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Getting Rid of the Voice Inside

The Voice Inside

By Ian SankanPublished 10 months ago 7 min read
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But since thinking has gradually evolved, people now have a propensity for overthinking. There are many instances of superfluous thinking that results in unneeded, and frequently nonexistent, difficulties, for example when you lie there in bed at night and begin to worry. It causes a great deal of needless unhappiness. People don't realise that a sizable portion of their sadness is caused by unneeded, negative, frequently damaging mental activity, and they are unaware of this. First and foremost, mindfulness is realising that you have a voice in your mind that constantly makes judgements about your life and the world around you. Everyone is familiar with self-talk, which is when you speak to yourself. You may occasionally address yourself in the initial person, I. Some people use the second person, you when speaking to themselves. As a result, you may become frustrated with yourself and declare, "You weren't supposed to do that." A second idea follows, which is "Yes, but I wasn't able to prevent it." Additionally, a third voice may enter your head and ask, "Why can't I stop talking to myself?" That is also self-talk. But it's incredible. The first step, or what I refer to as the first spiritual awakening, is something fundamental and straightforward. It's a revelation to realise that you constantly hear a voice in your head, usually speaking softly. If it consistently speaks aloud and no one else is there, you are regarded as insane. Only if it's said out loud; otherwise, most individuals have that thought in their thoughts and are not seen as insane because of it. However, there isn't much of a distinction between the two. Additionally, occasionally a man may be heard grumbling while strolling down the street while you listen to them. You then comment, "Oh, he's really insane." However, you may be already performing it silently in your thoughts rather than aloud. Why did I not? I ought to have stated that. How come I didn't mention that? I already know precisely how I'm going to respond if he does that again.And it never ends. Or you keep yourself up at night fretting. When you awaken, you wonder, "Oh my God, what's likely to happen?"And what if he does that?" I asked. "What if that fails to work and that goes wrong?" And so it goes, and you eventually get dragged in. One idea sparks another, then another, and another. God, oh God. The body, on the other hand, is unable to discriminate between what the mind is saying and a fact, an event that is occurring in real life. Therefore, the body responds to each fearful idea you have. That's an emotion, too. The feeling you feel in your body causes the body to react to that emotion. The body cannot tell the difference between a concept and an actual event, so when you have anxious ideas, you experience the emotions that are essentially saying, "I am in danger."There is a real risk here. You consequently experience fear and worry. You could... If you engage in that kind of pointless, dysfunctional, harmful thinking year after year after year, it affects your body and makes it harder for it to have the energy to fight sickness. It also makes you feel anxious, which is not only unpleasant. Even conventional medicine is beginning to understand the link between mental wellness and physical health. We are progressively learning that they vehemently disputed it in the past. They only focused on your physique, not the rest of you. They didn't only focus on one specific symptom; they also looked at the body as a whole and even within the body. What's amiss with that specific organ, exactly? Additionally, there are specialists in conventional medicine. I'm an expert in the liver, as well as this, that, and other things. not only not considering the entirety of the body, but also, more crucially, not considering the entirety of the individual, which encompasses both the physical body as well as the mind. Therefore, it's crucial to acknowledge that you have a voice in your mind that mostly engages in self-talk. It's interesting to note that this self-talk is not necessarily negative for many people. However, it is more unfavourable for many people than favourable. You might have attended a great reunion or gone outside and watched a stunning sunset if yesterday's good event was one you attended. Okay, you can reflect on it now and say, "We had a nice conversation yesterday," or "That was a beautiful sunset." However, you are unable to focus so much on a pleasant experience. However, the mind can cause you to start thinking, "Oh my God, what he did," when something bad happened yesterday, such as when someone offended you or failed to give you the attention you needed or desired from him. "He's really..., "Why doesn't he say that the next time he does that? "I'm going to clarify that or he actually should. You can linger on something terrible for a lot longer than you can on something wonderful. It appears that an apparently unfavourable event feeds pointless mental activity considerably more than a pleasant event does. And for many individuals, this is life. Their mental activity is overwhelmingly negative. Although it is nearly entirely negative for certain people, it is highly unlikely that such individuals would be hired by this company. And I say that because there is a relationship between your primary state of awareness, your predominant mental, emotional state, who you associate with, where you are, and even the kinds of things that happen to you. There is a correlation, however it is not always obvious. However, there is a connection between someone's primary mental and emotional condition and the people they are with, their friends, their workplace, and even the things that happen to them. Therefore, if you are in a really negative state for a prolonged period of time, you tend to draw similar situations. However, the only way to know for sure is to investigate it. I don't say, "Believe me." I am aware of it through experience because I was a child when I first learned about it. I found that there is a connection between what I think about and what occurs to me. When I was 17, someone left a book and several other books with my family. I discovered those books. As a result, I was shocked to discover that my mind was primarily negative the first time I read about someone's mind because I had been a really miserable child. My childhood was therefore not a joyful one. As a result, my existence was initially conditioned by my mind's constant commentary on how miserable it was. And every time something horrible happened to me, the thought "Of course, bad things usually happen to you, don't they?" would come to mind.You're going to experience them. "You always get hit by it." Therefore, I was speaking to myself and telling myself that I would always have horrible things happen to me, and they did. As a result, you might first recognise that the spiritual awakening is the realisation that there is constant mental activity. And for other people, learning that a sizable portion of their mental activity is negative is a revelation. The most important thing is to know that this constant chatter in my thoughts is normal and is thought to be a normal human state. You obviously cannot stop thinking, either. There will undoubtedly be some thought. But is there awareness guiding your thinking, or not? And if you can recognise when you are engaging in or caught up in this pointless mental activity, as well as any recurrent thoughts that keep coming to mind, you may be able to recognise it more readily in other people. I believe it will be the week after Thanksgiving when you have your feast. When you see your family members or relatives, you can find that you already know what they will say because it is the same as what they said last year, five years ago, and ten years ago. And the next time you see them, you will hear the same thing if they have negative opinions about you or someone else. It is therefore simpler to see how others become mired in automatic mental patterns. It's harder to recognise it in oneself. Because of this, it is said that "Self-knowledge is the most challenging knowledge." Seeing other people is simpler. But if you can realise, even in the midst or perhaps just when a certain thought enters your head, "Oh, that's all just, " that would be wonderful.This is an idea I've had for a long time. "It comes time and time again." Therefore, you are surrounded by an observer. You can do so from there. The ability to recognise that there is a voice in your brain and that there are thoughts is what constitutes that observing presence, which is not a thought. You then come to the realisation that many of those ideas are not only superfluous, but also negatively impact your outlook on life. such as anxiety. So the majority of people have what I refer to as a cluttered mind. A person with a busy mind is fully unconscious of the constant stream of their own internal dialogue. And once they meet someone, they make snap judgements about them. And they do all they think is necessary to take a stand right now. Say, "I'm against it, right away. I don't like it. adopt a mental stance right away and identify yourself with your mental position, which is an idea. Therefore, if you find that a lot of the time you're lacking, insufficient, or feeling unenough, you may feel that the solution is to be engaged in this world and accomplish and do as much as you can. You'll probably discover that, in the end, it is not the solution to your lack. Spiritual practice and spiritual realisation are required to transcend, to move past your current state of scarcity, need, and inadequacy. Concentrate on understanding who you are. Only there are you able to transcend the ego's lack-based state. Find out who or what you are outside the individual by looking within.

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Ian Sankan

I am a writer with proven writing ability in various fields. I consider writing a passionate career and a platform through which I extend my intellectual ability.

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