How Many Thoughts Does Your Mind Think in One Hour?

Stream of Water - Stream of Thoughts

By Remez Sasson

Do you know how many thoughts your mind thinks each hour of the day?

Experts estimate that the mind thinks between 60,000 – 80,000 thoughts a day. That’s an average of 2500 – 3,300 thoughts per hour. That’s incredible.

Other experts estimate a smaller number, of 50,000 thoughts per day, which means about 2100 thoughts per hour. This too, is a great number of thoughts.

If you were able sell each thought, you would be rich in no time.

Did you notice what kind of thoughts do you think?
If you pay attention to these thoughts, you would be amazed to discover that most of them are useless, unimportant thoughts that pass through the mind with a huge speed. These are words you repeat in your mind, comments the mind makes, repeating what you heard said, questions, answers and a lot of senseless wandering thoughts that you might not even be aware of.

You might not believe that you think these huge quantities of thoughts, but if you have experience with meditation, you would have proof of the great number of thoughts passing through your mind. It’s just like being a very busy train station or airport terminal, where a great number of people come and go.

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10 Tips for Dealing with Surprises and Unexpected Events

By Remez Sasson

Surprises and Unexpected EventsEvery day, we meet all kinds of surprises and unexpected events. Most of them are of minor importance, but sometimes, they are major, or life shaking events of unpleasant nature, causing difficulties and problems.

Life is full of surprises and events that sometimes, shatter one’s daily routine. Some of them might be good and some of them not so good. Some are pleasant and others unpleasant.

Most people like to be in control of their lives, and therefore, are more at ease living the same kind life every day, following the same routine.

People feel safer in a familiar environment, doing the same things every day, without interruptions or changes in their daily.

How do you cope with surprises and unexpected events?

Do you become stressed?
Do you panic?
Do you get flustered?
Do you become angry?

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What Is Freedom

By Remez Sasson

Do you think that you are you free?

Being free means a lot of things, but is it real freedom?

Let’s see what freedom is, and what being free could means:

  • Living is a free country.
  • Being free to do what you want.
  • Delegating responsibilities to someone else.
  • Being financially independent.
  • Solving, and getting rid a long-standing problem.
  • Enjoying a vacation, away from work.
  • Quitting a job you don’t like.

These are just a few examples of the meaning of freedom.

Real freedom is much more than this. It is an inner state. Living in a free country, being able to do what you want with no restrictions, or being financially independent are great, but they do not necessarily make you feel free. They do not free you from mental programming, bias, attachments or beliefs. You may still confine your consciousness and awareness to a small and limited world. You are still ruled by subconscious impulses and programming, which might lead you into all kinds of undesirable situations.

There is another kind of freedom, real freedom, independent of external situations and circumstances. This is inner freedom, which lets you experience a sense of peace, happiness, and limitless freedom.

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How to Find Inner Peace

By Remez Sasson

I have revised today, one of my older articles about inner peace, titled, “How to Find Inner Peace and balance”.

Here is an excerpt from the article:

Inner peace and balance are of great importance in everyone’s life. They are highly valued by most people, though really few possess them. However, everyone can develop them, some more, and some less.

What do you gain by having inner peace and inner balance? You gain self-control, more discipline, and the ability not to let outside events influence your emotions, actions, reactions and decisions. Their presence in your life mean that you possess common sense and good judgment, and that the outside world cannot shake your inner world.

  • How many times have you been overwhelmed by emotions, lost your temper, and got angry or impatient?
  • How many times have you regretted about your reactions or attitude?
  • Do you shout at your children, spouse, co-workers or employees?
    Do you get angry with them?
    Are you happy with this situation?
  • Do you let your work, the weather, noises, other people’s behavior and attitude, movies, TV, or the newspapers influence the way you feel and think?
  • Do outside events distract your mind and make you think about them, instead of what you choose to think about?
  • All this means lack of inner peace and inner balance.

    Their lack causes fluctuations of the emotions, lack of decisiveness, and wasting time on unnecessary thoughts, emotions and actions. So what is the remedy?

    To learn more about how to find inner peace, click on the link below to read the complete article:
    Inner Peace and Balance in Daily Life

Peace Comes From Within

By Remez Sasson

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. – Buddha -

  • If you have more money, would you be more peaceful?
  • If you achieve your dreams, would you experience more peace?
  • Do you think that you enjoy a state of inner peace, only after you are financially secure?
  • Do you believe that inner peace is dependent on external circumstances?

If you believe so, think again.

Inner peace is not dependent on circumstances or external situations. Inner peace comes from within you.

Often, after achieving something, finishing something, or solving a problem, you experience a brief moment of peace, but soon forget it, embarking on the next project, goal, task or problem. This sense of inner peace is of short duration, and is unstable.
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