“We can with practice (Training) begin to decondition the mind from its unconscious reactivity. Even without changing the habitual tendencies, we can be alert to them and work around them.” (Sylvia Boorstein)

I can’t remind myself enough. I easily startle with unwanted thoughts; many turn out to be foolish fears.

“This is a result of my early conditioning. Telling myself  that keeps me from taking inappropriate or unnecessary action.” (Sylvia Boorstein)

“Fearfulness doesn’t have to be a big problem if we recognize that our fears are a result of the way we are wired, most immediately from this life and who knows from what other lives.” (Sylvia Boorstein)

“If the mind is clear and steady, we can recognize  filters (Conditioning) as being just filters and choose the most wholesome response.” (Sylvia Boorstein)

Obviously, I need to listen to Sylvia Boorstein every so often. Several times a day, actually. I read an explanation from Alan Seale why I need these constant reminders but I can’t locate the text at the moment.

Some consoling quotes are: “Mind tangles an suffering are universal, and the desire for happiness and the end of suffering is also universal.”

“I’m experiencing myself and my mind in a new way so I’m frightened.”
“Managing gracefully is not second-rate. I’m pleased to think of myself as managing gracefully”
“When I am mindful, things just  are. The sense of an observer and experiencing being  observed changes to a sense of just  experience happening.”

For all my worries, my anxieties etc Sylvia Boorstein teaches: THERE IS ANOTHER WAY TO DO LIFE.”