Get Rid of Worry!

 

Listen to this practical talk outlining techniques for eliminating worry. Kambiz Naficy gave this talk during his five-day meditation retreat in St. Georges, France in September of 2019.

 

• Worry is an illness of mind. Your subconscious can develop a habit to worry.
• You tend to worry about repetitive, predictable topics. If you look into your mind, you will find that your worries are about predictable, and recurring topics--perhaps you worry about weight, money, illness, age, or loss of loved ones?
• Worry is all about a future prediction; worry is never about the present moment. If you follow your breath, become mindful of breathing, and come to the present moment, you will no longer worry.
• We tend to attract what we worry about. Worry is like a trance that focuses our mind intensely on the topic of worry, and through intense focus, we wind up attracting what we worry about most.
• Worry is like a termite that eats into the quality of our lives. We ruin our happiest moments through worry.
• Pay attention to how many of your worries have never come true. Create a worry-journal and track how many times you wasted your energy, worrying about something that never materialized. If the statistics show that you are mistaken time after time again, then mistrust your judgement about worry.
• Worry and fear are like distorted lenses that cover your eyesight, most people only see the worrisome outcomes that they obsess about. Through worry, we see only what we want to see!

 

• At the end of this talk, Kambiz Naficy advises techniques for eliminating worry.