Suffering has only one cause. Desires. Thousand and one desires that you are holding in your mind, playing it again and again. That’s thinking. This mental engagement with thoughts is thinking.
Trust the feeling. The answer is always in the feeling. Whenever you are clueless how to proceed or how to resolve an issue, the answer is always in the feeling. Allow the feeling to guide you. Step back out of your thinking. Its taking you for a ride. Its futile. All it is good for is creating more stress and panic. Solutions can only be implemented in the present moment. Any action that you take can only be taken now and here.
Your thinking always takes you away from the here and now. Only your body is here now. Your mind is time travelling. Weaving daydreams and keeping you occupied. The feeling belongs to the body. Listening to it means listening to something that’s present, responsive and here now. Any time you get your attention focused on your body, it can be your breath or a feeling or sensation, you turn your back on your thinking. You become present. Thinking continues going on but now it has no effect on you because your attention is elsewhere. You can be aware of the thinking but you are no longer the thinker. The thinking is happening and you are the witness. This stepping back has to be practiced. It requires you to be aware and alert.