Don't Believe Everything You Think

Once we become aware of the fact that we are only feeling what we're thinking and that thinking is the root cause of our unpleasant experience, we see it for what it truly is. Then we allow it to settle by giving it space, and slowly we will see how we begin to have a clear mind again.

The thoughts in our minds are not facts.

if your mind is completely full of old thinking, it is impossible to have any new thoughts come into your mind to create the change you seek.

The root cause of our suffering is our own thinking.

Thought is not reality; yet it is through thought that our realities are created.

A crowded mind leaves no space for a peaceful heart.” — Christine Evangelou

It's not about the events that happen in our lives, but our interpretation of them, which causes us to feel good or bad about something.

Stop thinking and end your problems.

Therefore, it's not WHAT we're thinking about that is causing us suffering, but THAT we are thinking.

Thoughts create. Thinking destroys.

the path to self-actualization isn’t to try to improve ourselves because we think we’re not enough but to let go of the illusion that we’re not already enough as we are

This is when faith becomes of the utmost importance — having faith that things will be okay. Know that the Universe is working for you, not against you.

The only time we can really be in a state of non-thinking is in the present moment. We can only see reality in the present moment and when we are actively thinking, it means we are either in the past or future (which don’t exist).

We can either choose to be free and happy in the unknown or to be confined and suffer in the familiar.

We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.” - Sheryl Sandberg

The feeling is really what we want in our lives, not the physical things, but the trap is that we believe the physical things will give us those feelings.

In short, the moment we stop thinking is when our happiness begins.

You can also compare thinking to quicksand. The more that we fight our thinking, the more it amplifies the negative emotions and the worse it gets.

What we're ultimately looking for are feelings. We want more money to get a sense of security and peace. We want to spend time with our family because it makes us feel so much love and joy. We want to do what we love because it gives us a sense of fulfillment inside. These are all ultimately feelings that we are trying to get, but we keep thinking that the goal or object we want will give us those feelings. This idea is inherently flawed because our feelings can only ever be generated from within us, not from external things. External things can prompt us to create the feelings, but ultimately it is us that produces those feelings from within ourselves.

Never forget your own divinity because it is only through our divinity that we have our humanity.

The only way to break free from our thinking is to let go and trust that our natural inner wisdom will guide us back to clarity and peace like it always has.

Our natural state of being is joy, love, and peace.

A question that significantly helps me settle my unhelpful thinking and tap into the limitless well of creative possibilities is this: If I had infinite money, had no fear, and didn’t feel the need to receive any recognition, what would I do or create?

Each of us lives through our own perception of the world, which are vastly different from the person right next to us.

most of us only change when the pain of holding on to what we’re attached to is greater than the fear of the unknown

If we know that we can only ever feel what we are thinking, then we know that we can change our feelings by changing our thinking. Thus, we can change our experience of life by knowing that it comes from our own thinking. And if that is true, then we are ever only one thought away from experiencing something different and transforming our entire lives at any moment — through a state of no thought. In short, the moment we stop thinking is when our happiness begins.

Henry Ford once said, “Whether you think that you can or can’t, you’re right.

One who looks around him is intelligent, one who looks within him is wise.

thought is a noun and isn’t something that we do but something we have. Thinking, on the other hand, is a verb and is something we do. It is the act of engaging with our thoughts.

All you have to do is remember that thinking is the root cause of how we’re feeling. Once this is brought into your awareness, don’t fight the thinking. Just become aware that it is your thinking that’s causing the ill feelings, welcome it with love, and it will slowly dissipate before your eyes. Not too long after, you’ll return to your natural state of peace, love, and joy.