There is another more powerful means to achieve our goals. Over many years of practice, meditation becomes a driving force for tremendous good in our lives. Our decisions come from a karmically better place. The results are more wholesome. More beneficial to ourselves as well as for others. Our perspective becomes more long term. We are able to see the dots ahead of time instead of after the consequences have manifested.
Photo Credit: Jonny Lindner https://pixabay.com/en/flame-fire-match-beautiful-hot-1363003/ Your becoming aware is actually doing the work. Think of a thought as firewood and awareness as fire. The firewood has a certain amount of strength in it. It has a burning capacity. It will burn out sooner or later. You just have to keep the fire burning, as in be aware, just as you have demonstrated your intention to be aware. If the fire is strong, the wood will burn faster, if the wood is dry, the wood will burn faster. Here fire being strong is a metaphor for your awareness. Similarly, if the thought is light or does not contain an emotional charge or trauma, it burns away faster, but if a thought has weight or is emotionally charged or related to some repeated trauma, it will hold on for longer. You may not be able to overcome it in one session or even in multiple sessions. This does not mean that the fire is not burning or that the wood is not burning away. It is just a dif
So instead of using hit and trial method, Meditate before you jump to conclusions.
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