It’s amazing to me how the mind works. Without our conscious knowledge it’s continually scanning everything around us, formulating a huge number of alternatives, and somehow surfacing just the right course of action for the moment. Again, it does this without any conscious guidance from us. The even more amazing thing is how adaptable it is. While the normal behavior is to go on “auto pilot”, we each possess the ability to focus this powerful tool via the simple act of conscious thought. As soon as we provide the seed, the mind grows the basic thought in to an amazing set of steps that we can — and should! — take. One simple seed thought allows us to immediately refocus.
The key to tapping to potential of our mind is two-fold. First, there’s the issue of consciousness. Without the effort to explicitly use the mind, you’ll never be able to tap it’s immense potential. Ironically, the second key is “nothingness”. You see the mind’s normal day-to-day mode is to be cycling through all of those stimuli to formulate a course of action. It modifies that basic course, when you plant a seed. It jumps at the opportunity to take on this new challenge. It likes doing this. It’s good at it. However, to really tap the potential that is there, we have to turn off this normal mode. We have to get to the place where we stop thinking. When we do, the mind becomes freed of the ordinary day-to-day burdens. It’s free to go where it wants not where you want it to go. It’s at these times that the mind is able to organize all that you have put in to the memory banks. To access all of the experiences that you have had. It’s at this time that it is able to pull together connections that we never even imagined existed. It’s why you wake up in the middle of the night with a brilliant idea that’s crystal clear. It’s why this same idea disappears instantaneously when you try and think about it.
While I don’t know how the mind does what it does, I do know that until you are able to get it to ignore everything it won’t be free to find it’s way to the insights that are hiding within. That’s why it’s so important to take time to rest and relax. To clear your mind and let it tell you what’s next versus you telling it what’s next.
With that in mind:
Isn’t it about time you told your mind to do nothing for a few moments?
As always, thanks for the time.
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