Here's a link to a concept that I've found useful while doing inner work/meditating/observing my thoughts. Getting past the barrier of trying to control my thoughts and emotions seemed stupid and I resisted it plenty, but it's very interesting now. If anybody is interested, have a look:

http://www.actmindfully.com.au/upimages ... of_ACT.pdf

A therapy firmly based in the tradition of empirical science, yet has a major emphasis on values, forgiveness, acceptance, compassion, living in the present moment, and accessing a transcendent sense of self. A therapy so hard to classify that it has been described as an ‘existential humanistic cognitive behavioural therapy’.