Samantha-Vipassanā: The Buddhist Practice Of Stopping And Insight

They think Buddhism is 2500 years old, having started in India. It's illuminating to hear monks like Thich Nhat Hanh speak about psychology of thousands of years ago, and realizing that nothing much has changed about the human condition. For how awesome our minds are, they are also a mess. Everyone is a unique snowflake, but we also go through similar states, even 2500 years ago.

Samantha means to stop, to be calm, to be awareness. Vipassanā means to gain insight, to see reality.

Stopping and ordering your thoughts and emotions will help you immensely. We are constantly stimulated, constantly reacting and thinking. We will suddenly feel stress or insecure because of a thought. A thought will make us upset at someone over nothing. We start arguing in our head. Sometimes we need to stop and nurture our mind. Go for a walk, don't play music and stop and be with your mind. Switch off the tv, put the phone out of reach, and work through your shizzle.

We need watch our thoughts with curiosity and objectivity, and not identify or engage with them. We need to doubt our thoughts and emotions and use our reason. When you are lost in thought, and you become aware: take your mind back to your breath, your body,  and your senses. Make note of your thoughts, but let them go.

The mind is something that must be trained. There is no destination. Only the journey. 


peace ✌️ 💜 

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