Observing Thoughts As Fabrications

We often take our thoughts to be, in a sense, realities. So we have an irritable thought or a self-doubting thought, and tend to take them seriously, believing their contents. It's liberating, though, to recognize that thoughts are simply fabrications of the mind. Knowing this, we can simply observe them arising and passing away without engaging with them.

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Love the space just to listen to the rhythm of my mind,

Thank you. This gave me help when I needed it with a troublesome “sticky” set of thoughts. 🙏

This is a very helpful meditation. I think I’ll use it a lot. There’s just enough talk and space. Helps me see beyond the smoke and mirrors the mind creates.

That’s useful, thank you.
I also think of my mind as a puppy, wanting to distract me and bouncing off to bring offerings of things I might find interesting and engaging…