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Tendency To Overthink

"Thoughts pop up like weeds. They are always running though my head. They are constant. In my waking hours, my thoughts are non-stop."
~ Donald L. O’Dell

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To Become Present

Overthinking is not simply the result of a busy mind, according to A Course In Miracles, it is rooted in the ego’s need to control, analyze, and interpret reality based on old fears and experiences. These thoughts, as the video quotes, are “largely ego-based and conditioned by past experiences and fears.” Instead of reflecting our true nature, they serve to reinforce illusions that separate us from a deeper sense of peace and connection.

The content of our everyday thoughts is often mistaken for genuine insight or reflection. In reality, A Course In Miracles suggests these are no more than distractions—forms of “illusion or distraction” clouding our experience of the present. The video emphasizes that when we become caught up in rumination, projection, or anxious anticipation, we lose access to moments of clarity, creativity, and inner stillness.

The core message of the video is both simple and profound: to become present, we must learn to recognize the nature of our thoughts and gently disidentify from those that do not serve our highest good. The quotes from A Course In Miracles guide viewers to see that “they are not our true, divine thoughts and thus have no genuine meaning or reality.” This realization is the first step in reclaiming the “now” from the grip of the mind’s endless stories.

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This means to me that everything is always internal. I am always the issue. Trying to control external events, people, or situations is futile, frustrating, exasperating, and disappointing.

It is the Voice for God or the Holy Spirit who opens the doors when we are truly willing to have our perception corrected.

The importance of trying to “train” our minds to think differently is such an important and critical first step. I cannot overestimate how significant this has been for me. However, I must always caution myself in this process.

The content of our everyday thoughts is often mistaken for genuine insight or reflection. In reality, A Course In Miracles suggests these are no more than distractions—forms of “illusion or distraction” clouding our experience of the present.

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