...is caused by believing the content of thoughts to be true. Thoughts can either be deconstructed or turned away from.
Byron Katie tells people to question their thoughts and find out whether they are true. Other approaches involve shifting attention away from thoughts to what can be seen, heard, or felt (ATA minus thoughts), shifting attention away from thoughts to the sense of "I Am" (a la Nisargadatta), shifting attention away from thoughts to pure awareness with no focus (Soto Zen's shikantaza), shifting attention away from thoughts to adoration (the path of worship), shifting attention away from thoughts to pure action ("the zone" or "just do it"), etc. All of these approaches lead to the same child-like state of non-reflective present-moment awareness and the collapse of thought-structures.
All really means all; there is only THIS, oneness without twoness. There is no such thing as "distance" because there is no separation. Who we are is "what is"--whole, complete, free, and at peace.
Byron Katie tells people to question their thoughts and find out whether they are true. Other approaches involve shifting attention away from thoughts to what can be seen, heard, or felt (ATA minus thoughts), shifting attention away from thoughts to the sense of "I Am" (a la Nisargadatta), shifting attention away from thoughts to pure awareness with no focus (Soto Zen's shikantaza), shifting attention away from thoughts to adoration (the path of worship), shifting attention away from thoughts to pure action ("the zone" or "just do it"), etc. All of these approaches lead to the same child-like state of non-reflective present-moment awareness and the collapse of thought-structures.
All really means all; there is only THIS, oneness without twoness. There is no such thing as "distance" because there is no separation. Who we are is "what is"--whole, complete, free, and at peace.
