quadbliss
Distinguished member
- Joined
- Dec 12, 2006
- Messages
- 395
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 07/1998
- Country
- US
- State
- California
- City
- Benicia
Hello everyone,
Unhappiness is not caused by circumstances. It is caused by your own thoughts.
The essence of your being is not your body or your thoughts. It is the calm, still space in which your thoughts are born.
In any "unacceptable” situation, you have the choice of three rational paths. First, you can take action to work toward correcting the problem. Second, you can walk away, or remove yourself from the situation. Finally, if the first two approaches won't work, you can accept the circumstance as what "is" and stop mentally resisting it. ALS and its symptoms almost always fall into the final category.
To find happiness you must give the present moment permission to be what it is; or if you prefer, "Not my own, but your will be done", or "Let go and let God". To fight the present moment is futile and will only cause your own suffering. Sit back and watch your thought patterns for a while. Don't label them good or bad, just observe them. How do they make you feel?
Who is observing your thoughts?
Mike
Unhappiness is not caused by circumstances. It is caused by your own thoughts.
The essence of your being is not your body or your thoughts. It is the calm, still space in which your thoughts are born.
In any "unacceptable” situation, you have the choice of three rational paths. First, you can take action to work toward correcting the problem. Second, you can walk away, or remove yourself from the situation. Finally, if the first two approaches won't work, you can accept the circumstance as what "is" and stop mentally resisting it. ALS and its symptoms almost always fall into the final category.
To find happiness you must give the present moment permission to be what it is; or if you prefer, "Not my own, but your will be done", or "Let go and let God". To fight the present moment is futile and will only cause your own suffering. Sit back and watch your thought patterns for a while. Don't label them good or bad, just observe them. How do they make you feel?
Who is observing your thoughts?
Mike