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Originally Posted by beauflow
Maybe my dad was meaning "excepting the present moment"; but I never interpreted it that way- just to try to keep positive as best as could. Positive and Positive makes positive- unlike negative and negative- which just goes towards more negative.. Unfortunately I can not ask him these days what he really meant.... But that is a good view as well-  to except the present moment- what is going on in the now. That goes with being in the moment right, that is something I am working on more so now days too.
It at times is hard to stop with thoughts-some time I can, other times I can't- it gets frustrating! Just like thinking and not thinking at all but think I am thinking... :-/ that is hard to explain I am sure that there is a better way. |
Perhaps none of what I'm going to say will make sense to you, but here goes- What I meant was if you're sad and you are not acknowledging the sadness it won't go away and the positive thinking is a front, a mask, denial of what "IS".
The sooner you say "Ahh yes I SEE it in me", sit with it, feel the pain...BUT know that this too shall pass. Perhaps the sadness is a feeling, not thoughts focus your attention "within" on the feeling- cry, scream, punch a pillow, whatever to release the "energy" of the sadness within....then let it go.
If the sadness (sadness being just an example) is created and re-created through thoughts, then examine where they are stemming from....is the "mind" trying to "create" problems in your "present moment"? You don't have to stop the thoughts (if you can't), but be the watcher of your thoughts and catch yourself when it's happening.... when the mind is trying to get you to think of "problems" and only "problems", then you have been taken over by the mind.
Instead of "you" using the mind as a tool to function in this world, "your mind" is using you to create dysfunction in the "now", your "present moment".
With my last episode my mind had completely taken me over AGAIN and madness ensued. It has taken time and stability of mood for me to be able to not let my mind run amok now in my present moment and when I see it trying and it still tries...I now catch it in progress or shortly after and give a little chuckle....then I say "Is this REALLY a problem? or just my mind trying to make it a problem".....