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When the mind is at peace
"When the mind is at peace,
the world too is at peace.
Nothing real, nothing absent.
Not holding on to reality,
not getting stuck in the void,
you are neither holy nor wise,
just an ordinary fellow who has completed his work."
P'ang Yun (Layman P'ang
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Talking To The self
When you talk to yourself in your mind, which self do you address? And how?
Usually people do not talk to their divinity, but to the most superficial aspects of their everyday personality. And often its a stream of fears, complaints and mindless repetition of old things. If we talked that way to another human being, we would have to apologise.
Learning to talk properly to the self is a spiritual endeavour. Thoughts from the past and worries about the future do not create good conversation.
Instead learn to talk to your mind as if it were a child. Talk to it with love. If you just force a child to sit down, he won't. A good mother knows how to prompt her child into doing what she wants.
Be a good mother to your mind, teach it good, positive thoughts so that when you tell it to sit quietly, it will.
Love your mind. Stay happy.
(Dadi Janki)
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Tread Lightly
"Tread lightly upon this earth, seeing, understanding but never imposing. Thoughtful, independent, be gracious in victory and defeat. Free of possessiveness, so ease of mind sweetens relationships.
Like the scent of a rose the untroubled spirit imparts a lasting fragrance."
Quieting the Mind is a Choice
"If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never hold onto a negative thought. I don't eat junk foods and I don't think junk thoughts."
~~Peace Pilgrim~~
"There are three kinds of people. There are those that are not aware that they are having a mental conversation with themselves in their head all the time. If you ask them "What are you thinking about?" they won't remember what they were thinking about just a couple ofseconds ago.
"There are three kinds of people. There are those that are not aware that they are having a mental conversation with themselves in their head all the time. If you ask them "What are you thinking about?" they won't remember what they were thinking about just a couple ofseconds ago.
Then there are those who know they have mental self-talk, but they are unable to control its direction and unable to turn it off.
Finally, a small fraction of the population can turn it off completely. These are the masters. They have managed this feat simply by CHOOSING to. They have chosen to quiet the mind and become aware. Their mind is consistently where their body is...
The only way the mind can be where the body is... is by being quiet and simply observing without commenting or judging. As long as we are operating with the self-talk on automatic, we are bound to repeat the same path, the same choices, the same errors, over and over again. This is because there is nothing new or fresh in our mental shuffle. By allowing our old self-talk programming to run unchecked, 95% of some 50,000 thoughts we have everyday, are repetitive.
People think that their thinking is what helps them, but thinking is like any other tool. The right amount of it at the right time is useful, but too much can be damaging, if not outright destructive at times. We probably need to think about 10% of the time only..no more. Making a point of auditing our thoughts,at intervals, so as to see what precisely we are thinking about, is the best thing we could do for ourselves. ."
On the outside, see the world as it is, without commentary and judgement.
The only way the mind can be where the body is... is by being quiet and simply observing without commenting or judging. As long as we are operating with the self-talk on automatic, we are bound to repeat the same path, the same choices, the same errors, over and over again. This is because there is nothing new or fresh in our mental shuffle. By allowing our old self-talk programming to run unchecked, 95% of some 50,000 thoughts we have everyday, are repetitive.
People think that their thinking is what helps them, but thinking is like any other tool. The right amount of it at the right time is useful, but too much can be damaging, if not outright destructive at times. We probably need to think about 10% of the time only..no more. Making a point of auditing our thoughts,at intervals, so as to see what precisely we are thinking about, is the best thing we could do for ourselves. ."
On the outside, see the world as it is, without commentary and judgement.
Please share your views.
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Inner Security
"Security, everyone knows, is a major concern in life. Security concerns have many facets i.e. one's place of living should be protected from elements of nature, protection from internal as well external threats etc. Then one should be financially secure too, in order to meet one's daily needs as well as have enough for a rainy day.
While acknowledging the importance and need for all these facets of security, let us remember there is one facet of security in the absence of which all other facets of security would not be able to serve their ultimate purpose (called peace, happiness or fulfilment). This vital facet lies in being able to have inner security.
