Hello dear Steeminas,
One of the factors that prolong anxiety is our tendency to mentally, rationally or logically approaching it.
Sometimes, we long for something but we refrain from trying to get it because of its perceived irrationality, other times we have the fleeting sensation of being overwhelmed with something we experience but we reject our feelings as being irrational and illegitimate.
Curing anxiety requires shifting from doing what is right to doing what feels right.
From a logical and practical perspective, this notion is completely rejected. What would be the point of doing something that doesn’t make sense or that is unproductive, rejected by others, or useless?
My answer would be that anxiety is a feeling. It is not a belief, a though, or a concept that occurs on a mental level. So, dealing with anxiety shall be on the same level where it exists.
Rational thinking is limited to the perspectives through which we approached different things in our lives, when we take The Buddha as an example we would judge him of being irrational when he left his father’s palace not knowing what would come out of his decision.
Anxiety comes from the heart which has a mind of its own, healing anxiety starts when the hearts' priorities become well known and clearly identified. When taking a step further in communicating with hearts we get more at ease even though no real action is taken.
Pausing the practical and routine life, bypassing rational thinking and being mindful of one’s feelings and judging one’s life from an emotional perspective would shed light on the difference between what is right for the mind and what is it for the heart.
Have a peaceful day. 😊