How To Control Your Thoughts

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Hi, this is Dowski with that question and answer program. Anonymous asks, "It's only when I dabbbit in the morning that all my thoughts come flooding into my mind of things to do or forget to do." Of course, when I finish dabbing, I forget all these thoughts. Although some of them may be important, how do I control these thoughts while praying? I imagine my thoughts are a tape recorder and when I tell them to stop, it works until the next thought comes. Any other advice? Thank you. Yeah. Um it's a very simple explanation for this because part of ma is called his bodus which means you need time by yourself to stop and think. And we live in a world where between the emails and the Instagrams and the WhatsApps and the phone calls and all the things that are

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1. 0:00Hi, this is Dowski with that question and answer program. Anonymous asks, "It's only when I…
2. 0:30Thank you. Yeah. Um it's a very simple explanation for this because part of ma is…
3. 1:02vying for our attention. We very seldom get a quiet time. The only quiet time in…
4. 1:34everybody away from everything and think what do I need to do? Make yourself a list.…
5. 2:05down." But the time you take to sharpen the saw will make everything else more effective.…
6. 2:35your thoughts. Now, it's mice sultan. No question. If in the middle of thoughts come to…
7. 3:05and you'll think about everything else in the world. And you have to remember that your…

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