6. Worry Is A Corrupted Thought Process

We often find our mind returning to a thought. This leads us to experience various, usually negative, scenarios through many routines of fear, pride, anger, jealousy, ego and even attitude.

When we return to the same thought process again and again, and that thought is not of any use, it is called as a worry. Our inner chattering becomes corrupted and disturbs our inner self. Over time, our inner self is disturbed by repeated agitation of the mind and worrying happens. If we take time to list our worries, we realize that it has nothing to do with who we truly are. It has everything to do with who we can be or want to be or show others how we can do or be in a certain way.

In other words, our worries are about our lifestyle. If we are centered on our lifestyle, we will be constantly worrying. Let us say we own a car. Our worries might be, 'will that neighbor, who doesn't have a car as good as mine, scratch or damage the car in some way?' Or we might worry, 'this is an imported car, how will I get the spare parts here?' If we don't have a car we worry about it!

We worry about having and not having! We worry when we get what we want, we worry if we don't get what we want. We continuously come up with something to worry about. Worry becomes a crutch, a companion, we cannot live without.

If we worry in the office, it is called work; if we worry at home, we call it family issue; if we worry on the beach, it is called a vacation. The body may be in different locations, but the mind is focused on worry.

Worries of the past generate regrets and guilt, or speculation about the future generates uncertainties. The past is buried. It is history. The future is not under our control and all that is meaningful is the present moment. When a computer has a corrupted program, it cannot do the routines it needs to accomplish. Would we have such a program in our computer?

Worries spring from the gap between our expectations and the reality of our capabilities. When we understand our true capabilities and are not constantly stretching ourselves to please others, we shall have no stress, no tension and no worries. Understand this and worries will cease to bother us. Stop worrying, start living today.