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Old 12-06-2006, 08:57 PM   #12 (permalink)
demk
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Originally Posted by helgi View Post
If you feel that you need to stop them from arising they'll probably keep coming, because trying to think thought away is like fighting fire with fire.
However, when you can allow them to arise and just observe them they will quiet down automatically.
What do you think of the Byron Katie method for dealing with thoughts? In some ways it seems to be in opposition to mindfulness based methods because you do think away stressful thoughts. Maybe its a way to train yourself to see all your thoughts as meaningless? Its woorking well for me at the moment with any paranoid thoughts.
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