Thought Management
Inner Dialogue
Recognize "Shoulds" for what they are
Question validty/usefulness
Be aware of thought quality
Topic rumination
Grudges / Battle Planning
Polarization
Personaliztion
Catastrophizing
Filtering
Self Talk
Inner Critic
Related Quotes
"An unquestioned mind is the only source of suffering" Byron Katie
"We are what we think about all day long." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Consciousness
Metacognition
Systemics
thinking about thinking
Altered States
Sleep
intoxicants & drugs
Existence Perception
Self-Awareness
motivated by hope
human imagination has no physical boundaries
Self-Consc.
Types
Phenomonol Consc.
Qualia = properties of sensory experience
Unrelated to behavior
Simply experience
Access Consc.
Reasoning
Behavior control
Memory access
Qualities
Perceive relationships to environment
Self-awareness
Sapience
Cognitive Therapy
Practices
NLP has some CT commonality
Judith Beck's "Beck Diet"
Byron Katie's "The Work / Inquiry"
Letting go / not participating in stressful thoughts is healthy
Questioning the validity / usefulness of thoughts is healthy
Psychological distress is caused by distorted thoughts
Thoughts mediate stimuli
Buddhism
Tenets
The notion that "I" is separate from other reality is an illusion
Karma accumulation leads to reincarnation until Buddhahood
Past and Future are irrelevant, only Now matters
Happiness and well-being are the natural state
Meditation is a means to end suffering
Suffering is caused by cravings & aversions
