“A mind too active is no mind at all.” Theodore Roethke
I can relate to this quote on so many levels as I used to
consistently have so much on my mind, at one time, I’d get massive headaches.
Not so good. I was taught some very good meditations to help alleviate this
situation. The most effective one I was taught had everything to do with
allowing/letting go and nothing to do with control.
The basic premise of this meditation (l like to call it
Void) was to become still, and instead of trying to “control” my thoughts
(which is pretty much impossible anyway), I would let them flow in and then out
of my mind, never latching on long term to any specific thought. This way,
nothing ever got the chance to get stuck. I couldn’t take the opportunity to
ponder, linger or dwell upon any certain thoughts. What this allowed me to do,
was stay in the moment, which is where most of us trying to be anyway.
What this caused was a fantastic allowing and releasing of
energy that I had been clinging to. When I was able to allow that energy to
flow, instead of just clogging me up, it made it easier for me to be openly
receptive to my good, especially when it came to creative inspiration. Because
I wasn’t busy worrying about how things would come, they just came. Just some
food for thought.
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