Amazing insights, Dan
Pat ________________________________ From: Dan Nave <bhangcha...@gmail.com> To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, November 9, 2012 2:45 PM Subject: Re: CS>anxiety and stress As a software engineer, you may relate to this perspective. The brain can be considered to be a biological computer. What we think of as our personality and identify with most of the time is nothing more than what amounts to a software program, self perpetuating and rather arbitrarily put together. When it is stimulated, it tends to run its automatic processes (ie: uncertainty and/or fear produces stress and anxiety). What maintains this structure is our "internal dialogue," what we say to ourselves over and over in our minds. If you interrupt that process by calming the mind and not grasping onto those thoughts you can also interrupt the automatic cascade of physical symptoms. One good way, and probably the best way initially, is to let the mind rest on (be aware of) the breathing rather than resting on the internal dialogue. If the mind gets caught up in the dialogue, that is OK, just realize it and bring the attention back to the breathing. Observe any thoughts you have and let them go on without grasping (mentally) onto them. This will tend to quiet the mind and short circuit the automatic complexes that have been operating. Many difficult and unpleasant things can arise in the mind. All can be observed and looked at without problem. They will appear and pass on. The only problem is in grasping onto them which strengthens them and keeps them in the mind. In reality "Fear" is a phantasm. The core of what many consider to be "us" in a spiritual sense is pre-thought, particularly pre-verbal thought, and before discrimination and judgement. That core does not fear or judge it is merely aware and experiencing, it is more like the awareness of an infant. This is the master. The personality is due to acquired conditioning (an acquired software program) and should be the servant. Because of its undisciplined state it has reversed roles and the servant has become the master. Quieting the internal dialogue is the ticket. Also, the implication is that "you" are not your acquired conditioning, and that conditioning can be changed or brought under control. Just some thoughts. Dan On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Alan Jones <alanmjo...@gmail.com> wrote: > My world has been turned upside down. After nearly 30 years at the same > company, where I always got stellar performance reviews and incredible > raises, bonuses and stock options, all of a sudden, without warning, I am > told I make too much money and my employment is in immediate jeopardy (I'm a > software engineer). > > If this wasn't bad enough, my body is responding with extreme stress and > anxiety, which are severely affecting my ability to function in my job, let > alone life. > > My wife has some anxiety pills which I have been taking, which help a bit. > I hate drugs, however, and am looking for other options. I would think that > some effective hypnosis program would be useful to get this under control, > but so far haven't found anything that looks effective. > > Any help is appreciated... > > -- > Alan Jones > > "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor > prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or > to the people." (Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution) -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org Unsubscribe: <mailto:silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=unsubscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/silver-list@eskimo.com/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:mdev...@eskimo.com>
