Ask HN: Name one idea that changed your life
The idea that your mind is not <i>you</i>.<p>That &quot;thinking&quot;, as a process, is just a tool of your body, just like eyesight, for example.<p>Listening to meditation and mindfulness practitioners like Jon Kobat-Zinn and Eckhart Tolle, I found it absolutely groundbreaking, for myself, to realize that the mind is an instrument that needs training and tuning, and sometimes can lead you astray, and can&#x27;t be trusted unconditionally.<p>Disassociating from my mind and understanding that my <i>thinking</i> is not my <i>being</i> has helped me in innumerable ways.