In the scenery of my mind

Where my mind goes... that is what I become... this is what I am

The sun is a suitable image for positive thinking.

The visualization described below uses a sunlit landscape as a comparison for the four levels of thoughts we create: positive, necessary, waste and negative. It can be used to increase your percentage of positive thoughts everyday.

Through these levels the soul has the opportunity to create its internal experiences and finally its external behaviour, its action.

Visualize a beautiful valley with a lake, forested foothills and high mountains rising up into the clouds. This is the landscape of your mind.

Your position in this landscape and the form in which you are displayed depends on the quality of your thoughts.

Are you a fish swimming in the muddy depths of the lake (negative thoughts)?
Are you a frog jumping back and forth from the shore to the lake, wasting time (wasteful thoughts)?

Are you a human, wandering into the forest to gather food and build a shelter (necessary thoughts)? Or the sun, which sustains (nourishes) all life on earth (positive thoughts)?


Points to Reflect upon:

Which position and form do you prefer to have in the landscape of your mind?

What is it that prevents you reaching this position and whose choice is it?

Today, what is your internal plan of action for reaching this position and what kind of fuel is necessary for this journey? Where do you plan to find this fuel?

Bon Voyage!

Escaping ... Part A'

Growing up a child will observe how adults invent numerous forms of escape from their daily routine, and eventually will start imitating them.. Sooner or later these pleasant pastimes become a source of limitation,addiction and finally pain…

Nature
Can nature itself actually be a form of escapism? If so,why?

"Because deep down I don't really want to change anything within myself. I can't stand the frenetic pace of life and the people around me… I just want to get my fill of peace, quick and easy…"

This attitude will make me sad each time I return to the city; it will make me oversensitive and/or sarcastic. It will make me forget that happiness in life comes when I honestly share the fruits of my progress and spiritual endeavor. This, however, can only be achieved on the field of relationship, and by overcoming its inherent challenges attain peace of mind.

Is there such thing as 'failure' ?

What is failure?
When I say 'I've failed' what do I really mean? Usually when we are attached to specific results we tend to see processes and people in a very superficial way.

And that is convenient:quick and easy like fast-food … but this has a deeper cost: we lose the pure connection with things and people – we lose the purity of the relationship with our mind and our words.

What is 'failure' signalling me…?