Thread: I'm so sick and tired of thinking all the time

Hope its alright but I had some more thoughts.

#41485 - Grounding in electrically

I heard this originally from Robert Monroe in regards to out of body experiences. But it relates to thought because thinking is a lot like an out of body experience. For those of us always in our heads, it is like a dissociation where we are always "out of body" in some sense. So R M's advice was to go outside and put your back up against a tree. It is supposed to ground in the excess electrical energy. I do this once in a while and I can't always tell a big difference but who knows.

# 13509358 = Let go of little thoughts first

Big thoughts can be harder to let go of all at once. Big debates in your mind over big issues that you are really into or stuff like that. But try to notice when there is a little thought you can let go of. Like this morning, I was stresseing to cram more stuff in the dish washer, but afraid it wouldn't all get washed if I put things too far in. So I just fit what seemed easy to fit and said I'll put the rest in the next load. So look for the tiniest thoughts you strain over and try to let go of those first. And I'm just saying "try" because if you can't, thats okay too.

# 1359833013 = make friends with your mind

Look at your mind like a constant source of activity and information. Like an IPOD that will never run out of battery, that you get to listen to all day! Just like with dreams, if you start making your thoughts feel like they matter to you, then you will start having a good relationship with your mind. (Which is totally possible because I like my mind a lot more than I did 7 years ago when I even realized I had a mind)

I don't know exactly what your thought patterns are, but lets say THOUGHT PATTERN B comes on. You can be like, "Oh, THOUGHT PATTERN B is on the radio! I've heard a lot of this before, but maybe it has a new twist at the end." And then, THOUGHT PATTERN W cuts in. "Oh, THOUGHT PATTERN W! My favorite song!" But you don't 100% control it. Just like dreams, you are not 100% the producer and director.

(And that alone, giving up the need to be the director, has helped me a lot. )

# 41385 (edit) = try another language

Chances are most of your thoughts are in your native language. So try learning a whole new language. Don't over do it, but just memorize some simple phrases. This can also be a fun way to generate mantras for "freestyle meditation"

The reason TM is so helpful is that it uses "Meaningless Sound" as the mantra, not exactly "words". This way the mind doesn't get caught up in the meaning of the mantra. I couldn't afford TM yet, so I got my own "meaningless sounds" (to me) from other languages for when I wanted to try that.

# 5235908 - Thanks!

For posting this because it was fun to write all the stuff I wrote. Having a mind can be a joy!