In our lives, we all have things we tend to run to with the hopes of escaping our mind; be it food, hobbies, drugs, t.v., etc. It’s not about escaping now, it’s about escaping our thoughts in now. Did you ever notice this? It’s not the actual moment you run from, but the thoughts you have about it. Do you notice how you react to your thoughts, as if they were actually true? You start thinking about tomorrow’s failures and create anxiety, you think about yesterday’s hardships and suffer, or even have thoughts about now and create pain.
A thought, is much like the blinking of your eyes; it comes and goes without effort, however somewhere along the line we’ve learned to attach tremendous meaning to our thoughts as if they were actual truth, rather than just an occurrence. Next time you find yourself wanting to run from your thoughts about now, about the past, or about the future, attempt to understand that they are just thoughts, not reality, and the only meaning they have is the meaning I give them. Even if you do run, accept it, and be aware of what’s taking place. Rather than running from your mind, learn to make peace with it.
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Distraction is ok; t.v., hobbies, eating. Its all about a balanced life. Cant sit around and meditate all day.
Nice. Participation, not avoidance.