A clear mind will be open to new thoughts.
People learn things in different ways. Some can hear something once, and it will
stick with them for the rest of their life.
Others need repetition. I’ve also
seen people learn through chanting, yoga, meditation, third eye, and other
rituals. The objective is to move the
idea or belief to the permanent memory part of the brain. If you are of the ones who can learn
something by hearing or reading it once, great, use that to your
advantage. If you need repetition, you might
want to cut and paste the parts of this source that you want to apply in your
life. If you are already chanting, doing
yoga, meditating, and it is working for you, also great, take that and run with
it. There
are the occasional instances when a person learns because a situation
presents itself,and the person learns from that, so yes, it is possible
to learn a lesson from one instance. For those who are new to this, and
need some kind of guidance, I can offer what has worked for me.
The main objective is to clear your mind of distractions –
especially those pesky thoughts that seem to find their way in without your
permission. For me, it’s the thoughts of
all the people who have done crappy things to me. Other times it’s my short term plans for life
– what am I going to do and how am I going to do it – they fly through my brain
at lightening speed. Whatever those
thoughts are, clearing your mind of them is the first step towards learning. Like anything else, it takes practice, take
as long as you need to arrive at a clear mind – a week, a month, two months, or
whatever it takes for you as an individual.
I’ll make it a goal to take two sittings per day. This will not always be possible, but, keep
in mind, some of the things you’re doing now, may not be as important as your
health. If you’re watching TV three hours
a day, well, simple answer, same goes for video games, partying, things that
may seem important right now, that may not be once you give it some
thought. Don’t stress if you miss a
session, but, also remember that when you’re starting something new, it will
take on average two weeks to six weeks to get yourself to the point where it’s
part of your day, and even where you start to enjoy it. At first it may be drudgery, but I promise,
keep at it for two to six weeks (depending on the person), and the drudgery
will disappear.
Ok, first, I try to find the time of day where there are
the least distractions – for me, it’s before I get out of bed, and before I go
to bed, and I like to spend anywhere from ten to thirty minutes each session. I like to do a ritual (I use that term
lightly), twice a day, that goes something like this: I lay in my bed, on my back, smooth out the
creases, and try to have my weight distributed evenly – so that no part of my
body has any strain or distracting positioning.
Eyes closed, I concentrate on a spot behind my forehead – figuratively where
the front of my brain would be. I
believe that not far behind that point, there is the part of the brain where
the live part meets the dormant part – the part we haven’t opened up yet at
this point in our evolution (not monkey to human evolution, but the evolution
of life). My conscious thought is to
wake up the part of the brain where the healing is, and where the blueprint is –
the part that knows the balance of the body, and where the immune system
is. These parts of our brains have been
stifled – again, because of all the bad information. We need to put the immune system into
operational mode – at the point of evolution that it should be. Once I’m relaxed and mostly clear of
distracting thoughts, I speak to the dormant part, telling it to wake up and do
what it’s designed to do – which is to rid my body of anything that doesn’t
belong in it, and to repair imbalances and disorders. With my eyes closed, I see dark gray (doesn’t
mean that’s what needs to happen for you – you’ll see what you see – and
you’ll know when you’re in that state).
My own preference doesn’t demand dark or light, I’m fine either way, in
fact, maybe I do prefer light – light from the sun, not so much from artificial
sources. I’ll kinda take a little stroll
through the rest of my body, because there are cells in the blood that are part
of the immune system, when the master cylinder in the brain starts to become
active, it will communicate with the cells in the blood – those cells need to
be woken up too. These cells, along with
the master cylinder in the brain, are designed to do one thing and one thing
only – to rid the body of anything that doesn’t belong in it. All of this and then some is stored in the
sub atomic area – it’ll all there. I don’t
know the mechanics, I just know that it’s the only thing that makes sense – I don’t
know the source, I’m pretty sure we’ll never know the source, so I don’t waste
time thinking about that, I only think about what can help me here and now.
So, main objective – clear your mind – whether it be
through conventional ways mentioned, or through my ritual, or something you
come up with yourself. During the time
when your mind is mostly clear, that’s when you can allow the new thoughts to
enter – to lessen the anger or resentment, to “do your own thing” as opposed to
concerning yourself with what others are doing”, to no be concerned with what
others think of you, and whatever other ways you can think of to better your
life. I discuss and suggest some of
those things here, you’ll discover other sources – friends, acquaintances,
printed media, etc. Also understand that
you can learn from anything and anyone. Some
of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned have been from some of the most
unlikely people and sources. Best to
keep your mind open, not necessarily to “Think outside the box”, but to think
in terms of “There is no box”. Society
has put us in a box – you can trash that – free your thinking if you can – that
also takes practice. Keep this in mind,
you did not arrive at these crappy thoughts and habits in a month or two, it
took you all of your life to arrive at where you are – so take it easy on
yourself, understand that it’s like the proverbial mountain climb – the first
step might seem so small and insignificant, but it is definitely not. Think about the time when you were trying to
walk as a baby – your first step was huge, and while it may not appear so,
every step you’ve taken since has also been huge – AND, any step you take now
will be huge. The difference is, you’ve
been misled by bad information, fed to you by less than scrupulous people –
leading you to take steps in bad directions – directions that have not been
good for you. In this journey, some will
try desperately and maliciously to discourage you. This should tell you that you’re doing something
right.
That’s about it. Get
past the initial change of direction, and you’ll start to enjoy your time
working on yourself.
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