To Think Or Not To Think

Our biggest enemies are what we call 'our thoughts'

But our 'thoughts' are not insurmountable.

These are not really 'thoughts', but that is out of scope of this blog entry so we will use the terminology 'thoughts' here.


Firstly we have to know that the out of control stream of 'thoughts' can be controlled and influenced by us. It is very much possible.

Equanimityandpeace.wordpress.com writes:

It is only through conscious intervention that you can make your mind change course from automatically recycling negative thoughts. This is just like your breathing. You breathe automatically, but you CAN choose to influence your breathing, you can hold your breath if you are going to dive deep in the water, or you can consciously “slow down” your breath if you are relaxing in meditation and prayer.

Once I realized I did in fact have “some” ability to control my own thoughts, I consciously redirected the thoughts to positive uplifting notions. I noted that I had built such a large ego over the years that the collapse of it dragged me down in a catastrophic fashion. A big ego is different from self esteem. Both were destroyed, but I learned to regain self esteem through positive affirmations and knowing that the negative thoughts are not reality. I believe having a positive self esteem is important.

"The story is always old.

The silence is always brand new.

Deep breathing gets you in touch with silence."