Thought for the Week
Travelling from our physical to our inner worlds, sounds like a really cool experience, doesn't it? It is, but it is also true to say we are doing it all the time. By moving our attention from here, our physical world, to our inner thoughts, we have travelled to our inner world.
When would we to do this?
We do this inner travel whenever we move our attention from our physical to our inner worlds. It could be planning a trip to the shops or to the other side of the planet, finding a solution to a challenge or just daydreaming. There are many situations which suit inner travel such as:
While doing a repetitive task or job, can be an ideal opportunity to explore some topic or subject within ourselves. Our mind and body can manage the task once we get into the rhythm of it. Then we can daydream about anything we wish.
Another opportunity to explore within is while doing something that is almost automatic, like driving on a route we know well. A friend who drives regularly as part of his job uses his driving time not only to travel from place to place but also to travel within and explore subjects within his imagination. He often arrives at his destination without recalling the details of getting there.
Sleeping is obviously a time where we are definitely not in the physical world but in our dream worlds. We spend our time reconnecting with our inner selves as well as living, learning and experiencing our inner worlds.
Daydreaming is one of the things we do where we can obviously see that we have moved from our current physical world to a different location in our imagination.
Finding a solution to a problem, is another situation which calls for us to leave our physical world and explore the inner worlds. As we search for a solution to a challenge we look at various scenarios and options in our mind. Using our imagination we create possible solutions and examine what may happen if we put them into action. We judge the reaction of those actions and make a decision based on what we see within us.
Being creative, trying to come up with a new idea or develop a new solution to a subject, calls for us to use our creative imagination. We explore the subject from different aspects in our imagination to find a new way of dealing with it.
Brainstorming is generally a group effort to explore our inner worlds. We throw out ideas which spark more ideas and when they are combined they can result in a creative solution to the challenge facing us.
Necessity, needing something can spark our imaginations to creatively explore new areas for a solution. The axiom, ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’ hints at the fact that we become inventive and use our imagination so that we invent a solution for our need.
Ways to travel
So now we have a variety of ways to travel within ourselves. We have always had these methods available to us, but now that we are a little more aware of what is really happening, we can gain more from the experience and get closer to the happy part of ourselves.
We may notice that while we are in our inner worlds we are little bit more content, our attention has moved away from any negative aspects of our physical world. That’s because we are using a part of ourselves which is closer to Soul, which lives in the Now, constantly. We are close to our true selves, Soul.
Enjoy your travels.
*Ed Parkinson
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