I’d been wanting to create an episode that I was tentatively calling “They aren’t your thoughts – Revisited”. 
Then, a series of questions along the lines of “How do I stop thinking about this?” started popping up, which led me to write something about that, which led to this episode.
They aren’t your thoughts. You aren’t thinking them. So, the answer to “How do I stop thinking them” is that you don’t. You can’t. You aren’t thinking them or choosing them or influencing to begin with, so you can’t stop thinking or choosing them now. You have no influence.
This is freedom. Or a huge step toward it, anyway.
What’s left when it’s seen that there is absolutely no say in how thought arises? Everything is left. Life, aliveness, the senses. All of this is left.
Everything but problems and suffering.
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If:
- You feel addicted to your phone
- You find yourself wanting background noise because silence is uncomfortable
- You experience anxiety or compulsive behaviors such as excessive snacking, picking, drinking, shopping, scrolling
- You rarely feel present. You’re often seeking – looking ahead, dreaming about or waiting for something other than what is, spiritual seeking, planning…
My newest 6-week course, Resting in Restlessness, is perfect for you.
Through a combination of teachings, experiments that we’ll do together and between classes, and group calls, you’ll be supported as you lean into this feeling we call restlessness.
What if, in exploring the thoughts and sensations that make up restlessness, you find that you can actually rest in these feelings rather than compulsively distract from them?
I am so excited to support you as we watch our comfort with What Is grow. Go to dramyjohnson.com/restlessness to see the full details.
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