It is quite an irony of our times that while we seek to fortify our life from without, we just do not care a fig as to what is happening within our mind. It is an amusing fact of life that while we are very wise and careful in matters concerning money, we are so careless and casual about matters relating to our inner life.
We forget that most problems of life have their inner origin and thus need an inner solution rather than tinkering with outer fixing. We are quick to complain, for instance, about increasing violence and unrest in the world but rarely, if ever, do we look into the violence that exists in our mind. With so much of hostility within, what else can we expect to happen outside?
While we live in spiritual slum called our impure minds, we construct impressive structures outside.
While acknowledging the importance and need for all these facets of security, let us remember there is one facet of security in the absence of which all other facets of security would not be able to serve their ultimate purpose (called peace, happiness or fulfilment). This vital facet lies in being able to have inner security.
It is quite an irony of our times that while we seek to fortify our life from without, we just do not care a fig as to what is happening within our mind. It is an amusing fact of life that while we are very wise and careful in matters concerning money, we are so careless and casual about matters relating to our inner life.
We forget that most problems of life have their inner origin and thus need an inner solution rather than tinkering with outer fixing. We are quick to complain, for instance, about increasing violence and unrest in the world but rarely, if ever, do we look into the violence that exists in our mind. With so much of hostility within, what else can we expect to happen outside?
While we live in spiritual slum called our impure minds, we construct impressive structures outside.
To know what is happening in our minds, we need to develop inner detectors and radars.
Protecting oneself from within requires a sharp mind. It is not what we profess to be but we really are. What we are deep within only we know.
Inner chamber consists of not only our deepest thoughts and convictions but also our intentions, expressed or unexpressed.
One requires a refined mind to detect what is happening within the mind. This is why all spiritual masters lay so much emphasis on purity of mind. The purer a mind, the greater is the possibility of understanding and controlling it.
One requires a refined mind to detect what is happening within the mind. This is why all spiritual masters lay so much emphasis on purity of mind. The purer a mind, the greater is the possibility of understanding and controlling it.
Impure mind is a past master in creating false grounds for continuing its present state of being."What do you think?
Source: An article from R.K Math Magazine
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Mind Your 'Mind'
"The mind is amazing.It is a great mystery.Very few people have been able to understand its powers and potential.It stands between an individual and the Supreme Truth and is cause of bondage and liberation. If properly trained, the mind can help us attain enlightenment,but if misguided, it can leave us in the midst of confusion and bondage.
As we all know that the mind, like the wind, can move in any direction i.e. negative or positive ,creative or destructive, and has a power of creating and weaving world of illusions around us.So peace, strife, confusion, happiness etc are all reflection of the state of mind.
The mind,therefore, has to be exercised daily, just as the body, in order to discipline it.As we are aware, our mind is the source of thought energy and thoughts emerge ceaselessly and create worlds of its own. It becomes, therefore, important not only to control it but to divert its energies to positive and constructive direction.The mind has to be reminded continuously that world out side is unreal and ever changing. Human body is also perishable.Pursuit of this world will only bring sorrow and emptiness.Once it realises the fallacious belief about the ever changing world, it starts becoming aligned with the self within.Once this happens, positive and nobler feelings of love and compassion start emanating from the mind and this is the sign that our higher self, i.e. the soul, is now in control of our being."
As we all know that the mind, like the wind, can move in any direction i.e. negative or positive ,creative or destructive, and has a power of creating and weaving world of illusions around us.So peace, strife, confusion, happiness etc are all reflection of the state of mind.
The mind,therefore, has to be exercised daily, just as the body, in order to discipline it.As we are aware, our mind is the source of thought energy and thoughts emerge ceaselessly and create worlds of its own. It becomes, therefore, important not only to control it but to divert its energies to positive and constructive direction.The mind has to be reminded continuously that world out side is unreal and ever changing. Human body is also perishable.Pursuit of this world will only bring sorrow and emptiness.Once it realises the fallacious belief about the ever changing world, it starts becoming aligned with the self within.Once this happens, positive and nobler feelings of love and compassion start emanating from the mind and this is the sign that our higher self, i.e. the soul, is now in control of our being."
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