Originally Posted by bashmaki
Edwin made a very good point in stating the relevance of ones thoughts and ones relationship to them. Those thoughts become powerless when we deem them to have no power over us.
As Bhavya said, our thoughts eventually become laughable as we realize the above statement. At the same time one can learn much about oneself by objectively observing these thoughts and being brutally honest about their nature and importance in ones life. So they can serve a purpose of sorts . . .I believe. I think If we can learn not to take ourselves too seriously in all of this, it helps too. I find myself laughing at some of the thoughts as well.
Excellent stuff Edwin & Bhavya!
Thanks for bring it up Mitch,
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I understand what you are saying, but if I am to be brutally honest about the nature of my thoughts and the importance of them, am I not giving into what is past and what is to come instead of living in the present moment? I find that by putting my thoughts into their place that I am just whitewashing the fact that I'm still being controlled by them. My ego gets the chance to say “ohhh, so that I why I am thinking this.” By putting them into their place am I accepting them as a part of me, thus, in the future, I can observe those thoughts without judgment? Does looking at them eventually lead to the pure acceptance that I still seek? Am I reacting to a thought right now thus triggering this reply?
Right now I am following a teaching of Paramahamsa Nithyananda:
YouTube - Present Moment - Keys to Enlightenment Part 1
YouTube - Present Moment - Key to Enlightenment - Part 2
These videos are quite good. I thought I would share.
Mitch.
