Twisted Thinking and Mental Suffering
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James Allen
James Allen
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# 1 Thinking, regretting or feeling guilty about the
past.
ReflectionTrain the mind to be more mindful of the
Present.
GUILT
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# 2 Speculating and worrying about
things in the Future.
ReflectionWatch the mind when it
runs into the Future. Bring it back.
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FALL 2006 Abstracts
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# 3 Thinking of and seeing only the ‘black spots
(faults ) of another and failing to see his ‘white
spots’ (good points)
ReflectionIn every ‘bad’ person there is
some good and in every ‘good’ person there is some bad.
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# 4 Reacting negatively to the criticisms or words
of others.
ReflectionWhy should one let
others control one’s inner mental
peace?
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# 5 Thinking of and dwelling upon one’s mistakes or points
of weakness.
ReflectionAcknowledge the
mistakes, learn from them and move on. Let
go of the negative thoughts.
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# 6 Expecting only positive things to
happen all the time.
ReflectionGain and loss, pleasure
and pain, praise and blame, fame and
dishonor are inevitable.
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# 7 Always thinking ‘Should be like this’, ‘shouldn’t be like that’,
‘I can’t accept this’.
ReflectionAcceptance of things positively reduces mental suffering. Learn
to forgive and let go.
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# 8 Labeling another as ‘bad’,
‘foolish’, ‘hateful’, ‘problematic’
Reflection It’s not the person
who is ‘bad’, ‘foolish’ or ‘proud’ but it is
his unskillful action.Cultivate
forgiveness.
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# 9 Thinking centered on Ego and Self-
interest
ReflectionLet us learn to think less of ‘I’, ‘My’ and ‘Mine’ but more of
‘We’, ‘Ours’, ‘Us’ and ‘Others’.
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# 10 Thinking jealous thoughts of others’ success and happiness.
ReflectionLet us practice
sympathetic or altruistic joy …rejoicing at the happiness of others.
JEA
LO
US
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# 11 Thoughts of unreasonably high
expectations of people or things
ReflectionThoughts of
Compassion and Contentment bring
peace and joy to the mind
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# 12 Always thinking and
desiring things and having little spirit of charity
ReflectionGiving and
Generosity will lead to spiritual joy and
peace.
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The End
Views, Thoughts and Aspirations of the Right Kind will lead
to Happiness and Peace of Mind
With Metta,Bro. Oh Teik Bin