Suffering Is Optional by Gail Brenner

Author:Gail Brenner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Published: 2018-05-02T19:16:12+00:00

Summary

This chapter introduced the third core practice—­losing interest in thoughts. We learned that when we look into the nature of a thought, we find that it is a series of sounds to which we’ve given a particular meaning. This understanding reveals the revolutionary possibility of losing interest in the content of thoughts, in particular the sticky thoughts that make up the limiting ways that we think about ourselves. As the first two guiding principles tell us, believing these distorted views of ourselves is optional.

We looked at ways to lose interest in thinking and introduced the practice of questioning thoughts. These insights reveal that thoughts can’t possibly define who we are. The practical thoughts that help us function arise, but there’s no attachment and no problem. This chapter also offered a window to the end of the mind-­driven life.

To round out our study of the elements of the personal identities that make us feel inadequate and unlovable, in the next chapter, we’ll open our investigation into feelings. This is core practice #4: welcoming feelings. What is a feeling? How can it be a doorway to knowing the truth of who you are?

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