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Re: How to Overcome Images That Pop Into Your Head 04 Feb 2009 20:54 #2817

  • habib613
i tried music. sometime it helps, sometimes not. but pinching does help. i don't really hurt myself- it's just a little pinch, and makes me lose my train of thought long enough to start thinking of something else. thanks ME
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Re: How to Overcome Images That Pop Into Your Head 24 Jun 2009 12:52 #7210

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Tzitzis!
HaSHem tell us that they have the segulah for keeping our minds from straying.
So if I am confronted with a untznius sight - I try to "erase" from my mind by looking down and staring at my tzitzis. This replaces the sight, and possible start of bad thought with good ones.

If you have techeles  - of course this is more powerful, as the segulah of seeing it - is what specifically is referred to by Chazal as the basis for meditation all the way up to Kise HaKavod.
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Re: How to Overcome Images That Pop Into Your Head 24 Jun 2009 21:15 #7314

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woops. Habib is a girl. So Tzitzis won't help... Hmmm...
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Re: How to Overcome Images That Pop Into Your Head 02 Jul 2009 04:10 #7959

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Chaim wrote on 24 Jun 2009 12:52:

Tzitzis!
HaSHem tell us that they have the segulah for keeping our minds from straying.
So if I am confronted with a untznius sight - I try to "erase" from my mind by looking down and staring at my tzitzis. This replaces the sight, and possible start of bad thought with good ones.

If you have techeles  - of course this is more powerful, as the segulah of seeing it - is what specifically is referred to by Chazal as the basis for meditation all the way up to Kise HaKavod.

I remember seeing in the Tzetel Koton some things to do if one is faced with seeing things that he does not want to. Anyone interested can have a look there.
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Re: How to Overcome Images That Pop Into Your Head 28 Aug 2009 20:36 #14686

  • coby613
images are not my ownly problem.  it's like the feelings of pleasure i had are coming back along with the images.  i can be VERY strong and go maybe a month or so without action, but the two combined always bring me down eventually.  anybody have a like problem?  if so, how do you treat the memory of the raw feeling (i.e physical as opposed to emotional)?
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Re: How to Overcome Images That Pop Into Your Head 29 Aug 2009 18:28 #14701

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Coby, a lot of great ideas and tips on this page, read top to bottom.
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Re: How to Overcome Images That Pop Into Your Head 31 Aug 2009 07:53 #14853

  • Menachem
I sometimes use a suggestion that I heard in a Hassidic story many years ago.
Try to visualize the 4 letters of the Divine Name.
Concentrate intently on the letters, I often focus just on the Yud at the beginning of the Name. The letter is so small, yet sometimes has the power to banish much bigger images from my mind.
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