Over-Thinking

Over-thinking is going over the same thoughts again and again, analysing the simplest of situations or events until all sense of proportion has gone. Over-thinking is trying to see all possibilities, confusing and preventing a positive outcome, and creating feelings of stress and anxiety.

By choosing the simplest solution, we don’t make life so complicated – that is, if we have the ability to see clearly. Seeing clearly is pure consciousness.

The ‘what ifs’ are a distraction and a self-indulgence, and speculating about all possibilities is tiresome. This is worrying for the sake of worrying, because we are bored and want to feel that our life is worthwhile.

Seeing a flower and its colours is simply satisfying. Knowing its name, genus and where it came from is being a tiresome academic or a scientist who wants to make frogs glow in flight … 😀

The path to enlightenment is simple heart, easy path; heavy heart, no path.
Don’t try to over-think pure consciousness – it cannot be done.