Many people know what its like to think a lot, to feel restless and even torn between perceived options. You can be sitting somewhere and feeling tension about doing or not doing. You may ask how to make this stop, even wonder how to liberate the mind. Consider these five tips to notice nothing and everything that matters;
1. Pay closer attention- rather than give in to ignoring the situation or listening to your desire to escape, notice this invitation to recognize something the body is telling you about yourself. What is the underlying reason for your self-doubt, fear or contemplative behaviour? Consider imbalance or negativity invite shift of attention.
2. Notice what you say to yourself- your word choices reveal a lot about self-worth and self-acceptance. Consider the mind does not know you as well as it leads you to believe. It distracts you from core instincts and inner knowing by creating beliefs that make you think you are less than you are. See the ego agenda for what it is.
3. Feel the nature of the situation- the experience perceived by the mind with its attitudes and sense of history has nothing to do with feeling reality. You experience what you think about. So, if you wish to change a situation, begin by shifting what you see in it. Listen to your intuition. What does this feel like? How can it help you?
4. Let go of struggle- the more you struggle, the more limited your awarenes and heavier you feel. As tenstion mounts, emotional reactions also tend to get out of control. Frustration and self-criticism distort what other parts of you discern with clarity. As you let go of struggle, you discover nothing to struggle about.
5. Assume nothing is missing- the reference for what is real is in the mind and emotions until your sense of what's real arises from the ground of being. From this point, the reference for how you function shifts. Only the fear-based mind notices anything is missing. The soul only knows perfection, love and acceptance now. Consider what is conditioned and innate and how it feels to let go of what you outgrow.
"Love is when he gives you a piece of your soul, that you never knew was missing."
-Torquato Tasso