Because of my skin eruptions (Different from those I had last April) I was frightened. Sylvia Boorstein wrote: “Because we become frightened as soon as a difficult mind state blows into the mind, we start to fight it. We try to change it, or we try to get rid of it. The frenzy of the struggle makes the mind state even more unpleasant.”

“In traditional Buddhist texts, the five energies of LUST, AVERSION,TORPOR, RESTLESSNESS and DOUBT are called mind hindrances.”

“They are called hindrances of the mind because they obscure clear seeing…”
“They hinder the possibility of us reconnecting with the peaceful self that is our essential nature. They confuse us.”

Dr Lipton posted the Following: “Your body hears everything your mind says. Stay POSITIVE.”

Boorstein wrote: “The best solution would be the the unalarmed recognition of the condition/situation.