Peace of Mind is a Thought Away: Mastering Your Thoughts, Part I
What follows is an eight part blog in which I discuss why it is so, so important for you to be especially aware of the thoughts you have because your thoughts have a very major impact on every aspect of your life: physically, emotionally, and experientially.
At the end of this eight part blog I will lead you in a meditation on my May 9th Podcast which will help you to become a master of your thoughts.
So, let’s begin: what most people don’t realize is that in order to learn how to truly relax and gain mastery in your life, you must learn how to gain mastery over your thoughts. For your predominant thoughts about your self and your life are what create the experiences, both “good” and “bad,” that you have in your life. These predominant thoughts may be so habitual that you do not even realize that they are affecting you, but they definitely are.
So, to begin, you must understand that your thoughts do not define you. You are not your thoughts. Yes, you have thoughts, but they are not who you are. You are, at your core, what is in between all your incessant thoughts; and what is in between your unremitting thoughts is a profound Peace, Silence, Knowing, Love, and Embrace. The trick is learning how to access this real part of you.
So, therefore, it is so very important to learn how to be a witness to your thoughts and to begin to dis-identify from them.
“That doesn’t make any sense!” You might say. “I am my thoughts.”
No, you are not your thoughts. You have thoughts, but you are not your thoughts.
Even more importantly, though, you must understand that you can choose your thoughts. They don’t have to be the old habitual ones you have been trained in that keep playing over and over again and that cause you so much tension, stress and suffering.
This is Part I of an eight part blog.