Gerald Jampolsky Quotes

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

At the end of the day, I can end up just totally wacky, because I've made mountains out of molehills. With meditation, I can keep them as molehills.

I don't stay in the constant worried and over-thinking zone.

In life, stress happens when you resist what arises.

Make the decision and say, "I'm not letting that worry in. I'm done being upset when my plans don't work out. I'm not letting that stress in." Negative thoughts will still come to your mind, but you don't have to let them into your spirit.

Worry is evidence of an ill-controlled brain; it is merely a stupid waste of time in unpleasantness.

Most of our stress and suffering come not from events, but from our thoughts. Reframe from negative thoughts, and stress subsides.

Until we question our stressful thoughts, we remain victims of the images in our head.

I realise that stress is only fear. I now release all fears

'Worry' is a word that I don't allow myself to use.

It's time we learned the truth about stress. It's time we identified the thoughts that actually create our stress and learned to dismantle them one by one.

Look closer at the stress in your own life and you can identify that negative emotions are always built on counterfactual statements.

Success and failure are emotional and physiological experiences. We need to deal with them in a way that is present and calm.

Every goal, every action, every thought, every feeling one experiences, whether it be consciously or unconsciously known, is an attempt to increase one's level of peace of mind.

All mental hygiene is based on the core practice of doing nothing. Most of us are good at wasting time, staring at the wall while telling ourselves we should be working. We call this doing nothing, but our brains are furiously active. We think constantly, and our thinking is often rife with distress.

I know there's millions of problems in the world, but if you dwell on those, then you're going to be miserable. I think my meditation helps me to transcend and get beyond the grip of all the negativity and regenerate from within a more positive attitude, which comes in very handy when you're going to do 150 concerts a year.

Stress is a byproduct of subconscious beliefs you have about the world. You can't choose not to believe something. You believe it because you think it's true. To eliminate stress, you must learn to challenge these beliefs so that you see them differently.

It's soothing to realize that my mind's processes are inherently uncontrollable.

I try to live my life one day at a time, and if I look too far in advance, I get really stressed.

You might think that shifting your thoughts is as easy as setting your mind to it. But stressful thoughts aren't held in place through choice or will power. They're held in place through perceived truth value.

Mind over mattress.

Sometimes you can find peace of mind by transferring yourself to different situations. They're just reminders to stay... calm.

I'm just not in a place in my life where I worry about something unnecessarily.

I can be plenty frustrated and not have to constantly portray myself as upset and angry at the world.

Being able to control your mind is a beautiful thing.