This seems to be an ongoing battle in recovery and life in general. If we could truly do that one thing, become thoughts master instead of its servant a big chunck of the battle would be won. Thoughts give birth to feelings and states of mind so it follows that the amount of importance we give them is critical. The million dollar question seems to be just how much control we really have over all of that.
One thing I find interesting on this front is listening to a lot of different Buddhist speakers as a big part of their focus is the mind. Does anyone else find those teachings helpfull? Here are a couple of links to 2 of the speakers I've been listening to lately,
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mooji https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=adyashanti
Any thoughts or ideas on what you guys find of value in mastering the mind?