Peace of Mind is a Thought Away: Mastering Your Thoughts with Meditation, Part II
This is Part II of a two Part Blog.
So, the point of all this is to encourage you to not take your thoughts personally or seriously. Don’t take them to “heart”. Don’t identify with them. See them as happening outside of you.
This is similar to when a friend or a loved one is really upset about something or someone, and has really “lost it.” You can understand why they may be losing it and you certainly have empathy for them, but really, you wonder why they are making such a big deal of it? So, in this case, you are able to step back and be a witness to all the drama they are in, but not get drawn in to it.
Likewise you eventually will begin to look at your own “stuff” and laugh and say to yourself, “So, what’s the big deal with this? So what? This is just an old reactive, habitual pattern of mine. Here we go again. I can proactively choose a new response, a new habit, a new series of thoughts. So, I‘ll just take a few deep breaths, label the thought, distance myself from it and just forget about it.”
You don’t have to pay attention to thoughts that don’t feel good.
So, join me on my Friday Podcast for a Thought Labeling meditation. Peace of Mind really is a choice you can opt into every moment in your life.
NB If you are new to meditation, please go to my blog posts of May 5 and 7, 2008 for guidance on how to meditate.
FYI, this “Thought Labeling Meditation” is from my Meditation CD entitled: Peace of Mind is a Thought Away: Mastery Meditations.If you are interested in finding out more about my Meditations CDs, please go to the following link: http://www.learnmastery.com/AudioTapesByYanni.htm
So, enJoy and Relax!
This is Part II of a two part Blog.