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Originally Posted by Playlife  And I'm afraid I'm also afraid of me being wrong.  (If I have thought wrong thoughts all the time, what else am I doing wrong too??) |
Ok, you have given yourself a perfect example on how to do the work:
“I should not think wrong thoughts.”
1. Is that true?
2. Can you absolutely know if that’s true?
3. How do you react when you believe that thought?
4. Who would you be if you were incapable of believing that thought?
(I’d personally add more questions, like what would happen if I discovered I’d been thinking incorrectly, or what would it mean to find out I’d been thinking “wrong” thoughts, or what does it mean to think “wrong” thoughts, and so on.)
Then do the turn around. You could even go on to list three reasons why the turn around might be just as true if not more true than the original thought. AND THAT’S IT. Focus on the questions. If you start getting into the meaning of life, or why do people suffer, while you’re investigating the original thought, then you’re probably retreating back into more stories. Your mind will try to validate its opinions that way.
Of course, that isn’t to say that you can’t do the work on the particular thoughts you have surrounding suffering. (You could even write any of the “big” questions down with the promise that you’ll do the work on those thoughts AFTER you’ve finished with the original inquiry.) It’s just that you should concentrate on one thought at a time, especially if you’re a beginner. It’s way too easy to get lost again in whatever game your mind is attempting to play. Believe me, I know.
Angela is right again about the third book. It gets more into those "big" question issues.