Suppose we are in our home theater, and we find a horror movie playing on our TV when we had no desire to watch such a movie. We would just change the channel. If we compare our inner world to a theater, our mind is like a TV screen which features movies of various kinds. On that inner screen, a horror movie sometimes starts playing. For example, whenever we face some external danger, our mind starts racing with a wild imagination that paints dreadful scenarios. When a horror movie is unfolding on the inner screen, we may get so overwhelmed that we passively keep watching that movie till we end up in a state of panic or paranoia or paralysis.
Stopping the mind’s horror movie
Stopping the mind’s horror movie
Stopping the mind’s horror movie
Suppose we are in our home theater, and we find a horror movie playing on our TV when we had no desire to watch such a movie. We would just change the channel. If we compare our inner world to a theater, our mind is like a TV screen which features movies of various kinds. On that inner screen, a horror movie sometimes starts playing. For example, whenever we face some external danger, our mind starts racing with a wild imagination that paints dreadful scenarios. When a horror movie is unfolding on the inner screen, we may get so overwhelmed that we passively keep watching that movie till we end up in a state of panic or paranoia or paralysis.