Take no thought?

I begin and end every day by seeking first the kingdom of heaven in meditation and I'd like to share my experience. I no longer even try to "take no thought" because thoughts instantly and persistently come into my mind. Thoughts about sex, money, jealousy, greed, my fears and anger. When I have them focused I then say "I kill you", "I drown you", I stone you, I stab you." And they die. They go away. And when I come out of meditation I can't even remember the things that were bothering me. They are dead.

I think that's why the bible stories involve violence and killing. It's God allegorically killing your problems. In Noah's Ark, God drowns your problems in a flood, In Exodus, God drowns your problems in a collapsing Red Sea. In David and Goliath, God kills your problems with a stone and a slingshot. And on and on. God doesn't teach us to ignore our problems, he teaches us to kill them!

 I now welcome the thoughts I once feared. Now they are afraid of me.
I kill my worries about not having enough money.
I kill my ego of thinking that I'm better than other people
I kill my fear of other people doing bad things to me
I kill my guilt over taking a day off to meditate and relax

Don't ignore your thoughts in meditation. Instead embrace them and kill them! When you have killed them all, you can then "take no thought"

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