Episode Details

How do you break the cycle when dark thoughts keep coming round again? Ian emailed me these questions, so this episode answers them one at a time.

The mind is a flywheel and it stays on the same trajectory. Those thoughts are not even all yours. They are your dad's, your mum's, your teachers, everything that built the subconscious in the first place. At my lowest I asked what I would miss out on, and the answer was seeing my daughter again. Motivation is not fuel you buy. Nobody ever finds the motivation to meditate.

One thing to try: Stop waiting for motivation. Write down the thing you want on a piece of paper and start from there.

In this episode

• (0:02) Ian's email, and the questions this episode answers
• (2:10) How do you break the cycle, and where does motivation fit
• (4:47) The flywheel, and how hard it is to step off it
• (6:38) Reacting before your conscious mind has been consulted
• (9:48) Whose thoughts are they really? Your dad's. Your teachers'
• (11:10) What would I miss out on? Seeing my daughter again
• (13:03) Watch the thoughts and you find out you are not them
• (19:12) The gap, and how practice widens it

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