If you think too much about yourself...The Impact and the Antidote ​​

Seven areas to reflect on

If you think too much about yourself...develop change

Consequences of Too Much Thinking and an Antidote
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1. Makes yourself unhappy.
Explore what makes you happy. Remember you can't buy happiness.

The Buddha in Thai Monastery, Sarnath, near Varanasi, India

​2. Fuels worry and anxiety
Explore what fuels clarity and calm

3. Feel cut off from others
Explore connecting with others

​4. Compare yourself with others – either worse off or superior to others.
Learn to appreciate diversity

​5. Live in unfulfilled fantasies.
Breathe in and out long and deep as a step towards clarity

6. Setting up boundaries to keep out difficult people
Expand your circle of contacts

​7. Feel something is missing 
Experience what you appreciate​

8. Distorts reality
See a thought as a thought

9. Tires the mind, produces headaches
Recognise life outside excessive thinking

10. Blocks access to deep insights
Calmness and meditation develop depth of receptivity.

Remember
Wise thought keeps you grounded 

Wise thought contributes to dissolution of problematic states of mind. 

At times, we need to give a degree of thought (reflection) to issues rather than ignore.

Stay awake.

Text available on www.anengagedlife.org See link Change