Even when we don’t want to think, we think, so to stop thinking is a complicated task, medications can do this for us and meditation seems to be a promising path, as we cannot stop our thoughts, what we can do is impose some will or control over what we think: to what we will devote our mental attention.
The mind, being awake, generates, by itself, thoughts and emotions; we can say that 90% or more of them are generated unintentionally, sometimes when we cling to thoughts or emotions we hurt them, after 2 or 3 seconds trying to divert attention from any stimulus that appears in our mind, will tend to disappear.
- To focus our attention on a mental object?it usually leads to rumination and discomfort.
- Which increases the likelihood of thought biases.
- Such as confirmation bias.
Confirmation bias is a person’s tendency to prioritize information that confirms their assumptions, preconceptions, or assumptions, whether true or not.
We cannot change what we are going through, even if we try, what is possible is to stop fighting what exists.
We are so used to dealing with certain aspects of life that we have already automated them. Knowing how we shape our thoughts can help us distance ourselves from internal conflicts and improve our relationships with others.
“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Is conscious breathing my anchor?. -Thich Nhat Hanh-
Imagine a black dog. It is only a black dog, but with this thought we add our own supplements; looks like my ex’s dog, I miss it when we travel, I wish I could go back to him/her, doesn’t my life make much sense now?
We can’t stop thoughts, but we can observe them, it means letting these thoughts flow, that is, seeing how they come and go so as not to scare them away or add more content than they already have.
Compassion helps us minimize the impact of negative events happening to us, it’s not about erasing the negative emotions that certain events can provoke us, but about reducing their intensity.
“The main cause of misfortune is not the situation, but your thoughts on it. “Eckhart Tolle-
What we think influences our interpretation of the world, adopting a position away from that of a judge in our thinking, will undoubtedly give us a more loving view of the world, allowing us to be more precise in choosing the currents with which we want to take. Ourselves.
What information do we send to our brains when we think or go through an unpleasant situation?If we treat information only emotionally, we will enter the delicate terrain of distorted thoughts, with their corresponding errors in the processing of information.
Automatic negative thoughts cannot be stopped, they are products, in many cases, rooted and fed by cognitive distortions, however, it is possible to identify and understand their functioning, thus reducing the appearance and permanence of a wide variety of dysfunctional behaviors and emotions. .
Most human pain is useless. It’s self-creation, while the subconscious governs your life.
All problems are mental illusions. There are no problems, there are only situations that have to be faced or left as they are and accepted as part of the moment until they change or can be solved in one way or another, thoughts cannot be stopped, but give the desired importance.
Life will give you the experience of the evolution of your consciousness. How will you know this is the experience you need?Because that’s the experience you’re experiencing now.
“My experience tells me that most things aren’t as bad as I thought. “-Mary Doria Russell-