Most People's Thinking is Involuntary, Automatic and Repetitive

Human life.........what a joy and what a pain, seeing and experiencing the flipside of life almost everyday.

It's a peaceful day when one can reclaim their life by reclaiming their thoughts, and thus their actions.
According to Eckhart Tolle, "thinking happens to you."       He goes on to say : -

" The voice in the head has a life of its own.  Most people are at the mercy of that voice;  they are possessed by thought, by the mind.  And since the mind is conditioned by the past, you are then forced to reenact the past again and again.  The Eastern term for this is karma.  When you are identified with that voice, you don't know this, of course.  If you knew, you would no longer be possessed because you are only truly possessed when you mistake the possessing entity for who you are, that is to say, when you become it. "    
                                                                                                   ----- A New Earth p. 131

Just sharing an observation :   That is why you see the same thing (topics, sharings) posted by the same people on various websites.  And, might I add, also the News and Conspiracy websites who seem to be able to influence a lot of folks, everywhere!!     Which is a real shame, to grab the opinions of those who own these websites and give energy to it...........and don't they feed on that?????  Yes, they do !!!

My opinion : -  
Seeing that we can't change the affairs of the world, we CAN learn more about ourselves, which is pretty darn fascinating when you begin to explore.  We may not like our social situation, but whatever the circumstances, one can always learn and grow within.   That is what we came to do, to learn about who WE are, first as a person and citizen in this world, then if one is game enough, to do the inner-work toward self-transformation.  

Any positive change in energy and growth in one citizen alone, affects not only their life, but the lives they interact with on a daily basis.   Wrapping up life as difficult, sad and useless, being "controlled" by others, is a cop-out and an excuse to do one's part in helping to uplift this world.  And if you awake each day with the same stories of your past, going round and around inside your head, that is the pain-body that you carry around.   I recognized this some time ago, and worked hard on getting rid of the old energy being carried around in my pain-body. 
  
What goes on and on in your mind is not you. It takes strong determination to face it, recognize it for what it is, and then take control of your life. The mind is a huge encumbrance to going forward in life, and finally becoming and feeling free. Then, new insights and downloads from our consciousness are able to get through and guide and remind us of the spiritual being that we really are.

Namaste and Light  ~