You are absolutely right. Those who are successful are the ones who are the masters of their mind. They have trained their mind to be under their control and have tamed them for success and happiness.

I think I might just make a post similar to that idea next

PS: “Excellent slaves but terrible masters”…nicely put lol

Steven

Our minds are excellent slaves but terrible masters.

I haven’t been playing games for a long time now, because I think I’ve actually conditioned my mind to make me feel worse when I do play games than not. But yes, we should maintain healthy hobbies that make us grow as a aware being instead of always being immersed in useless hobbies that lowers our consciousness instead of raising it.

Lol and Eirien I know what you mean, for some weird reason, I used to feel obligated to play games. As if there were some sort of competition going on, and that I needed to be better than others…that was horrible. IF you turn anything that you like to do into an obligation, then it isn’t something enjoyable it’s just work clearly.

Anyways, thanks Eirien for the reply

Steven

And yeah Youtube got me too.^^

I still play MMO’s (was WoW/LoTRO, now Aion) but went from 40+h/wk down to about 10h/wk. Less this month though as I’ve been doing other rl hobbies and working on my blogs. With the way the future looks however I’m not sure I’d ever completely wean myself off of MMOs.

I use my current MMO as a way to reach out to people (I’m rather shy irl), as well as a writing/art muse. While Aion is rather ‘grindy’ I don’t ever tell myself I -have- to play it.

I pick what I want to do that session and just go with it.

I’m very glad that you are becoming more aware of these mental noises behind our consciousness. I am starting to get out of it too just like you, and hopefully we can both use our minds for our advantage.

Steven

Wow this is an insightful post and I love the illustrations that accompany the copy. You are so right about drinking and vegging out in front of TV as escape. I’m not just talking about a little escape (because we all need that) but the type of escape that becomes a bad habit. I am happy to say that, lately, I am becoming more aware of these torturous mind tricks. I’ve heard it said (I forgot who)…the mind is capable of making hell out of heaven and heaven out of hell. Thanks for a great post!

I know EXACTLY what you are talking about with MMOs. For me it used to be that and a bunch of useless time consuming youtube videos…or MSN. Even though I felt bad doing those activities, I couldn’t stop them simply because I needed something right away to distract myself from the irritating mental noises I have inside.

It’s definitely great Eirien that you’ve come to face the demon inside of you, I hope one day you will have absolutely no worries at all! and live a life of liberation and excitement!:D…So you quit the MMOs? xD

Anyways, I thank you for reading my blog and commenting on it, I really appreciate your contribution Eirien.

Steven

PS: fly like a bird and rise above the clouds of your mental noises – Eirien

Steven has is it exactly! We are not the noise. Unless we choose it. For good or ill.

My method of escaping hasn’t been alcohol, it’s was in MMOs. For a few years now I had been a living “mmo-wiki” with a couple games and as long as I could think about all -that- stuff, I wouldn’t have to face all my stresses/illness in rl.

Just recently I have begun to face some of my deeper fears and regrets. It’s crazy how lighter I feel now. It’s as if the stupid self-defeating thoughts were 100x’s heavier than the actual ‘problems.’

While I’m not perfect, I’m now more open to jumping at the opportunity to find these darker thoughts. I’m still scared, but also a little excited to see how light I can get!

Btw, I didn’t see the ‘hand’ in the last image, I saw ‘the bird’.

And you are right, one of the ways to stop the mental noise is just to take action on your problem. Because the less actions you make, the more thought you’ll have. The more thoughts you’ll have, the more irritated and negative you are going to be affected by your mental noises.

Thanks for dropping by James

Steven