Calm !

[gerrerd]

Calm !

[Billsfriend]

I believe that training your brain is key, I have been able to make great progress because of it.

[gerrerd in reply to Billsfriend]

Thats true, keep going it gets better every day, and one day you wake up and you are in control of your mind !

[Hidden]

It's much easier said then done

[Billsfriend in reply to Hidden]

Actually, I have found that once I make up my mind, to succeed, "no matter what" it becomes easy. For me half measures are a guarantee of failure that feeds the cycle.

Of course, I have to believe that I can do it. Sometimes I have to make myself believe, meaning I will not engage in any thought to the contrary.

I do that by shouting down any negative thoughts. I don't recall where I learned this stuff, perhaps AA, or YouTube.

[Hidden in reply to Billsfriend]

So you are calm in every situation? You must be the next buddha. For somebody to be totally calm there needs to be no thought whether positive or negative.

[Billsfriend in reply to Hidden]

No of course not, far from it. What I am is much better than I used to be. To me, that is the goal.

[gerrerd in reply to Hidden]

It takes time you progress day by day no instant fix you have to work at it every day like 40 year's in my case. And yes in meditation I can stop thinking,. If I can you can !!

[gerrerd in reply to Hidden]

As you think so are you !