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Just watch your mind when you are worrying about something. You will see that a continuous stream of thoughts is being generated in your mind, totally disconnected thoughts and usually negative thoughts. An influx of negative and repetitive words will be like a current in your mind. We all use two kinds of speech, speaking out and speaking in. Speaking out is speaking to ourselves. Speaking in is a continuous process that goes on inside us.
Speaking in is called 'inner chatter' and this is called worry.
The dangerous thing is, with outer conversations, there will be breaks when no conversation happens. But the inner chatter is continuous.
Just try this exercise when you are by yourself. Just sit for a few minutes with your eyes closed. Keep a pen and paper with you. Don't focus your mind on anything just witness your mind. Just see what is going on in your mind. Almost as soon as you close your mind you will see there is a continuous stream of thoughts flowing through. Write down honestly what is going on in your mind, write whatever is there. Just write whatever is going on however disconnected they may be.
Do this for five minutes
Now site down and read whatever
you have recorded on the paper.
You will be shocked!
What you have recorded is your inner chatter.
If you read it, you will see how
disconnected, how irrelevant your
thoughts are!
One moment you will be here, the
next moment you will be in
America.
