Learn to Drop the Thoughts That Are Dragging You Down

Story: Senior angel and apprentice angel have popped down into a food court at a mall. The senior angel tells the apprentice, "These people here are thought-sick. They do nothing but spend time thinking about themselves." Almost everyone on earth has this disease.

Story 2: The devil asked all his imps to come up with the most fiendish way to torment and use a human being's life. The winner of the devil's contest said, "I know! Human beings love to catch things. We will send imps to drop tormenting thoughts to human beings and they will reach out and catch them."

Example of catatonic woman in the movie "The Awakening" who reaches out and catches a ball thrown to her.

We catch thoughts and borrow a will from them for the unseen purpose of perpetuating our punishment. The will to act is not the same as the will to choose. Tormenting thoughts do not originate with us.

Tormenting thoughts:
I'll never get through this.
I'm not good enough.
Calling oneself "You idiot!"

Stupid Considerations:
What do I have to do to get their approval?
Why are you doing this?
What did he mean by that?
Will I always be alone?
How long will this take?

Painful questions.

Our whole life is based on resolving some pain. We live in a world where things are either ascending or descending. When we catch a thought, we are brought down into the pain. My task is to be attentive to what's passing through me. Stop grabbing onto pain. I can will myself to put it down.

Dark forces want a place to dwell. Their purpose is that nothing can develop in a person. Self-consciousness is thought sickness. We must stop being it. Make a list of tormenting thoughts, stupid considerations, and painful questions and bring them into the light.