Mental Anguish
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:05 pm
I can't seem to stop the craving and desire for this one thing in my life.
I've been trying to be more mindful in my daily activities, be less obsessed with the thoughts surrounding the issue. I've started meditating. Does it take some time for the effects to come into play?
I don't really wish to extricate the source of my current pain from my life.
Wouldn't that just be an escape route?
But the desires, the longing, the attachment, the clinging, are really plaguing me. It's been getting better but my mind keeps running over it. Worrying about it, constantly checking itself and poking the bruises. I don't want to crave and to suffer. But maybe removing this thing from my life entirely for a short time might be a good idea. I don't know. Except that such extreme measures never really work.
Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions for things to read to help with this? I'm relatively new to meditating and also to the idea of trying to be mindful in general.
I've been trying to be more mindful in my daily activities, be less obsessed with the thoughts surrounding the issue. I've started meditating. Does it take some time for the effects to come into play?
I don't really wish to extricate the source of my current pain from my life.
Wouldn't that just be an escape route?
But the desires, the longing, the attachment, the clinging, are really plaguing me. It's been getting better but my mind keeps running over it. Worrying about it, constantly checking itself and poking the bruises. I don't want to crave and to suffer. But maybe removing this thing from my life entirely for a short time might be a good idea. I don't know. Except that such extreme measures never really work.
Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions for things to read to help with this? I'm relatively new to meditating and also to the idea of trying to be mindful in general.