WHAT IS SANITY?

In the various recovery programs like AA, the second step states "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.".  The goal therefore is sanity with God's help.

What is sanity?  Sanity  is coming to realize that:

Nothing is mine.

I control nothing.

Everything passes.  

In virtually every spiritual discipline arriving at this state is called 'Enlightenment'.  

Living with both feet planted in this truth is beyond words.

Peace on you.

 AN EMPTY CHAIR IS WITHOUT BURDEN

Given that we are not our stories - that almost all of them are wrong, the question arises: "How can we free ourselves from these crazy stories?".

Silent meditation is a powerful way. In Silence our stories appear as thoughts - they are always just right there.  We can let them go!

 Try this simple technique while sitting in Silence: 

1.  Notice the next thought that arises,
2.  treat all thoughts the same -  just use the mantra "NOT TRUE",

3.  repeat 1 and 2.

We all have a tendency to hang on to the 'positive' thoughts and drop the 'negative' ones.  This is a mistake.

The way to get rid of the 'bad' thoughts is to give up the 'good' ones.  Trying to keep the 'good' ones makes the 'bad' ones real.   

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Peace be upon you.