“Distractions are wonderful for us. They are the source of much of our happiness in life, and they provide us with much-needed relief from our suffering or discontent.” — Noah Elkrief Copy Share Image
“Psychological thoughts are the ones that decide whether something is “good” or “bad”, and these are the thoughts that create our suffering.” — Noah Elkrief Copy Share Image
“The ability to experience the awe of something simple arises in the moments when we have silence or space between our thoughts. It is… — Noah Elkrief Copy Share Image
“If we are waiting to be pain-free before we can finally be happy, we will likely be waiting for a long time.” — Noah Elkrief Copy Share Image
“Perfect” doesn’t exist without “imperfect” because “perfect” isn’t “perfect” unless we have something to compare it against. We can’t think that someone is “pretty”… — Noah Elkrief Copy Share Image
“When we use our thoughts to make decisions, we often decide to stay in situations that we don’t enjoy because our thoughts make us fear change. Since our thoughts are all inherently based on the past, if we listen to our thoughts on how to act, we are basing our decisions on the past instead of allowing ourselves to follow… — Noah Elkrief Copy Share
“These scenarios demonstrate that when you believe someone’s words to be true, they create emotions. But when you don’t believe someone’s words, their words… — Noah Elkrief Copy Share Image
“When thoughts aren’t given any attention, they stop. This is an experience of the present moment.” — Noah Elkrief Copy Share Image
“- No matter how “perfect” our circumstances are, they don’t change our thoughts about “bad” events from our past that create our sadness, guilt, and anger.” — Noah Elkrief Copy Share
“When we were young children (under six years old), before we learned most of our concepts of what is “perfect”, we had nothing to compare our life against. Without a concept of “perfect” to compare things against, we rarely decided that any aspect of ourselves, others, or our situation was “bad” or “not good enough”. Everything was just what it… — Noah Elkrief Copy Share
“Without our thoughts to create our unhappiness, we feel content right now.” — Noah Elkrief Copy Share Image
“We consistently label people, actions, words, situations, and events as “bad”, “not good enough”, or “wrong”. We say, “She is annoying”, “She is boring”,… — Noah Elkrief Copy Share Image
