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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot  Perhaps I shall put it another way and then it will become clear. Tolle is really advocating this;
Control your mind completely; |
I don’t believe anyone can control their mind completely.
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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot Think nothing except what you consciously choose to think about |
Thoughts and feelings are constantly arising from your subconscious.
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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot Do not ever permit any irrelevant, random or stray thoughts to arise |
You can’t stop them from arising. You can try to suppress them, but they will still manifest in some form or another – as an itch, a sneeze, a pain, an illness, or whatever. However, you can choose to be disinterested in your thoughts and not to give them any weight.
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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot Recognise that all painful memories and all fears of the future are unnecessary, since neither the past nor the future can exist except in your mind, that is, they are illusions |
Standard fare – preached many times in many places over the last 3,000 years.
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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot When there is nothing you wish to think about, simply do not think. |
Even when you are consciously choosing not to think, thoughts will still arise. A person may occasionally feel spaced out during meditation (consciousness splattered across the landscape), but it is only temporary. It would be impossible to live a normal life if one was continuously in that state.