Last
month we touched on the interesting point of your thoughts and
who is in charge of them. I mentioned that your thoughts are not
real and I suggested
that you watch your thoughts.
This
month I will go even further and say that 'you are not your thoughts'
Most
people have an identity based upon their mind. This
means that you believe you are the thoughts in your head. Everyone
thinks in their own certain way. Most people believe that they
are these thoughts. 'I am fat' 'I am poor' 'I am unhappy' "I
am a carpenter" etc..
These
thoughts are not you!
They
originate due to external stimuli in your world. They depend on
how your mind has interpreted the world around
you.
An
example would be; If there were no thin people then how could
you say you were fat? The word fat would not exist. Your mind
compares you to a standard that you decided to accept. Your
mind continually bombs you with thoughts that are based on your
past and what you have inherited from your culture.
Emotions
are similar. Often the emotion which comes after the thought/s
are so charged with energy that it overcomes us. You believe that
you are the emotion and act accordingly. Emotions are your reaction
to your mind and it's thoughts.
None
of this is you!
Those
of you who actually took the time to catch one or more of your
thoughts this month may have already discovered something amazing.
Who
is doing the catching?
Did
you notice that when you do this there are two of you? If you
have gone through this process you must now acknowledge that there
is someone there that actually does the catching as opposed to
the thinking.
Try
now and for the remainder of the month to watch the thoughts in
your head. Stand back and observe. You can do this for your emotions
in the same way.
This
time watch, without judgment, watch impartially. Whilst you do
this, think about the the person who is very quietly sitting in
the background doing the watching and listening. That is you,
that is the true you. It is not a thought, you actually exists
beyond your mind.
Next
month: If you are not doing the thinking who is?
Aymen
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