The Basis for Not Believing Thoughts - 12th Sept. 2016

Name: The Basis for Not Believing Thoughts - 12th Sept. 2016
Uploaded: 2016-09-12
Duration: 4 min 5 s
Description: Ananta explains why we withdraw belief from thoughts: not just to end suffering, but because thoughts falsely address us as a separate entity rather than the Self.

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Ananta explains that the mind's voice should not be believed because it addresses a separate entity that doesn't exist. He encourages shifting from avoiding suffering to recognizing that thoughts are fundamentally untrue.

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The mind speaks to you as a separate entity, never as the awareness that you truly are.

If you are already yourself, why do you need an internal voice to communicate with yourself?

I am done catering to the needs of a person that I cannot even find.

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