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  AlexTeixeira : Here Now

Too many thoughts....

AlexTeixeira said Jul 23, 2008, 1:31 PM:
 

In an attempt to find inner peace, to find the present moment, to simply “be”, a question was raised about too many thoughts and how to fight those thoughts, how to clear the mind of thoughts when there are thoughts upon thoughts….

Don't try to fight the thoughts. Allow them to come and allow them to go without additional thinking. If you can, observe the thoughts. The observer of those thoughts would be the real “you”.  

One way that may help is to practice with Tingsha bells (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tingsha )  

In a quiet environment, bring the bells together and listen intently to the tone as it fades away. The tone, as it disappears, will guide you to a state of awakening … it may last for only a moment, but you'll experience the moment, awake! Present! 

When a thought enters your mind, allow it to do so, don't fight it … then by just being there, in the moment, listening to the sounds around you … let it go. More will come … let them visit, and let them go.  

When you feel your thoughts have returned fully, pulling you away from the present moment … take a deep breath and try the Tingsha bells again.  

Once you begin to get a taste for the present moment … a taste for being fully aware … no-mind, as brief as it may initially be … you'll return for more, until those mere moments turn into minutes, hours, and perhaps, at some point, ongoing for days.