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[quote=Anonymous]In mediation, I do something similar to PP who acknowledges that thoughts are just thoughts, but I don't call my thinking mind a jerk. I just look at it with gentle curiosity. What you want to see is why your mind is thinking the way it does. Usually it’s the result of old patterns, value judgments you were taught when you were really young and didn’t know better, ideas of life that you might have absorbed incorrectly, etc. When you just gently observe without judging, these are easier to see and undo. The other great thing about observing your mind without judging and calling it a jerk is that over time, you will develop empathy for both yourself and others, because as you see how your mind made mistakes, you will see how many others’ are in the same boat. This is what shifts you from navel gazing to focusing on others.[/quote]
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