GOING SHOPPING FOR THOUGHTS

... the day I realized my brain thinks things I don't want it to do.

Have you ever thought why the brain thinks things you don't want it to? Though they're usually harmless, but if you are obsessed about them so much that it interrupts your day-to-day life, this can be a sign of an underlying mental health problem. Intrusive thoughts can be a symptom of anxiety, depression, or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Sometimes random thoughts that pop up in the head leave our mouth in the form of words and these should be evaluated. These spontaneous involuntarily memory traces and racing thoughts – fantasies that emerge do not bring the best in you or about you. The bad mouth activity is an idle minds work.

Thoughts keep on going in the mind unabated/self-arising. Thinking is a choice, something you can choose to engage in or not. Usually what happens when we are not alert and aware, we often uncritically yield to the thoughts and wishes of others. Relinquishing our own awareness and intellect, we passively fall in line with another's idea. The worst is when self-arising thoughts triggers feelings; sadness, hatred, jealousy, greed. This force of other’s imposition upon us poorly constructs inner thoughts and attitudes and an indication it’s time for shopping and changing our ‘Thought’s’ wardrobe.

The why, what, when need of changing our thoughts can be best learnt from Holy Scriptures. Soon how we touch the outer world with inner thoughts and attitudes is an experience attuning our self with our divine.

“ The puppet of the body has been fashioned with great skill.

Know for sure that it shall turn to dust.

Remember your origins, O thoughtless fool.

Why are you so proud of yourself?

You are a guest, given three meals a day;

other things are entrusted to you.

you are just excrement, bones and blood, wrapped up in skin

- this is what you are taking such pride in!

If you could understand even one thing, then you would be pure”.SGGS374

“The first watch of the night passes away in worthless affairs, and the second passes in deep sleep.

In the third, they babble nonsense, and when the fourth watch comes, the day of death has arrived.

The thought of the One who bestows body and soul never enters the mind”. SGGS43

“The soul of the man is lured by gold and women; emotional attachment to Maya is so sweet to him.

The mind has become attached to the pleasures of houses, palaces, horses and other enjoyments.

The Lord God does not even enter his thoughts; how can he be saved, O my Lord King?” SGGS167

Those who dwell upon the Lord's Name,

are the most wealthy and prosperous in the world.

Those who speak of the Supreme Lord in thought, word and deed

- know that they are peaceful and happy, forever and ever.

One who recognizes the One and only Lord as One,

understands this world and the next. SGGS281

Correcting the thoughts one has to pierce the doubt and achieve HIS union which then brings upon the required awareness. Soon the shattered fear and faith shall come which makes you realize HE was never outside you but within ourselves.

Your new wardrobe of thoughts will bring a world of difference on how you feel your decisions and your actions in every aspect of your life.

More shopping of thoughts …... care to join me next week.