Thought 4: Loads on the mind

Every one of our thoughts is loaded with a charge – which could be positive or negative. If this charge is positive, you feel light and at peace with yourself. If this charge is negative, however, it makes the mind heavy - and you feel stressed and unhappy. Anger, hatred, jealousy, anxiety, fears of various types, feelings of insecurity, impatience, etc. are all negative loads on the mind. They are all avoidable loads on the mind, which you involuntarily carry all the time. Every negative load on the mind gives rise to stress and agony.

Since a thought has to be there behind every action, wrong thinking leads to wrong actions; and wrong actions are those that violate Dharma (ethics and values). Dharma is Isvara’s Universal Ecological and Moral Order and when you go against this Order, you carry an unnecessary load on your mind. This load causes you suffering – which is a self-inflicted suffering.

Let go all the negative loads. Let go all the toxic emotions and toxic thoughts. Let go hostility, guilt and fear. And see how light and relaxed you feel.

The next thought is about “Wasteful thinking dissipates our limited store of energy an causes stress”