End Mental Tension Forever – Buddha’s Simple Truth

Once upon a time there was a young Buddhist monk who was troubled by negative thoughts in his mind. Different types of wrong thoughts kept coming into his mind even without wanting to. His temper had become very irritable. He gets angry about everything and has a feeling of jealousy and hatred towards others, says bad things to people and creates negative fantasies in his mind. He was fed up with all these bad habits. He tried many ways and made a lot of effort to eliminate these bad thoughts in himself. The young monk asked Gurudev that Gurudev how can I eliminate negative thoughts from his mind. Gurudev replied that negative thoughts are like clouds that made the clear sky fade. If you want to see a clear sky then these clouds have to be removed. Okay so if you want to eliminate negative thoughts from your mind. So first of all you have to identify and destroy the root cause of your negative thoughts. The young monk did not understand this point of the teacher properly. So he requested the guru to understand it in a little detail. Then the master began to tell a story to his disciple. Once a man was passing through a forest when he saw a snake on the way. On seeing the snake the person got scared and started running from there. As he started running his leg hit the stone and he fell down. He hurt himself badly. When he woke up and looked back he found that it was not a snake but a wood in the shape of a snake that was lying on the road. Seeing me the person realized that the reason for his harm is not snake but his fear and negative thought. The reason he was injured. Finishing the story the master told him to the young monk. Negative thoughts of mind is like snake in this story which is not the root cause of your problem. Rather the cause of your negative thoughts are uncaring feelings and parts of the past which come out in the form of negative thoughts and anger. That's why if you want to eliminate negative thoughts from your mind its root cause has to be identified and destroyed. Now how can we apply this story to our lives? Here are some practical tips. The first is to practice mindfulness. Be aware of your thoughts and feelings. Look at what is going on inside you and how you process the events around you. Try to trace the root of every negative thought that pops up in your stubborn mind. The second is to accept the bad memories and events of your past and forgive yourself and others. The third is to be grateful. Focus on the positive side of your life and thank the universe for everything you have. Expressing gratitude improves our attitude and removes negative emotions from within us. Fourth is to be kind to yourself as well as to others because negative thoughts arise from self-evil and self-comparison. We can live more positive and satisfied lives by having compassion within us.