Stressful worry helps no one -- not those we are concerned about, and certainly not us. Such worry heals nothing; instead, it hurts all who mistake its dark embrace as a path to empowerment. The only thing worry serves is to strengthen the grip of our fearful expectations and, in so doing, holds us captive in a bad dream of our own making.
The stress we feel over our possessions or in our relationships -- that sneaks in to steal our contentment -- is never because of the way in which these things (themselves) are made to turn, but it is the dark effect of how tightly we cling to the idea that our desires have the power to grant us peace.
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Our greatest strength lies in our ability to realize that whatever may be the nature of some immediate worry or fear, it can be proven false... that is, providing we are willing to prove it so by walking into and through it, and to test this truth time and time again.
When you know in your heart that you must keep going but your feet just aren't getting the message, self-understanding can open and carry you through doors that self-insistence cannot.
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Classroom Talk: 3/20/2022 - You will never agree to spend another moment attending to worried thoughts and feelings once you realize that they don't care about you at all!
Topics covered: self-talk, thoughts, thought-life, chatter, machine-mind, meditation, stillness, quiet, inner peace...
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