“Let your thinking be in questions “

If you place your faith in the evidence of your senses doesn’t that give materialism almost total power over you?

 

Does sexual energy make you feel lustful, or does your conditioned reaction to it make you feel lustful?

 

If you believe in the doubts in your mind doesn’t that mean you are placing faith in doubt?

 

To be conscious, or not to be conscious? Isn’t that the question?

 

Which strengthens your willpower more, fighting the urges to pmo, or trying to keep your attention in the present moment all day long, every single day ?

 

Did you consciously choose to have a pmo compulsion?

 

If you keep your attention in the present moment is there a space for pmo urges to enter and take hold of your will?

 

In which do you spend most of your time, in the present or in the past and future?
And if your answer is “the past and future,” can you be said to be awake or dreaming?

 

When the urge to pmo arises try asking yourself, “Why do I want to escape from what I am experiencing, from what I am feeling, at this moment?”

 

Has all the running away, all the avoidance, all the wishing that your life was different, all the fighting, brought you peace of mind? Has it given you a strong willpower?

 

Can you identify one state of mind that is behind many of your troubles?

 

If you sit in an ice bath and try to fight the cold with your willpower, who is going to win ? You or the cold?

 

Do you believe your ego is stronger than sexual energy, the creator of life? If you fight this force, who is going to win?

 

What is 70 or 80 years in the face of eternity?

 

If you identify with an emotion does it have power over you or not?

 

Which is better, to be someone who tries and fails, or to be someone who never tries?

 

What if the real war is not with pmo addiction, but with self-doubt?

 

You’re welcome! And thanks for posting The Bonfire by Lamb - wise words to live by.