I am not doing good right now the obsessive ruminating thoughts are torturing me it’s all I can think right now I’ve been good for a few weeks and then I lost control of my mind I hate this feeling I have smoked a pack of cigarettes in 4 hours really not doing good I hate myself I hate my life I hate my mind anyone have advise on how to slow the thoughts down
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Hi.
The thoughts cannot be stopped directly. They are not you, even though it has every appearance that they are, they are not, so that’s out of your control.
All that can be done is to mentally step back when they arise and just let them be without internally identifying with them. To do that you just kind of tell yourself “Here it is again”, “there are these thoughts”
Eventually, after doing that enough, you will gain control of this. But it’s seemingly impossible at first. Initially you will not be able to catch yourself before you react and identify with the thoughts. You will first be able to catch yourself after it’s too late and you have fallen for them again, but if you keep it up you’ll push that realization time back earlier and earlier.
This is the evolution of consciousness taking place. We’re still just in the crawling out of the water stage with it.
Might want to listen to Tolle. This is his life’s work.
Don’t even bother….nothing is going to change.
You’re going nowhere….then why even worry anymore?
Death can’t be yours anyway, can it…since you’ve been alive an eternity.