As a rule, we are very attached to our thoughts and feelings, whatever they are, and simply relate to their content unquestioningly, as if it were the truth, hardly ever recognizing that thoughts and feeling are actually discrete events within the field of awareness, tiny and fleeting occurrences in the mind that are usually at least somewhat if not highly inaccurate and unreliable.
From: ARRIVING AT YOUR OWN DOOR: 108 Lessons in Mindfulness by Jon Kabat-Zinn
REFLECTION:
- Is there a thought or feeling that you believe is true without questioning it?
- What is it? Can you name it and then ask: Is it true? Is it REALLY true?