Our mind is the perfect storyteller. It loves to weave us in a set storyline.
The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it. Separate them from the situation, which is always neutral, which always is at it is. — Eckhart Tolle Watch tv
When I called Kate about this, we hit record and made my first podcast. Kate is a professor at Duke, a Canadian with huge dimples who married her high school sweetheart, the author of more than one New York Times bestseller and a super popular podcaster.
What we tell ourselves in our mind is not the reality. It is a story. We are J. K. Rowling and Harry Potter at the same time. Our mind is a superb storyteller and makes up a fictional character which we believe is us. It makes little sense for J. K. Rowling to believe she is Harry Potter, so does it make little sense for us to believe we are this fictional character in our mind.
http://www.johnsonproperties.com/rex/f-v-a1.html
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http://www.dpa.org.nz/tri/down v-offaly-tvs-ie1.html
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http://www.dpa.org.nz/tri/kildare-v-Roscommon-tvs-ie1.html
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https://www.hseland.ie/lcdnn/tge/antrim-v-kerry-tvs-ie1.html
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https://www.hseland.ie/lcdnn/tge/down v-offaly-tvs-ie1.html
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http://www.dpa.org.nz/srs/a-v-x1.html
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After 2 years, when Gelong Thubten understood his ego made him suffer, he confronted it with compassion, acceptance, and awareness. This made him overcome his depression and he spent the last 2 years of the retreat in total bliss.
We all have feelings, even Buddhist monks. When Gelong’s ego was hurt by his feelings, it started to fight against these emotions. He wanted to be a wise monk who enjoys the retreat. The last thing he wanted was to be depressed.
This is life. If we can accept this and identify ourselves with the sky, we know the sun is always coming back. Clouds don’t influence the sky in its being. They just cover the sky on bad days.
