Written by Robert Roth
The writer and philosopher Soren Kierkegaard said fear is a person’s concern about what threatens him from the outside which he has limited control of. Anxiety is a person’s concern about what threatens him from the inside, from within his own mind. When people get trapped in negativity and repetitive thoughts they become prisoners of their minds.
The writer Iris Murdoch says our minds are continually active, fabricating an anxious, usually self preoccupied, often falsifying veil which partially conceals the world. If you stare at the empty sky for several minutes, your thoughts start to slow down and time seems to stand still. Your mind seems to be fixed on the present moment.
Through the practices of meditation and mindfulness, we develop the ability of being in the present moment. Meditation can have a calming effect on a person by ridding the mind of negativity and repetitive thoughts. By being in the present it enables us to distance ourselves from regretting the past, and anxiously anticipating the future. The philosopher Alan Watts said we’re never guaranteed security in the future. Today is all we have. Living in the present moment allows us to enjoy life to the fullest.
Bayside meditation has the best meditation classes in Queens. They have guided meditation, both in person and on line. This will help free the mind of repetitive and negative thoughts.
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