03-30-2015, 02:30 AM
(03-30-2015, 12:33 AM)tamaryn Wrote: I send Metta to disturbing thoughts or subtle imaginings that bother me. Just wish their reality well, bless their existence and be on your way. You can say something along the lines of "May love be with you" to the certain thought, directed toward its central creative existence; then watch the thought transform into something beautiful. You can say anything really. My favorite is "May loving awareness be with you". I always wonder though why the thought had a desire to present itself to my more conscious awareness. The thought isn't inherently ugly, just in 3d they can appear very distasteful.
For the most part, the thoughts are in response to some sort of external stimulus (eg reading something, watching something, an interaction with another person etc). Although sometimes they seem to just come out of nowhere which is strange. It's like, "where did that come from?".