Better thinking

[Littlepaw]

I do spend a fair amount of time wondering how messed up I am, how much of the time it is my problem and what I can do to change my approach as opposed to wanting others to do my bidding.  I am finding at the moment a very strong urge to have conversations I would not dream of having with real people and by that I mean people I know.  Is the internet a kind of shield from having to really face people? 
One of my problems is I genunley think I am better than others.  When I go to a music night these days I really do rock out.  I try to give it my best when I perform and can usually knock it out the park and I think this must be a good thing.  It always used to make me feel funny when people come up to you after a show and say how great you were.  The only proper reply is thank you and a smile and I am currently thinking that people only say these things becuase I want to hear them.  I beleive a large part of beleiving I am a good performer comes from the the approval of others.  When I picture myself against the competition I genuinely think I am the best.
I do appreciate other performers and the paradox is I do not really think I am better than anyone else at all when they are playing.  I never used to be this way, at a gig I would think only about myself for the whole night but being less selfish just makes life more fun so I enjoy giving attention and adoration to others.
For me the way I think is a wall.  I had this once perfect image of what a warrior was going to be and then the point comes when you have to look at how you think and say hhmmmm the way I think is wrong.  This is as far as I have got with this in 5 years or so.......

[trinsic]

I was on the Inner Silence thread and started listening to Barry Long that Shamanka recommended which realy set the record straight on this. Thought is the cause of this problem. Thought is a parasiste that trys to stay alive by getting you to think and it will do anything to keep you thinking to stay alive. All the knowledge about who we are and what were capable of is really within and we dont need thought to be intelligent and powerful human beings. All we need to is stop excessive thinking and once that happens we reach our true self's once that happens everything falls into place and there is nothing that you need to do to improve yourself, you have already done it.

[trinsic]

This meditation looks like its important to bring out your true self. The problem is we have allowed the world to make us something other than who we really are and meditiation brings us back to our self.Ill admit im finding it difficult to put time into this but I always feel better when I  work on this meditation technique.

[serloco]

It goes without saying in sorcery that your awareness aligns to form your perception. Now saying this and understanding it are unfortunately different things. To break it down I will mention blessings and curses. When you apply curses to your thinking process then that is the awareness you form into, however when you bless your mind you will 'head' (lol) into that direction. A warrior hunts and stalks power. need i say more?

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