Here's a bit from my book "Are You Happy Now?" I thought you might enjoy it!
"The absolute main cause of suffering and unhappiness is believing what you think.
If I had to sum it all up, I’d have to say that the root cause of all our suffering is believing what we think. If we didn’t believe what we think, it would be impossible to suffer.
If we didn’t believe what we think – all that would be left is what is. And that would reality. And reality is not what we think! Reality just is. Reality is beyond explaining – beyond understanding – beyond thought. And even though reality is not something we can conceptualize, reality is something we can see – and experience directly.
And it’s more than that – reality is what we are.
Reality is what is.
But when we believe what we think, instead of just seeing directly, it is as if we try to put an artificial matrix of ideas on top of reality – and then we suffer when our matrix and reality don’t fit together. We suffer when our thoughts – this artificial matrix – and reality don’t match. We suffer when our thoughts and reality turn out to be two different things. As this is always the case. Our thoughts and reality are always two different things. Always! Because reality is beyond thought. Reality is beyond understanding. Reality cannot be captured, caught, or explained. Reality just is. And it can only been seen and experienced in each now moment. But reality is not what we think – nor is it what we think it is either!
It’s beyond all that. Beyond understanding.
So that is why I say, if you want to live a happy life – don’t believe what you think!"
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