The Mind is a Noise Machine

When you catch yourself following a thought trail, a thought trail that may or may not be helpful to you, the first thing you should do, as the observer of you mind, ask yourself, “how is this thought contributing to my day?”  Why would you do this you say? Well, in order to control your mind, you need to step outside of the thought process itself.  Many people find that they lose themselves in a thought and the mind takes over running the show.  The mind lures you in to take ownership of a thought by appealing to your ego, making you think you have a vested interest in the thought being worked on.

Once you have taken ownership of a thought, your ego committing to pursuing an outcome that is positive for the ego, many people are unable to relinquish a train of thought for a significant period of time.  Often it takes an external event to break the thought cycle and remove you from ownership of the particular thought process.

Ask Yourself a Question

The best way to quiet the Noise Machine of the Mind is to ask yourself the question: How does this thought contribute to my current situation? or Does this thought serve my greater self in a positive manner? When you can step back from the thought process that has taken control of your faculties, then you are able to disassociate yourself from the out come of that thought.  Essentially, you are able to become objective about what it is you are thinking about, and the likely outcome you can expect as a result of pursuing that thought.

Asking a question about the thought does two things:

Firstly, asking a question forces the mind to focus on something else for a moment; to evaluate what it is thinking about in order respond to the stimulus you have provided it (another thought) and in doing so the Noise Machine of the mind loses the impetus it had cultivated by focusing on the initial thought.  Sounds a bit complicated doesn’t it.  All these thoughts going around your head, focusing on this and then that.   Basically, you give yourself some breathing room when you ask yourself a question about your current thought process.

Secondly,  asking a question also throws up options for the mind to consider. The options may or may not be consistent with the goals and desires of your higher self, but these options that will now be considered are important because they enable you to diminish the hold the noise machine of the mind has over you psyche in that particular moment. The Law of Attraction is in action when you think so by reducing the impetus and strength a particular non-helpful thought has over you, you diminish the volume and strength of singularly non-helpful thoughts when they arrive.

What is a Thought Attack

A thought attack  is when the mind, while focused intently on a subject or topic, attracts or initiates similar trains of thought such that you are often overwhealmed by a cascade of negative thoughts that take all your available attention.  For example.  Think of a time when a partner broke up with you. Now besides the often associated greiving process that comes as part of such feelings of loss, you mind may have also thrown in thoughts and ideas about, are they seeing someone else? or wasn’t I good enough? or what did I do wrong? or even move to the extreme of, what can I do to get them back? or they don’t really mean this etc etc etc.

All these thoughts are very  confronting, upsetting, and ultimately unhelpful to your current situation. When the mind, or Noise Machine behaves in this manner, overwhealming you with many thoughts, all of a similar topic but focused on different things, it is called a thought attack.  During a Thought Attack it is very difficult for you to step away outside of the mind and objectively evaluate what it is you are actually thinking about or focused on.  Thought Attacks often happen one after the other without letup and are very tiring as they drain you mentally, keeping you from focusing on day to day tasks, often keeping you awake at night, and preventing you from moving on with more constructive things in your life.

How does this thought contribute to my current situation?