Re: What I think is not important?

[Guest guest]

Dear lovethework,

I said " Sometimes I think what I think is important, but it isn't. " .

For me, if I consider what I am thinking as important, then I am

attaching to my thoughts and I have closed off my mind and left the

open peacefulness of the " I don't know " mind.

Blessings, Steve D.

>

>

> What I think is not important.

>

> Is that true? Yes, it would appear so. All my thinking doesn't seem

> to change anything, or be of any great importance.

>

> Can I absolutely know that what I think is not important? Well ...

> no. Maybe some thoughts are important such as the thought of God or

> love. Isn't the " happy dream " composed of thoughts, so maybe

thoughts

> are an important stepping stone on the way back to God.

>

> How do I feel when I think that what I think is not important?

> Depressed, unhappy, confused .... a sense of futility.

>

> Who would I be without that thought? Someone appreciating my

> thoughts. Seeing how each thought causes a feeling and leads to

some

> action. More peaceful, because I am not judging my thoughts as

> important or unimportant.

>

> TA. " What I think IS important. " Yes, that sounds truer. If I

attach

> to stressful thoughts I suffer. If I question my stressful thinking

I

> can find peace. So the thoughts I attach to are important if I wish

> an end to suffering.

>

> " The thought " what I think is not important " is not important. "

Yes,

> that could be truer. It is a stressful thought for me, not

something

> I really want to attach to.

>

>

> " Sanity doesn't suffer, ever . . . ever! Sanity doesn't suffer,

> ever, ever! Isn't that lovely? " Byron

[Guest guest]

>

>

> What I think is not important.

>

> Is that true? Yes, it would appear so. All my thinking doesn't seem

> to change anything, or be of any great importance.

>

> Can I absolutely know that what I think is not important? Well ...

> no. Maybe some thoughts are important such as the thought of God or

> love. Isn't the " happy dream " composed of thoughts, so maybe thoughts

> are an important stepping stone on the way back to God.

>

> How do I feel when I think that what I think is not important?

> Depressed, unhappy, confused .... a sense of futility.

The way this thought hit me was like taking the wind out of my

sails...i felt stuck...I felt unimportant....

The way it hits me in my body is like someone unplugging my life

flow...and then it hit me in my neck...mostly around my neck. Trouble

speaking and breathing...very powerful....

>

> Who would I be without that thought? Someone appreciating my

> thoughts. Seeing how each thought causes a feeling and leads to some

> action. More peaceful, because I am not judging my thoughts as

> important or unimportant.

>

> TA. " What I think IS important. " Yes, that sounds truer. If I attach

> to stressful thoughts I suffer. If I question my stressful thinking I

> can find peace. So the thoughts I attach to are important if I wish

> an end to suffering.

>

> " The thought " what I think is not important " is not important. " Yes,

> that could be truer. It is a stressful thought for me, not something

> I really want to attach to.

>

I came up with this for me...

What YOU think is important...this makes me a listener....a friend,

observer, a lover of what is.

>

> " Sanity doesn't suffer, ever . . . ever! Sanity doesn't suffer,

> ever, ever! Isn't that lovely? " Byron

Thanks ,

Love nne

[Guest guest]

Dear nne:

Your Turnaround of " What YOU think is important...this makes me a

listener....a friend, observer, a lover of what is. " , sounds nice,

but it is not true for me.

I do not have to think that what you think is important in order for

me to be a friend, observer, and a lover of what is.

What you think and what I think about what you think has nothing to

do with " what is " . The activity of thinking is only important to the

Ego Mind so that it can maintain it's illusion of existance. The " I "

that we think thinks does not even exist.

> >

> >

> > What I think is not important.

> >

> > Is that true? Yes, it would appear so. All my thinking doesn't

seem

> > to change anything, or be of any great importance.

> >

> > Can I absolutely know that what I think is not important?

Well ...

> > no. Maybe some thoughts are important such as the thought of God

or

> > love. Isn't the " happy dream " composed of thoughts, so maybe

thoughts

> > are an important stepping stone on the way back to God.

> >

> > How do I feel when I think that what I think is not important?

> > Depressed, unhappy, confused .... a sense of futility.

>

> The way this thought hit me was like taking the wind out of my

> sails...i felt stuck...I felt unimportant....

>

> The way it hits me in my body is like someone unplugging my life

> flow...and then it hit me in my neck...mostly around my neck.

Trouble

> speaking and breathing...very powerful....

> >

> > Who would I be without that thought? Someone appreciating my

> > thoughts. Seeing how each thought causes a feeling and leads to

some

> > action. More peaceful, because I am not judging my thoughts as

> > important or unimportant.

> >

> > TA. " What I think IS important. " Yes, that sounds truer. If I

attach

> > to stressful thoughts I suffer. If I question my stressful

thinking I

> > can find peace. So the thoughts I attach to are important if I

wish

> > an end to suffering.

> >

> > " The thought " what I think is not important " is not important. "

Yes,

> > that could be truer. It is a stressful thought for me, not

something

> > I really want to attach to.

> >

> I came up with this for me...

>

> What YOU think is important...this makes me a listener....a friend,

> observer, a lover of what is.

> >

> > " Sanity doesn't suffer, ever . . . ever! Sanity doesn't suffer,

> > ever, ever! Isn't that lovely? " Byron

>

> Thanks ,

>

> Love nne

[Guest guest]

>

> The activity of thinking is only important to the Ego Mind so that

> it can maintain it's illusion of existance. The " I "

> that we think thinks does not even exist.

>

" The activity of thinking is only important to the Ego Mind so that

it can maintain it's illusion of existence. "

Is it true? I don't really know. I have read it in a book, but its

not my experience.

How do I feel when I believe that thought? Stupid, worthless, a big

mistake.

Who would I be if I didn't believe that thought? More peaceful. More

loving to myself even if I am confused.

TA. " The activity of thinking is NOT important to the Ego Mind. "

Could be truer. Perhaps some Ego Minds do not find the activity of

thinking important. I don't really know.

" The activity of thinking is only important to God. " If God is

everything and God is good, then by definition I guess " the activity

of thinking " must also be good. Not of any less importance than

anything else.

" Sanity doesn't suffer, ever . . . ever! Sanity doesn't suffer,

ever, ever! Isn't that lovely? " Byron