaging our own inner world of thought, we feel safe within the confine of our own mind, yet prisoner to it, having little control over what arises in our mind.
So what do we do when these thoughts come into our mind and make us feel anxious?
We need to learn to enjoy a quiet mind by listening to the silence of our mind.
We can watch the thoughts in our mind without getting involved in them, like watching clouds go by in the sky. If we are aware of a negative thought or pattern of thoughts we can label it “negative thought” and let it go and decide not to listen to it, realizing it is fooling us down the path to unhappiness.
In cases where we know we get anxious we can imploy a ‘mind of stone’ where we cease to listen to any thought whatsoever, not reacting to anything that appears in our mind. This non-reaction gives us the space and clarity to detach from following negative thoughts and patterns which induce habitual behaviour, such as freaking out unecessarily.
We can focus on one object at a time as to limit how fast we think which will give us more control. Basically we all think too much and have little control a bit like riding a horse which hasn’t been well trained, this can be reversed if we really have had enough of being blown about like a balloon.
To find real calm, clarity and inner peace we need to still the mind and understand how it works.
These are only brief methods that are practical and extremely useful if put into practice.
Jack
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