help with negative thinking

[isabel]

earlier this year I was completely caught up in negative thinking

I've made a lot of progress by just refusing to get caught up (I still get caught up a lot but I see what I'm doing now and eventually I can get back out of it)

what I do is just switch to another thought like baking pies or something

my negative thoughts are almost always around my abusive childhood

I want to let that go now

I want to stop those types of thoughts from arising altogether

is it possible?

thank you!

 

 

[cirkussmile]

The more tou try to stop thoughts the more resitance you create. Switching thoughts doesn’t help either because it doesn’t adress the root cause of the problem. 

The root cause is that you have to accept everything, including thoughts about childhood or thoughts you don’t like. 

I can’t help you with this but the good news is: You can! 

Start a daily meditation practice and start to observe thoughts and emotions even if you don’t like them.

[isabel]

@cirkussmile thank you

 

 

[non_nothing]

yes it is possible, i'd recommend watching satsang videos at the moment of your time, I'd offer moojiji's satsang videos on youtube.

[DrewNows]

Can we see why these negative thoughts occur? 

Why they are "negative"? 

What are the stories/beliefs we tell ourselves surrounding these thoughts? 

1 hour ago, isabel said:

I want to let that go now

Who is this "i" thinking about controlling thoughts? 

Simply to be with these thoughts and feelings 

They can be there, but why do they have to be ours? 

To end psychological time is to be here now; to see what is actual

[Hellspeed]

Healing/Feeling that on the inside what you afraid to Feel. 

[How to be wise]

19 minutes ago, DrewNows said:

Who is this "i" thinking about controlling thoughts? 

We are not Ramana Maharishi. This is a tough question to answer. Many people (including myself) don’t really have a strong sense of ‘I’. 

[SpaceCowboy]

@isabel

Could it be that those thoughts want to redirect your attention to a part of yourself that requires healing? If so, why don’t you take the invitation?

[isabel]

thanks you guys!

I'll go over all these suggestions, sometimes it's easy and sometimes it is a lot of work

thank  you