Thought for the Week
To get a better understanding of ourselves we need to look at the different parts within us, our spiritual make up or anatomy. With a clearer idea of how we work we can begin to find jewels of wisdom and insight which can help us become a happier person.
If you are sitting down reading this, you will be using the eyes of your physical body. Your emotions are listening for ideas that will be pleasant or upsetting. Your memories are watching for words and concepts it has come across in the past, so it can compare them to what you are now reading. Your mind is reading the words to make sense, so that you can understand them. Your subconscious is making suggestions as to how you should react. Soul, the real you, is observing the whole process and giving our subconscious ideas, possibilities and creative ways to use what you are reading.
Having a physical body requires us to look after it and ensure it survives. Our mind is a major player in ensuring our survival. It analyses situations around us and provides systematic solutions and options for what to do next. If we get into the habit of relying on this system to run our lives, the mind can hide gems of wisdom from Soul in the earth it turns over looking for hard logical solutions.
The Art of Training the Mind
Our mind is a great tool for handling the regular tasks and situations we meet everyday. It is good for working out logical problems but it tends to make a mess of messages from Soul, unless we train it correctly. The mind is the thing most of us have trouble getting past, so that we can use the inspiration coming from Soul.
Training the mind to allow Soul’s messages come through is more of an art than a mental technique. The messages come as hunches, intuition and a sense of knowing. They are not logical which means the mind can't put them in a box and process them like it does with messages we receive from our physical world. We have to turn up our awareness so that we can catch them on arrival into our consciousness. Our awareness needs to catch them before our mind gets them. When the mind gets them, it will immediately start to analyse and break them into bits, put them into a framework and present a number of logical options. The trouble with our Soul messages is that they often don't make logical sense, but they feel right. In our heart we know they are the right thing to do. The challenge for us is to get our mind to accept something that isn't logical.
Non-logical Decisions
All we have to do is get the mind into the habit of accepting our non-logical decisions. Next time you get the feeling that you should call a friend, do it. Don't let the mind's logical reasons put you off. It may say things like "They won't be home, it's the wrong time to call and I’ve no real reason to call". The mind will try to convince you it is not the thing to do. You will have to give your mind a reason why you are doing something illogical. You could say to yourself, “I know this doesn't make sense but I'm going to try it anyway". This type of argument should quieten the mind for a while, although you may need to repeat it a few times until you've completed the task.
A New Treasure
As Soul is the happy, contented and spiritual part of our selves, it is our source of happiness. The mind can come up with solutions which will make us happy for a while but they never last long. Soul is happy and if we can dig a way through the mind to Soul, we will be rewarded with gems of wisdom, pearls of happiness and jewels of insight.
The next time you see the sparkle of an insight, intuition or a hunch, which feels right, catch it and make the most of it. Act on it or use the insight. It will be the beginning of a new treasure in your life.
*Ed Parkinson
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