Do you ever experience anxiety? When anxiety appears, is it free-floating or is there a specific person, place or thing that triggers its emergence? Anxiety can only occur when you choose to leave the safe haven of the here and now. Before long you may get caught up in your fertile imagination and the catastrophic ideas it holds.
Staying in the now is paramount. Once you have trained yourself to actually witness the anxiety and remain objective to it, immediately its power over you will diminish. Once you are able to free yourself of memories and anticipation, what is left for you to fear?
Try to remain in the gap which occurs between having your attention on one thought and yet not quite being attached to the next one. Carefully step into this gap and attempt to stay there for as long as possible!
Be ever aware that the past and future exist in the mind only and you are able to observe your mind, therefore you are not your mind. Reality exists only in the now.
When you awake from a nightmare you immediately realize it was only a nightmare but while you are trapped inside it seems very real indeed. Start seeing the nightmare (or the dream for that matter) for what it is. Wake up!
The life energy that was previously used to suppress and wage war against those persistent negative thoughts and fears, can now be freed up to energize the true self!
You must be disciplined enough (and it will come with time and practice) to disassociate yourself from destructive thoughts by using the observation technique by clicking here. While using the technique don’t fight or wrestle with your thoughts. Don’t try to avoid seeing them, rather attempt to view them in a dispassionate manner.
Detachment will eventually lead to freedom from that which you are presently a slave. No special knowledge or advanced training is needed to accomplish this goal. You already have all that you require within. Give up the futile striving of the ego that continually fails you and return to the inner self. There is really nothing else that needs to be done.
You have already arrived; there is nowhere to go. Although you exist as a person within the material world, that which is within you (the observer) and witnesses all that occurs, is infinite. Realize this and bring it to your morning meditation and other moments of solitude. That is your true self.
Pursue this diligently and with patience and sincerity. Refuse to judge your progress, as that is evidence that your ego is still involved. It has been estimated that we have anywhere from sixty to seventy thousand thoughts daily. The problem arises when it is discovered that these thoughts are often of a self-defeating nature and we already thought them yesterday, last week, last year, even in the last decade! Begin to rid yourself of these often destructive, habitual thoughts by practicing this technique.
When all the false ideas you still hold about yourself are gradually given up, the true self will be revealed. You can still continue with all your daily duties and responsibilities while allowing yourself time to meditate and get centered daily.
