Our true thoughts have a matter-of-fact, clear quality. They do what thoughts are supposed to do: help us solve problems, be creative, protect us, and get our needs met. But inherited thought-patterns are different; they feel tyrannical. Their oppressive guilt tells you their roots started in early emotional coercion. It’s not your natural mind that tells you to be perfect or beats you up for making mistakes. Nor does it tell you it’s wrong to disagree with authorities no matter what. Pressured, self-attacking, or guilty thoughts are the mental legacy left behind after you’ve been emotionally
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