Exactly! I understand that I procrastinate out of fear in some cases, but I’m not sure what I would be afraid of in this one. A clean space? 🙂 I’m making fun of it, but it is just so interesting that even this very mundane problem that I have spawns out of something that’s not really the truth.

I do a lot of things all the time out of habit and “just because”, without really thinking about it or knowing why. When I watch certain TV shows, I like to eat in the same time, even if I’m not hungry. It makes no sense, but I am drawn to doing it. I am drawn to certain thinking patterns. Is it because I’ve done it so much that it’s become a habit? I still haven’t read Buddha’s Brain completely, but I know that one of the issues is “the more you think about something, the more you’ll strengthen that thinking pattern”.

It’s kind of frustrating to realize that underneath it all is this life of happiness with no fears and a healthy confidence in your abilities. Then in a split second that’s gone and I fully believe in the reality of this other kind of life. I feel like the answers are right there, but how do I access it? 🙂 How do I bring forth the actual reality without fear and lessen the part that is responsible for survival?

Yes, that’s a good point. I have actually gone through a period where it felt like I was fearless. The problem was that I also kind of lost the appetite for life. I didn’t know what the point was anymore.

So how about this:

to have confidence in one’s abilities and in self + fear = a challenge that is necessary for growth.

vs.

lack of trust in one’s abilities and self + fear = debilitation or paralysis and stunted growth

So if it’s not about the fear, but about the belief that one would not be good enough to overcome a situation? Though I don’t think life can be summed up that easily and there’s a danger in simplifying things, I still like to do such things 🙂

That is a good point, Chad! As always 🙂

Do you have insight on why a person would be plagued by some kind of depressive or hindering thoughts in consciousness, when they lack those without the conscious thoughts?

I actually started to feel a bit down last night and I have no idea why. These days I usually exist in a rather effortless way…like the theme is “everything is OK and I’m OK”. And now all of a sudden that switched to something else. I partly blame too much involvement with social media and access to information that is depressive, yet there’s nothing you can do about it. I have been avoiding those things, but have recently been pulled back in. I might need to step back again to see if that’s something that has a negative effect.

Thank you for posting that! I was kept awake last night by an owl, so my cognitive skills aren’t that good at the moment and I’m not sure if I can explain myself very well 🙂 To me it feels like there is some sort of process stuck at the back of my mind, which doesn’t do anything during night, but then in the morning after waking up, it starts again. It’s not much unlike being obsessed over something, where you can’t get something out of your head, and it’s based on some emotion, but is processed in the mind. I don’t know if any of that makes sense 🙂 But I can very well imagine your situation and I’m sorry you’ve had to go through it, and am very glad you are through it! I wonder what the reason is behind it and how it could be stopped!