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Handy tips for coping with mental obsessing can be useful if you find yourself unable to stop thinking about a problem or issue that worries you.

Firstly,to start with an quote:

"...For example, anger or resentment strengthen the ego enormously by increasing the sense of separateness, emphasizing the otherness of others and creating a seemingly unassailable fortresslike mental position of "rightness." " Page 111. "A New Earth"

Tolle goes on to say that once you become aware that a part of you is aware that you take some form of (perverse) pleasure out of these negative states of mind, (obsessing, feeling self-righteous or defensive or angry, eg) - in that moment - you shift from ego to self-awareness, or that part of you that is God.

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Fome my understanding, in the current situation, it is having faith that by handing my problems over to God (greater power), He will sort them out. I don't have to do anything except if I really must, then I could try viewing the situation from a different perspective, which is one of the bigger picture. Just for a moment, pretend I am looking at the world from (say) outer space - just as a being or point of awareness - are the dynamics of (my) human (ego) 'suffering' still as significant? Can I let go and let God? How do I do that, in practical terms?

It's a challenge but I am up for it- it really isn't all that fun obsessing, after a while! I am going to put this to the test and try the approach of "leave things be." If I find myself obsessing or mulling things over, I will become aware of it as soon as possible, acknowledge that is what I am doing, then turn my attention to something a bit more constructive for my mind - like the attitude of gratitude, or play my flute, or pat a cat!

If I really wanted to get confrontational, I could send some thoughts thinking ONLY of the positive qualities of the person/situation that has been concerning me. !

The point of this short article is to encourage one to be proactive and not play victim to repetitious thought patterns!

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