Secret Buddhist Practice To Stop Self Hate & Overthinking!

TL;DR

Gyalong Tubten, a Buddhist monk, explains that meditation is not about clearing the mind but about changing one’s relationship with thoughts, enabling freedom from self‑hatred and the cycle of desire. He shares his personal journey from severe depression and burnout to inner peace, demonstrating that happiness comes from within by moving toward suffering with compassion.

Key insights

• Meditation is not about clearing the mind or achieving blankness; it is about learning to be less controlled by your thoughts and using wandering thoughts as part of the practice.
• The happiness people chase externally is actually the relief of wanting itself – the absence of craving, not the object of desire.
• Suffering can be transformed by treating it as “compost” – moving toward painful feelings, observing them without judgment, and sending love into the bodily sensation.