278-The fear of the future- Buddhism in daily life

The fear of the future

We are always worrying about the future, making "a head", rolling problems, seeing all kinds of things coming our way. We lie awake for nights on end, unable to sleep, "problems" circling through our minds over and over again.

Do you know this kind of thoughts?

Surely, all people have a similar pattern, it is controlled by our ego, the little devil on our shoulder whispers the most terrible horror scenarios to us.

Many people fall into crises as a result, the problems take on a life of their own, drive us "mad".

Can you remember your last crisis? And the thoughts you had during it? About the terrible situations that your ego designed for you?

And did the situation come about as you had imagined it in your thoughts?

Probably not!

Mostly it comes then completely differently than we have imagined it, the situation, which we have feared, dissolves to 99% completely differently, new circumstances meet, affect the happening, everything changes, everything is in motion.

And what did we "make a head" for then, what did these thoughts bring us? Nothing!

I have friends who go through such situations "as real" in advance, the thoughts drive them before them, the ego sets up a slaughter in their heads.

But what to do, how to deal with fears about the future?

First, you deal with your own ego, try to observe the flow of thoughts, then control it, thus silencing the ego.

After that, when there is some calm, one deals with awakening, with enlightenment, do I want to get out of the eternal cycle of thoughts?

My blog is about the journey to enlightenment.

Enlightenment is the core statement of the historical Buddha.

Are you interested in "enlightenment"?

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