Watch them as they roll by

Richard Rohr reassures us: "I am just like you. My immediate response to most situations is with reactions of defensiveness, judgment, control, and analysis. I am better at calculating than contemplating. In fact, don’t most of us start there. The false self seems to have the “first word” at almost everything". Others have called this type of reaction 'automatic responses of the body'
And the great Billy Connolly on despairing thoughts: "just don't try to analyse them. Just watch them as they roll by and you'll be fine"
And on uncovering those patterns of reaction of which we are unaware: Psalm 19, v12 None of us can see our own errors;
deliver me, LORD, from hidden faults!
And back to Fr Richard: Unless we are led to some kind of contemplative practices that continually reveal our dualistic, argumentative, and biased ways of thinking, we won’t move into a new stage of life.
To our silence with a commitment to being open: Here I am.....
Music from Salt of the Sound - Beyond Here