When we shine the light of awareness on the thinking process
itself, we see how thoughts appear (by themselves) from
nowhere and how, because we give them our attention, they
flourish and turn into unconscious thinking.
We also see that:
o it is not so much the thoughts themselves that cause us to
suffer, rather the mental commentary ABOUT the
thoughts.
o although we have no control over the thoughts that appear
in our field of awareness, THINKING ITSELF IS A
CHOICE.
o we suffer to the extent that we resist and struggle against
the content of our mind.
o the mind tells a lot of lies.
o there is so much more to us than the thinking minds we
believe ourselves to be.
o the moment we become consciously aware that thinking is going on, thinking stops . We are present
Author: Kick the Thinking Habit; Richard Paterson- The Franz Center Team