The rewards that we give ourselves are not real rewards. They're passing pleasures, momentary possessions, and fleeting feelings born out of an attempt to reduce or release oneself from a certain amount of tension. Because of this, the very act of rewarding ourselves is always incomplete and actually ties us to a certain unseen pattern of avoiding situations when they get "too hard." When you...
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The mind asleep to itself doesn't realize it creates the stress and strain it can't stop trying to rescue itself from; and that the more it struggles to think of a way out of its self-induced conflict, the greater grows its struggle.
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Topics covered: What you suffer from and don't know that you suffer from are all of your solutions to your suffering; What is the one thing you always do in a moment you fear or dread? You look for a way to rescue yourself; Your rescuing actions are inseparable from the moments that you feel are wrecking your life; What is it that gives me the solution to my reactions? The consciousness that has that reaction...
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Topic: Stop Getting Worked Over by Anxious Thoughts and Feelings (Classroom Talk 2/7/24)
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