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TheFlyingMan · 01-14-2007, 02:56 AM

Hi Guys,

Couple of quick Qs, hope someone can help me out.

1) Has anyone here ever stopped compulsive thought? Since reading the power of NOW and a New Earth a few months ago, I've steadily managed to catch my negative thoughts and images as they pop in. Most of them don't affect me anymore (without a sense of "self" invested in it), but sometimes they do, especially when I'm in a non-related stressful situation.

2) Any tools for stopping myself getting invested in the negative thought again? Or stopping compulsive thought altogether? Byron Katie's The Work has worked wonders for some thoughts but not others - I suspect its because I haven't gone deep enough, so I will spend all of tonight going as deep as I can.

(here's an example of what my situation is - I have a lot of mental images of past hurts coming in - and I used to be hurt again and again by it - after weeks of observing myself - when I'm relaxed, these thoughts pop in, but just drift out without affecting my mood. Sometimes, when I'm outside, say chatting with my friends so I can't concentrate on observing these thoughts, they do affect me a bit. In a stressful situation such as dealing with a difficult client, these thoughts pop in, and make my moods even worse.)

3) An affirmation question: I've been trying to affirm to get rid of compulsive thought. So far I've been using "I'm a master of my mind and my thoughts". But I think it's not specific enough. is "I am free of compulsive thought" a negative or positive affirmation? I don't want to accidentally focus on bringing more compulsive thought into my life.

Thanks, sorry for the long post!

01-14-2007, 02:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
TheFlyingMan Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 168	Compulsive Thought / Affirmation Questions Hi Guys, Couple of quick Qs, hope someone can help me out. 1) Has anyone here ever stopped compulsive thought? Since reading the power of NOW and a New Earth a few months ago, I've steadily managed to catch my negative thoughts and images as they pop in. Most of them don't affect me anymore (without a sense of "self" invested in it), but sometimes they do, especially when I'm in a non-related stressful situation. 2) Any tools for stopping myself getting invested in the negative thought again? Or stopping compulsive thought altogether? Byron Katie's The Work has worked wonders for some thoughts but not others - I suspect its because I haven't gone deep enough, so I will spend all of tonight going as deep as I can. (here's an example of what my situation is - I have a lot of mental images of past hurts coming in - and I used to be hurt again and again by it - after weeks of observing myself - when I'm relaxed, these thoughts pop in, but just drift out without affecting my mood. Sometimes, when I'm outside, say chatting with my friends so I can't concentrate on observing these thoughts, they do affect me a bit. In a stressful situation such as dealing with a difficult client, these thoughts pop in, and make my moods even worse.) 3) An affirmation question: I've been trying to affirm to get rid of compulsive thought. So far I've been using "I'm a master of my mind and my thoughts". But I think it's not specific enough. is "I am free of compulsive thought" a negative or positive affirmation? I don't want to accidentally focus on bringing more compulsive thought into my life. Thanks, sorry for the long post!