A friend approached me the other day and expressed anxiety about the difficulties of becoming free of the constant stream of negative thoughts in the mind.
We all know that there are a constant ongoing thought process where negative thoughts get repeated over and over again. It’s mainly the same sad unproductive thoughts telling you that whatever you are is of no value, or that you won’t succeed in anything that you want to do.
The mind can be very cruel in this way. Sometimes it might even seem as if the mind is your own enemy, constantly trying to keep you on the ground, preventing you from standing up.
There is no doubt that an uncontrolled mind can hurt you. Or as the Buddha said in the Dhammapada:
Your worst enemy cannot harm you
As much as your own thoughts, unguarded.
The mind is Change. Everything that the mind is, is what is around it. If the world around the mind changes, then naturally the mind changes also. No wonder that we feel that the mind seems to work against us rather then with us. If the mind is so easily influenced by whatever it focuses on, then naturally there are many pains and worries that you will face if you identify with your mind. Continue reading ‘Working with the negative mind’
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