Preparation H Life Lesson; Meaningful Thoughts

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Do you ever find yourself doing things that could have easily been avoided, if only your focus was just a little more present in now? Whether it’s hurting yourself because you weren’t paying attention, or missing a turn because you were distracted by thoughts of the future, we tend to experience many moments where we bring about hardship, only because the mind wonders.

Would you imagine that we even miss out on major life opportunities as well, because of this distraction called mental clutter? Life opportunities don’t happen in the past, nor do they happen in the future, they always happen right now. So, in order for us to be available when they arrive, we might want to increase the amount of time we spend where they are present, which of course is right now.

It’s not so much that we say to ourselves, “okay focus on now,” because in a sense we are still trapped by thought in that moment, kinda like telling ourselves to think about thinking. Thinking about thinking doesn’t necessarily equal presence in now, the point I’m trying to make is to allow ones self to not be so disoriented by obsessive thought patterns. It’s more of a process of letting go of thought, not in the sense that one doesn’t think, but in the sense that one knows they don’t have to follow thought when it enters your mind.

The wondering mind is a mind that follows it’s thoughts because it feels it must do so; it creates a sense of ownership to thought, so it therefore tries to control it. You don’t control thought by trying to control thinking. You watch thought, and then understand it’s truth. As you do so, you will discover most of the thoughts you have, aren’t even true, and over time you will naturally discover there is no need to think such thoughts. It’s a process, not necessarily something that happens over night, it’s a life long journey; something that goes deeper as your understanding of truth increases.

Did you find genuine value within this post? If you did, then most likely you know someone else who will as well. I invite you to share the goodness!
Namaste -Tigmonk