22 Jan Thoughts are food for the mind
In our meditation class of Tuesday evening we discussed thoughts and suffering.
Thoughts are food for the mind. Bad food is like fast thoughts for the mind and nutritious thoughts are healthy for the mind.
Thoughts can cause us suffering. These thoughts arise from different areas.
Yoga philosophy and Bhuddhism teaches us where these sufferings can arise from.
i.e. suffering can result from
the ego
society and social expectations
disease, death, bad health
from catastrophes natural and man made
from everyday routine and life
When the thoughts arise the philosophy guides us to acknowledge them and become aware of them and not to oppress them. If we oppress these thoughts the suffering will not go instead they will surface in another form and disguised which can be difficult to resolve later.
Let the thoughts arise and become aware of them.
The philosophy guides us to bring our awareness from where the thoughts arise; is it a result of the ego, natural cause of health, catastrophe or everyday chaos, or social expectations.
If we identify the cause we can intellectualise with the thought and confront it with our reasoning it may be that we can change the flow of the thought to a more positive one, find a working solution for it and hence find a solution to the suffering thought.
Thoughts become our values, beliefs and attitudes and express into actions so be aware from where they arise and why.
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