I recently got into Byron Katie's stuff and I find it really useful (check out -
ByronKatie.com: The Official Blog for The Work of Byron Katie and
http://www.thework.com/index.asp) but I need answers from someone who has experienced this or something similar.
Basically, I understand how you rationally enquire into your judgements that you make of other people and how it helps to detach yourself from these thoughts/beliefs and understand that you just don't know. The thing is that I make so many judgements during a day. Some days it is worse than others and my ego is in overdrive. Does your mind stop judging after a while and start to automatically apply this sytem? it seems overwhelming to me to deal with every thought that arises in one day.
I once had an experience where I started to notice all the thoughts that occured in my head that fed my ego with a sense of superiority. I noticed every thought, explained how that particular thought was operating and feeding my ego and eventually they went away for a while. They crept back in quite quickly. With that too I feel overwhelmed by the enormity of the task of cleaning up my thoughts.
Is there a better way than taking every thought and picking it apart. To be honest the automatic thoughts that arise are quite annoying because I can usually see their immaturity or ego-ness but I can't stop them. It frustrates me that that is the quality of my consciousness.
Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.