Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

In fact, the addiction to “stinky thinking” is actually extremely detrimental to your
physical, your mental and your emotional state of being.
The CONSEQUENCES of our ADDICTION to THINKING
*Negative thinking is the cause of all our EMOTIONAL SUFFERING …
Indeed, it is impossible to revel in the joys of what IS while analyzing or debating or
criticizing the same.
“Our pain comes from physical phenomena that happen to us; and yet our suffering is
our psychological resistance to those happenings. Events may create pain, and yet they
do not in themselves create suffering. It is our thinking that creates resistance to the
disconcerting moments in our lives, and it is this resistance that creates our misery.” ~
inspired by Dan Millman
*Unfocused thinking causes our psycho-emotional “DEATH” long before we physically
die … Indeed, it is impossible to truly Live your life unless you are consciously aware of
doing so.
“There is so much more to life than wondering if there is more to life.” ~ unknown
*All forms of “stinky thinking” DESTROY INTIMACY in our relationships … Indeed, it
is impossible to form real friendships unless we have the courage and the humility to set
aside our thinking about the other in favor of doing Caring things for them.
“The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and
acceptance.” ~ Brian Tracy
“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we
often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen to
simply touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.” ~ Henri Nouwen
RECOGNIZING Your own ADDICTION to THINKING
Even the most chronically addicted substance abuser can go a few hours between “fixes,”
and yet most human beings cannot abide even for a few seconds without entertaining
some sort of hollow thought. If there’s nothing Meaning-full to ponder, we just fill the
void with fantasy or trivia or criticism or analysis or worry or regret or disdain.
And yet this does not have to be the case – we can free ourselves from our addiction to
“stinky thinking”. Of course, the very first step to dong so is identifying where such
thoughts have infiltrated your own life. Consider the following questions:
*Do you daydream to improve your mood?
*Do you have difficulty purely concentrating on the task at hand?
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