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Thought is not reality; yet it is through thought that our realities are created.
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.
If the only thing people learned was not to be afraid of their experience, that alone would change the world.
A crowded mind leaves no space for a peaceful heart.
Imagine I give you a bowl of cloudy, dirty, murky water. If I asked you, how you would make the water clear, how would you do it? Take 15 seconds to see what answers you come up with before moving on. Most people say something along the lines of filtering the water or even boiling it. What most people don't realize is that if we let the bowl of dirty water sit for a period of time, we can see that the dirt begins to settle on its own in the water and after a while, the water becomes clear on its own.
Anxiety is thought without control. Flow is control without thought.
the state of peak performance for humans can be described as the state of non-thinking
In Japanese culture, they have a beautiful word to describe this phenomenon: mushin.
There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.