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Wisdom of the Empty Mind
By Trinity Bourne | Contributing Writer for Wake Up World
Stilling the busy mind from incessant chatter creates breathing space for the soul to flood in. When the soul floods in, we catalyse our spiritual evolution. The wisdom of Higher Consciousness can then flow through to inspire our every waking moment.
Stilling the mind (or not)
Have you ever tried to still the mind? The conversation we have with ourselves might go something like this…
“Right! Relax, let go, think no thoughts”…
“I can do this”
“Think of nothing”
“Hmmm, bit of a whirlwind of activity in here”
“Dinner tonight” “what are the kids doing” “green tomatoes” “pink polka dots”
“What on earth am I thinking about green tomatoes for?”
“Oh no, I am thinking” “stop thinking about green tomatoes!”
“green tomatoes, green tomatoes, green tomatoes”
“Seriously? Is that the best I can do? Chill out!”
….. silence
….. silence
“Oh wow, that’s cool. I am not thinking”
“Blast, now I just thought that I wasn’t thinking!” “Ok, don’t think”
“So how am I about that situation tomorrow anyway?’
“Stop thinking about tomorrow!”
“Tomorrow! Tomorrow! Tomorrow!”
“SHUT UP! Right, no thoughts”
“Ah, I am letting go now. This is cool, I am not thinking about that appointment I have tomorrow”
“Oh man! I just thought tomorrow again”
“There is no tomorrow”
“Yes there is!”
“So what happened to those green tomatoes anyway?”
Trying not to think
I imagine that there are many more colourful internal dialogues than that one going on, although I am sure you get the drift. Trying not to think, with the same mind that created the thoughts in the first place, by nature, doesn’t usually work! Normally it just gives more energy to process of thought and leads to incessant chatter, frustration and thoughts that we didn’t even know we had in the first place.
Our ability to still the mind is one of the many challenging obstacles to evolving spiritually. If you are struggling to still the mind then, a really helpful key is to stop trying. Trying creates a state of effort and inner tightness which does anything but still the mind! It is more likely to send it into over drive.
Source: http://philosophers-stone.co.uk/wordpress/2014/06/wisdom-of-the-empty-mind/
