Important note: All the posts on this blog were written by Bob Harwood (AKA 'zendancer') on the forum spiritualteachers.proboards.com. I have merely reposted a collection of them in blog format for the convenience of seekers. Some very small mods were made on occasion to make posts readable outside of the forum setting they were made in.
I never suggest trying to stop thoughts from occurring or to fight with thoughts.
It is simply a matter of shifting attention repeatedly to "what is" until thoughts lose their dominance. Eventually, the mind becomes a servant rather than a master.