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What To Do About That Voice in Your Head Part 2

When you fight, you invite a fight. But when you do not resist, you meet no resistance. When you refuse to play the game, you are out of it. – Nisargadatta Maharaj   In part 1, we talked about how thought is automatic, habitual and designed to keep us from being killed; thus, it is …

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What To Do About That Voice in Your Head Part 1

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.     – Richard Feynman  “Did I turn it off? I think I did…But wait, what if I didn’t? The house will catch on fire. Fine, I’ll turn around and go back to check. Shit, now …

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How to Stop Suffering Part 2

In Part 1, we discussed how our attempts at controlling our human pain — the unpleasant thoughts, emotions and sensations — don’t work and oftentimes create a whole new set of issues for us. So, let’s jump into two other concepts to understand Pain vs. Suffering. Let’s take social anxiety as an example. The “pain” …

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