Slowly you become engulfed by thoughts, which are not dismissed at the right time, lose perspective and become overwhelmed. While overwhelmed you are unpredictable. Thoughts become more and more negative and insecure. You are not “yourself”. Life speeds up, days become mundane. You become angry at yourself for being “weak” and stop cutting yourself any slack for anything. Everything is exaggerated and blown out of proportion. Perspective is lost and you lose self-esteem and self-worth.
When you have a thought -- any thought -- that's all it is, a thought! It can't hurt you without your consent.
If the thought comes I see that as a thought -- right here and now. If, when I'm meditating that thought comes, I see that it has a beginning ... and that that thought has an end; and noticing that when that thought ends, there's peace in the mind. When I can see that the thought is just a thought which comes and goes, I can see it as a changing condition in the mind. I don't have to make a problem out of it any more. I don't have to wait for the time when there are no more doubting thoughts. I just know it's a doubting thought and I can offer what I'm able to. This brings forth patience and equanimity. And this is what we can do in an immediate sense.
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