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January 23, 2018 at 3:05 pm
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Mark
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Thanks for elaborating on your marriage to explain more about yourself linevty0.
Comparison is deadly. It is built into our evolutionary biology. Mindfulness is a great way of catching ourselves to notice about what works for us and what doesn’t. You might want to check out Byron Katie’s The Work. See below and/or look it up on the web or get her book.
Plus do you want to waste your time and your energies and attention on her ex’s and your deficiencies?
Mark
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- Is it true? (Yes or no. If no, move to 3.)
- Can you absolutely know that it’s true? (Yes or no.)
- How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought?
- Who would you be without the thought?