Cycles Useless Thought: How To Escape
June 1, 2010 by selfimprove
You are being plagued by useless thought and you’re probably not even be aware of it! Whilst the normal adult is bombarded by around fifty-thousand thoughts each day, it is also true to say that the average adult is largely unaware of anything that is going on in his or her life. Hold on a minute – that’s a big statement!. You may wonder if it’s true, certainly it comes as news to you. That said, research that started in 1936 and which continues to be being built upon proves conclusively that normal people are only one percent aware – they are only one percent in the here and now. More than that, the greater part of your mental power, your subconscious mind, is largely paying attention to your past – a time long-gone in which you were actually aware, were actually present and were not bombarded by useless thought.
Of course, you are aware of the odd useless thought that whizzes through your head – thoughts like “I hate my job” (this has nothing to do with your job, it has to do with what you think about it!) “I wish I was out on fishing” (a completely useless and distractive thought if you’re in the middle of a client meeting!) “I feel agitated talking to this person” (a thought linked to your perceived inadequacy as a normal adult, rather than anything to do with the other person). You might also be aware of one of the most corrosive forms of useless thought – the curse of worry. Then there are the deeper, darker thoughts that hide in your subconscious – these you believe to be hard facts. All our perceived weaknesses, all the things that we may not like about ourselves, all our shortcomings are simply thoughts based on things that made us feel a certain way about ourselves during our early years. They are seriously toxic thoughts.
Useless thought presents us with three big problems! First of all, it distracts us from doing what we’re supposed to be doing – to the extent that we only one percent do it! We’re not going to achieve much in life if we haven’t bothered to turn up for the event!! Secondly, useless thought presents us with a familiar, habitual way of going through or, perhaps even, coping with our daily life. It’s a habit that we’re so used to that we’re unaware of it. Thirdly, useless thought stops you moving towards the life that you really want. Go on thinking useless thought and you will never change your life. We can all achieve whatever we believe in – but if our resident useless thoughts are contrary, how will we ever believe?
You’ve got to break the cycle of useless thought. This is most effectively done by stopping yourself from having irrelevant, simple useless thoughts. How about an example! You’re walking along the street and you see a nice car. That’s fine – but you should then walk on and observce whatever happens next. However, you might say to yourself “That car is nicer than mine!” That’s a useless thought – it has nothing to do with the reality of the moment (the only time and place there is!). And it leads to other useless thoughts: “I wish I had a better car!” “I couldn’t afford a new car!” “I cannot afford to go on holidays this year either!” “What if I can’t keep making my home loan repayments!” Useless thoughts take normal adults down alleys and mug them all the time. It’s part of the way we are as normal adults. However, we’ve got to break the cycle of useless thought, otherwise we will continue to live habitual mundane lives. Is that your goal?
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