Our practice is not to shut everything out; it’s to remain conscious of our environment and what’s happening in it. Then we can deal with it appropriately. We can open the door to our angry thought, listen to it, and then ask it to leave. We recognize it as a thought and don’t mistake it for who we are. That’s the point. It shifts the experience. Instead of thinking, “I’m really angry right now,” we think, “Oh, look, an angry thought has entered my mind.” It’s easy to let go of a thought that’s a guest in your mind; it’s harder when you take on the identity of the guest.
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Rebel Buddha
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oh my, so helpful! Reframing the way of thinking and speaking. Wow! Thanks.
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I like this a lot because it applies to all thoughts not just angry ones. It is my belief that most people I meet in life need relief from anxiety and this mindset could go a long way towards giving people that relief. If we train our minds to avoid the automatic habit of attaching an emotion to each thought that enters our brain we will find that anxiety melts away. Thoughts (good or bad) never produce the anxiety on their own……it’s when we attach emotion to them that we start having problems.
Excellent post….thank you for sharing!
Steve Miller