Someone wrote that both clinical psychology and Buddhism give good advice that one should not get too attached to our thoughts; just let the thoughts arise and subside on their own and just look at them non-judgmentally and let them fade away. She however thought that both lack in that they merely push away the problem, never really taking affirmative actions and in the long run, the problem will get worse. I'm not sure if watching our thoughts processes and letting them go itself is an affirmative action but considering Buddhism's Four Noble Truths which discusses the reality of dukkha or sufferings in our life, their causes and cessation as well as the path or methods to put an end to the sufferings; I would think that if there has been prescribed a method to overcome life's problems, then we ought to take advantage of the prescribed method or methods and not just sit and watch our problems. Otherwise, there will be no end to life's sufferings.
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