Notice

How thoughts keep popping in and out of our heads

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All day long, every day all the time

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Ever wondered if this is normal or reasonable?

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Probably not because we just take it for granted that thoughts are coming to us all the time

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If you ran your car all the time you would not be too surprised if it broke down

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Why then do we find it so difficult to accept our own breakdowns?

We run ourselves all the time and often without much due care or attention
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Most humans experience what we call illness, colds flu and the like
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We accept disease as being the way it is sometimes
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Physical illness is pretty usual from time to time in most humans
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Mental breakdown on the other hand now that's not so easy to accept
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Mental problems are a sort of no no
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Even though our minds are working all the time we are conscious
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Just like our bodies
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In fact you could argue that our minds work more than our bodies
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But if you do have a mental problem then better hide it
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Easier to talk about psychological problems that has a somewhat more sympathetic flavour
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More acceptable somehow
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Turning to the idea of thought or mind overload
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If you can learn to stop your mind then your system is more relaxed
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Less strain
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Less wear and tear
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When we sleep our physical systems are more relaxed and this is when they mend best
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Our minds also mend best when at rest
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If we can turn off our thoughts we are more at rest, more at peace
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Stopping our thoughts even for a short period of time is helpful
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Turning off thoughts as it transpires is not an easy thing to do
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Gautama Buddha once said that stopping our minds is the hardest thing that man can do
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We do not need to doubt this as most cannot stop their minds from thinking for even thirty seconds
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What to do?
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Firstly recognise that turning off your mind and thoughts is a neat thing to do
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Secondly decide to do it, discipline your mind that is
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Thirdly start the process of doing so
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How?
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You have probably guessed it mediation
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In truth there is no easy way
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Meditaton though is not easy and anyone who says it is does not tell the truth
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If you want to try then go to our blog for October 29 - 2005 called "Chattering minds" if you want a simple practical meditation

Good luck and if you want success then stay with it