Beware of Thoughts That Linger July 28, 2010
Posted by nrhatch in Mindfulness, Spirit & Ego.trackback
George Harrison wrote songs to share what he had learned on the spiritual path ~ including our ability to conquer the enemy within by guarding our thoughts jealously, and resisting the Ego’s efforts to take us “where we should not go.”
The lyrics to his songs, especially those in the album All Things Must Pass, are filled with ancient wisdom reminding us to Be Here Now, Let it Roll, and . . . Beware of Darkness:
Watch out now, take care
Beware of thoughts that linger
Winding up inside your head
The hopelessness around you
In the dead of night
Beware of sadness
It can hit you, it can hurt you
Make you sore
And what is more
That is not what you are here for
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Spirit Lights The Way 
And there comes a point where you know yourself so well, that the pain within your life does not effect you any more. ‘A paraphrase of a quote, can’t remember from who). But it advises that we not necessarily ‘flee from pain or hurt, but rather than we need ‘conquer’ it, and understand the causes. This is not to admit ‘unnecessary’ pain, but knowing the difference between what has not become conscious to ourselves, and what we merely propagate out of such a thing as boredom, so that, for instance, that depression, and the blues, for instance, simply do not ‘come again’. Believe me, it is possible to ‘get to that point’.
Attempting to “conquer” pain from the past sounds like too much effort for me ~ it’s just water over the dam.
I’d rather just “let it go” and get on with the moment at hand.
You are right Nancy, you can’t drive a vehicle by only looking in the rear view mirror!
Damn the torpedos! Full steam ahead! : )