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You’re being tortured by useless thought and you’re probably not even be aware of it! Whereas the average adult is bombarded by approximately 50,000 thoughts every day, it is also true to say that the average adult is pretty much unaware of anything that is going on in his or her life. Hold on a minute – that’s a big statement!. You may think it couldn’t be true, certainly it will come as news to you. Be that as it may, research that started in 1936 and is still being built upon proves conclusively that normal people are only one percent aware – they are only one percent in the present moment. On top of that, the greater part of your mental power, your subconscious mind, is generally focused in your past – a time long-gone in which you were actually aware, were actually present and were not bombarded by useless thought.

On the other hand, you are aware of the odd useless thought that flits through your head – thoughts like “I detest my work” (this has nothing to do with your job, it has to do with what you think about it!) “I wish I was out on fishing” (a thought that’s a complete waste of your energy if you’re in the middle of a client meeting!) “I feel uncomfortable talking to this person” (a thought linked to your perceived inadequacy as a normal adult, nothing to do with the other person). You will also be aware of one of the most corrosive forms of useless thought – the curse of worry. Then there are the deeper, darker thoughts that lurk in your subconscious – these you take to be beliefs or hard facts. All our perceived weaknesses, all the things that we don’t like about ourselves, all our shortcomings are simply thoughts based on things that made us feel a certain way about ourselves during our early years. These are seriously toxic thoughts.

Useless thought presents us with three major headaches! First of all, it distracts us from doing what we should actually be doing – so much so that we only one percent do it! We’re not going to get much out of life if we haven’t managed to turn up for the event!! Secondly, useless thought presents us with a familiar, habitual way of going through or, perhaps even, coping with our day. It’s a habit with which we’re so familiar that we’re unaware of it. Thirdly, useless thought prevents you moving towards the life that you really want. Keep thinking useless thought and you will never change your life. We can all achieve whatever we believe in – but if our resident useless thoughts are up against us, how are we going to believe?

You’ve got to break this cycle of useless thought. This is most effectively done by stopping yourself from entertaining irrelevant, simple useless thoughts. How about an example! You’re walking along the street and a nice car drives past. That’s fine – but you should then walk on and observce whatever happens next. However, you might think to yourself “That car is better than mine!” That’s a useless thought – it has nothing to do with the reality of the moment (the only time and place there is!). And it leads to other useless thoughts: “I wish I had a nicer car!” “I couldn’t afford a new car!” “I cannot afford to go on holidays this year either!” “What if I can’t keep up my mortgage repayments!” Useless thoughts take normal adults down alleys and mug them all the time. It’s part of the way we are as normal adults. But we have to break the cycle of useless thought, otherwise we will continue to live habitual mundane lives. Is that your goal?

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