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Monte Hueftle Update - May 6th

Hello Everyone,

Time to take a break from all of this Think Psychological, Think Clean, and redirecting of thoughts and behaviors.

This break, if you practice it, can be the most significant and efficient treatment for reversing your physical pain disorder.

Keep it Simple!
If I could communicate only one key to reversing this pain disorder to you, it would be this: Keep it simple and be present.

Where is your Attention?
1. The past. Reliving things we messed up. Being self-conscious about something we did. Wishing we could have something back that is gone. Living in memories of the past. Being angry about things done to us. Feeling guilty about things we have done.
2. The future. Worrying about things we need to get done or need to have happen. Creating tension about a big event coming up. Being anxious that things might go wrong, or that we might miss, or that we may mess up. Hoping for new treatment. Dreaming of great things to come, so that when they do we can start living.
3. The present. What is happening right now, at this moment. What we are doing/experiencing right now.
What’s wrong with focusing on the past or future?
If you are experiencing physical pain in your body that is being created by inner stress/tension/anxiety, much of this is happening when your thoughts are in the past or in the future. Most anger, guilt and resentment are in the past. Most of your worry/anxiety is in the future. You are being self-conscious and pleasing now, but isn't this because of something that happened in the past or that you are trying to control in the future?

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