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Anxiety is the experience of an uncontrolled mind

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Anxiety is the experience of an uncontrolled mind

An uncontrolled mind and uncertainty causes anxiety

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10:55 · 2023年3月8日 Beginner

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When we see the real nature and source of our anxiety, we’ll eventually gain freedom from it. We become anxious in the face of uncertainty and adversity, but it doesn’t mean the uncertainty is the cause of our anxiety. The cause is inside our mind; our uncontrolled mind. Anxiety is the experience of an uncontrolled mind. To solve our anxiety problem we just need to learn to control the one thing we can – our own mind.

More information on this subject can be found in the books How to Transform Your Life and How to Understand the Mind.

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