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Friends:
Curing the
agitated Restlessness and Regret!
Noticing Restlessness-&-Regret arise can make it fade
away:
When
Restlessness-&-Regret is present, the bhikkhu notes &
understands:
There is Restlessness-&-Regret in me, while when
Restlessness-&-Regret is
absent, then he notes & understands: No
Restlessness-&-Regret is in me.
He also understands well how Restlessness-&-Regret arise.
He understands how to leave behind any arisen
Restlessness-&-Regret, and
he understands how left Restlessness-&-Regret will not arise
again. MN 10
What is
the feeding cause that makes
Restlessness-&-Regret arise?
There are unrest, unsettledness, nervous unease, agitation &
anxiety, often
giving irrational & unwise attention to such states, this is
the feeding cause
of the arising of Restlessness-&-Regret, & the feeding
cause of worsening
and exacerbation of already
arisen Restlessness-&-Regret.
SN 46:51
What is
the starving cause that makes
Restlessness-&-Regret cease?
There is the mental state of serene tranquillity, calm, quietude,
stillness,
imperturbability, peace, frequently giving rational & wise
attention to this
exquisite mental state, is the starving cause for the non-arising
of absent
Restlessness-&-Regret, & the starving cause for the
dampening and calming
of Restlessness-&-Regret, that has already been stirred
up. SN
46:51
Restlessness-&-regret is
followed by worry, anxiety, agitation and attention
deficit!
Restlessness and Regret
scatters the Mind!