(1) “Are You Sure?” — If there is a rope in your path and you perceive it as a snake, fear-based thinking will follow. The more erroneous your perception, the more incorrect your thinking will be. Please write the words “Are you sure?” on a large piece of paper and hang it where you will see it often. Ask yourself this question again and again. Wrong perceptions cause incorrect thinking and unnecessary suffering. (2) “What Am I Doing?” — Sometimes I ask one of my students, “What are you doing?” to help him release his thinking about the past or the future and return to the present moment. I
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