The Joy of Not Thinking: A Radical Approach to Happiness

by Tim Grimes

Thought created all this suffering—and thought itself was not real.

thought was what caused my suffering. And if I wasn’t thinking, I wasn’t suffering. Suffering was an illusion created by thought.

When we’re not consciously thinking so intensely,

everything is fine. But we seldom allow ourselves to do this, and most of us don’t even know it’s an option.

There’s clearly a time and place for listening and helping others with issues they may have, but the truth of the matter is that we have to focus on our own well-being first in order to help others with any sort of real success.

Peace is to be found in this moment. It isn’t something we attain. When we go out looking for it, we miss the point. It isn’t meant to be sought out, at least in the way we traditionally believe. It’s what we allow ourselves to be. It’s what we fall into when our overthinking mind is absent.

You only suffer so deeply because you think you suffer.

Who would you be without the thought? – Byron Katie

Twain joked, “I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.”