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Consider Past
Mental Problems
The next step in dealing with mental problems through understanding the mind and mental
existence from the inside is to consider past mental problems and how you have dealt with
them. The purpose is to establish a clear picture and understanding of past mental
problems and difficulties, demands and challenges and how you managed and have dealt with
them. The aim is to get a clear picture and understanding of the mental habits, routines
and practices you have developed, why and how you have developed them. Establishing a
clear picture in the mind about how in your mental self-development you got to where you
find yourself today, the mental problems, difficulties, demands and challenges you face.
To understand the presence we need to understand the past. The presence has been defined
by the past. To understand our mental presence we need to understand our mental past.
Understanding our present mental problems and difficulties, and how we deal with them, we
need to understand past mental problems and how we have dealt with them. We must
understand how in our mental self-development we arrived at where we find ourselves today.
We need to consider and understand the roots of the mental behaviour and actions in which
we engage, the mental habits, routines and practices we have developed dealing with
problems and difficulties, demands and challenges of the mind and mental existence, why
and how we have developed them.
Exercises
and Practices
Consider and write down past mental problems and difficulties and how you have dealt with
them. Put down on paper past experiences of mental disorder, instability, doubt,
confusion, uncertainty or insecurity, feelings of worry, fear, stress, anxiety,
frustration or depression. Start as far back as possible. Begin with the self-evident and
the obvious, what easily comes to mind, filling in details and specifics as you uncover
and recall them.
Go over the notes and consider them repeatedly, filling in details and specifics as they
come to you. Bringing out the less self-evident and obvious, the less easily remembered
and recollected. Consider the nature and causes of experiences and feelings of past mental
problems and difficulties, their roots, where they came from and what they were about.
Consider how you dealt with them, what actions and steps you took, and why you dealt with
them the way you did. Consider whether, where, how or why you fell short in dealing with
past mental problems and difficulties - failing to sort them out, order and arrange them,
consider and make sense of them, the conditions behind them, and how to deal with them.
Consider what you should have done differently.
Again, keep a note pad and pen at hand and write down what comes to mind about past mental
problems, starting with what comes to mind most easily. Set aside and schedule time to go
over the notes, consider and reconsider past mental problems and difficulties and how you
have dealt with them. Fill in details and specifics. Go over your notes, considering past
mental problems and how you have dealt with them until a clear picture emerges and forms
in your mind about limits, shortcomings, errors or mistakes in how you have dealt with
them and what you should have done differently. The answers and solutions to problems and
difficulties lie in clarity of mind and understanding about them, their nature, causes and
underlying developments.
Reasons
The purpose of this step is to establish a clear picture and understanding of past mental
problems and difficulties and how you have dealt with them. How in the past you have dealt
with the conditions, demands and challenges of the mind and mental existence. The aim is
to get a clear picture of the beliefs, views and understanding, the mental habits,
routines and practices you have developed over the years, their limits and shortcomings.
The objective is to establish a clear picture and understanding of the path and direction
of your conceptual and mental self-development. How you developed and established the
beliefs, views and understanding about the mind and mental existence you embrace, and the
mental habits, routines and practices, the mental behaviour and actions in which you
engage. Forming a clear picture in the mind and understand how in your conceptual and
mental self-development you got to where you find yourself today, the mental problems and
difficulties you face, how you view and deal with them, the mental behaviour and actions
in which you engage, and the mental habits, routines and practices you have developed. The
objective is to understand the causes, reasons and developments behind your mental
behaviour and actions, routines and practices, and the mental problems and difficulties
you face.
The goal is to establish a sense and understanding of any limits, shortcomings or
contradictions in established mental habits, routines and practices, the mental behaviour
and actions you have developed and in which you engage. Where, how, in what way and why
they fall short or fail to resolve the mental problems and difficulties you experience and
you are confronted with. The goal is to develop a clear picture about what in your mental
behaviour and actions, routines and practices you need to control, change, correct or
improved, in what way, in what direction, how to do it and how to get there.
Benefits
The benefits of considering and establishing a clear picture of past mental problems
include developing an understanding of the mental self, past and present. Getting a sense
and picture of your conceptual and mental self-development, how in your conceptual and
mental self-development you arrived at where you find yourself today. Establishing clarity
of mind and understanding about the beliefs, views and understanding of the mind and
mental existence you have developed and you embrace, the mental habits, routines and
practices, mental behaviour and actions you have developed and in which you engage, why
and how you developed them.
Understand the roots and development of any limits, shortcomings or contradictions in your
beliefs, views and understanding, mental habits, routines and practices, mental behaviour
and actions, and the results and consequences. You establish a sense and understanding of
where you need to go, the direction you need to take in your conceptual and mental
self-development and growth, and how to get there. You establish a sense and understanding
of limits, shortcomings or contradictions in your beliefs, views and understanding, your
mental faculties, your natural mental powers and abilities, mental skills and practices,
mental work and effort.
In addition, you develop, exercise and practice understanding and managing the mind and
mental existence, actively engaging, being in charge, in control, and taking
responsibility for what takes place and what you do in the mind and mental existence. You
practice and exercise mentally processing what enters the mind and awareness and
establishing the necessary internal mental conditions before acting. You develop further
the conceptual foundation and mental capacity, the understanding and the mental powers and
abilities, mental skills and practices required to understand and manage the mind and
mental existence.
You add to your understanding of the mind, mental existence and mental development, their
nature, conditions, needs, demands and challenges, what takes place, what you do and what
you need to do, what you must establish, develop and maintain in the mind and mental
existence. The conditions you need to establish and maintain in the mind and mental
existence, before acting, before engaging and dealing with external conditions, with
others and the world around you.
You exercise, practice and develop further your mental faculties, your mental potential,
natural mental powers and abilities, necessary and appropriate mental skills and
practices, and the required mental work and effort.
You also exercise and practice engaging in a process of continuous conceptual and mental
self-development and growth. Reconsidering, updating, changing, correcting and improving,
in light of change and changing conditions, the understanding, the mental powers and
abilities, mental skills and practices, mental habits, routines and practices, mental
behaviour and actions you develop, on which you rely, and how you use them. Reconsidering,
updating, changing, correcting or improving, when necessary and required, the choices and
decisions you make, and how you make them, the aims, goals and objectives you pursue, and
how you define them, the behaviour and actions in which you engage, and how you plan,
organize and manage them.
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