3 Things To Do With A Thought – One Will Free You

You can fuse with the thought.
You can identify with the thought and believe it’s true. This will have an effect on your psyche and your emotions and you will feel your thinking in the moment. Your mind doesn’t know the difference between thought and reality so it responds as is the thought is real. Even though it’s only thought.

You can resist the thought.
You can decide you don’t want the thought. Maybe it’s negative, scary or crazy. This too will have an effect on your psyche and your emotions and you will experience feelings in the moment. Your brain is a GPS system and whatever you pay attention to, your brain will continue to focus on. When you resist a thought you’re actually telling your brain to focus on it.  Your mind will bring that thought into your awareness more frequently.

The last choice is to ignore the thought.
Just like the clouds in the sky appear and disappear, a thought left alone will dissipate. Thoughts will arise and disappear in the spaciousness of your awareness when you simply observe them without attachment or aversion.

This is the secret to freedom.

At first, it may be difficult to let go of thought because your brain isn’t used to doing that. It’s following the neural pathways you have set down from past behavior. As you continue to place less emphasis on your thoughts, you’ll find them far less intrusive.

Your level of anxiety and stress will drop immensely when you stop paying attention to your thoughts.