{"id":8771,"date":"2024-09-15T04:50:43","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T08:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/3322-thoughts-and-thinking-understanding-the-difference-can-change-your-life-by-richard-paterson-on-mental-wellbeing\/"},"modified":"2024-09-15T04:50:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T08:50:43","slug":"3322-thoughts-and-thinking-understanding-the-difference-can-change-your-life-by-richard-paterson-on-mental-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/3322-thoughts-and-thinking-understanding-the-difference-can-change-your-life-by-richard-paterson-on-mental-wellbeing\/","title":{"rendered":"3322: Thoughts And Thinking &#8211; Understanding The Difference Can Change Your Life by Richard Paterson on Mental Wellbeing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at:<a href=\"https:\/\/oldpodcast.com\/\"> OLDPodcast.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Episode 3322:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Richard Paterson offers a profound insight that can help you achieve greater peace by distinguishing between thoughts and thinking. He explains that while thoughts arise spontaneously and without our control, thinking is a choice we can engage with or resist. By recognizing this difference, you can free yourself from unnecessary mental suffering and cultivate a more harmonious relationship with your mind.<\/p>\n<p>Read along with the original article(s) here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinklessandgrowrich.com\/thoughts-and-thinking\/\">https:\/\/www.thinklessandgrowrich.com\/thoughts-and-thinking\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Quotes to ponder:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thoughts are self-arising unlike thinking, which is something we can choose to indulge in or not.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Trying to fix the undercurrent is like trying to iron the ocean.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Understanding the difference between thoughts and thinking is a game-changer if you wish to live in harmony with your mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/megaphone.fm\/adchoices\">megaphone.fm\/adchoices<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3322: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motivation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}