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Are You "Spiritually-Minded"?
First, let’s look at the concept of a ‘mind’. Where is it? Can you point to it? Can it be surgically isolated? Even though you cannot indicate its whereabouts physically, you do understand that you have one, or more precisely, that you use one. It’s more than your brain, isn’t it?
The truth is that you actually have two if we consider two very important aspects or states of mind separately, the objective or conscious mind, and the subjective or subconscious mind. The conscious mind thinks it knows and the subconscious mind knows. So, it’s tricky.
Good news! It is impossible to have a ‘mind by-pass’ although many people behave as though it is not. Everything you think creates. It’s that simple. If that doesn’t clean up our mental acts, I don’t know what would!
OK, so, if every thought is creative, why does every thought not manifest? It’s a question of where you let your mind rest most frequently. Consider what would happen if every thought you had all day manifested:
I wish I had a sailboat
I think I’ll sell everything and hitchhike around the world.
No one likes me.
Everybody wants something from me.
This job is too boring. I wish it were more exciting.
No one will every marry me.
I think that person finds me attractive.
I’m never eating chocolate again.
I wish I had a pound of Turtles right now.
Sound like a familiar inner dialogue for you? If every thought manifested, chaos would reign. Sometimes, it seems chaos does. That’s because the conscious mind is unfocused. The direction the conscious mind gives to the subconscious is fractured, contradictory and inconsistent. When OUR thoughts are chaotic, our life is chaotic…because all thoughts are creative.
Truly ‘spiritually-minded’ people understand the title of my book, What You Pay Attention to Expands.
When you understand how your mind and Mind—Universal Mind, Infinite Supply, Divine Source, God—works, you know that within you is a creative field called the subjective mind that is a mental law. That’s where we get the idea that positive thinking is a good idea.
Only hold in mind what it is that you want to be, do and have. It’s important to note: Particularly eliminate any thoughts about things you do not want. The subconscious mind works in pictures and it does not have a picture for abstract words like ‘not’. Create word, as well as mental, pictures of what you want. Scriptures for most major spiritual traditions say the same thing about our thoughts:
BIBLE: “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, and of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”
BUDDHIST Dhammapada: “We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thought. With our thoughts we make the world.”
HINDU UPANISHADS: “One’s own thought is one’s world. What a person thinks is what he becomes—That is the eternal mystery.”
CHINESE ZEN MASTER HUANG-PO: “When thoughts arise, then do all things arise. When thoughts vanish, then do all things vanish….”
Being truly ‘spiritually-minded’ means holding in mind the beliefs, values and principles that we choose—all the time. The mind dwells on spiritual matters. That’s possible at all times. No need to go into a cave or cloister. Take the time each day to direct your mind to what is most important to you. Lift your thoughts to how you most want to be and be it everywhere every minute. Focus on what you want and eliminate all thought of what you wish to avoid.
It takes time, focus and attention. Become spiritually-minded and see what a difference it makes!
© Rhoberta Shaler, PhD
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Rhoberta Shaler, PhD, a noted international speaker and author, is the founder of Your Spiritual Home, a worldwide center for Practical Spirituality & Everyday Myth. Her mission is “To uplift, inspire and motivate people worldwide to find joy, peace and success on their own terms”. She is the author of ‘Optimize Your Day: Practical Wisdom for Optimal Living’ & ‘Wrestling Rhinos: Conquering Conflict in the Wilds of Work’ as well as many other books and audio programs.
You can receive her e-book, ‘No Limits! No Doubts! No Kidding!” by visiting www.YourSpiritualHome.com/cmd.php?ad=193426
The truth is that you actually have two if we consider two very important aspects or states of mind separately, the objective or conscious mind, and the subjective or subconscious mind. The conscious mind thinks it knows and the subconscious mind knows. So, it’s tricky.
Good news! It is impossible to have a ‘mind by-pass’ although many people behave as though it is not. Everything you think creates. It’s that simple. If that doesn’t clean up our mental acts, I don’t know what would!
OK, so, if every thought is creative, why does every thought not manifest? It’s a question of where you let your mind rest most frequently. Consider what would happen if every thought you had all day manifested:
I wish I had a sailboat
I think I’ll sell everything and hitchhike around the world.
No one likes me.
Everybody wants something from me.
This job is too boring. I wish it were more exciting.
No one will every marry me.
I think that person finds me attractive.
I’m never eating chocolate again.
I wish I had a pound of Turtles right now.
Sound like a familiar inner dialogue for you? If every thought manifested, chaos would reign. Sometimes, it seems chaos does. That’s because the conscious mind is unfocused. The direction the conscious mind gives to the subconscious is fractured, contradictory and inconsistent. When OUR thoughts are chaotic, our life is chaotic…because all thoughts are creative.
Truly ‘spiritually-minded’ people understand the title of my book, What You Pay Attention to Expands.
When you understand how your mind and Mind—Universal Mind, Infinite Supply, Divine Source, God—works, you know that within you is a creative field called the subjective mind that is a mental law. That’s where we get the idea that positive thinking is a good idea.
Only hold in mind what it is that you want to be, do and have. It’s important to note: Particularly eliminate any thoughts about things you do not want. The subconscious mind works in pictures and it does not have a picture for abstract words like ‘not’. Create word, as well as mental, pictures of what you want. Scriptures for most major spiritual traditions say the same thing about our thoughts:
BIBLE: “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, and of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”
BUDDHIST Dhammapada: “We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thought. With our thoughts we make the world.”
HINDU UPANISHADS: “One’s own thought is one’s world. What a person thinks is what he becomes—That is the eternal mystery.”
CHINESE ZEN MASTER HUANG-PO: “When thoughts arise, then do all things arise. When thoughts vanish, then do all things vanish….”
Being truly ‘spiritually-minded’ means holding in mind the beliefs, values and principles that we choose—all the time. The mind dwells on spiritual matters. That’s possible at all times. No need to go into a cave or cloister. Take the time each day to direct your mind to what is most important to you. Lift your thoughts to how you most want to be and be it everywhere every minute. Focus on what you want and eliminate all thought of what you wish to avoid.
It takes time, focus and attention. Become spiritually-minded and see what a difference it makes!
© Rhoberta Shaler, PhD
------------------------------------------------
Rhoberta Shaler, PhD, a noted international speaker and author, is the founder of Your Spiritual Home, a worldwide center for Practical Spirituality & Everyday Myth. Her mission is “To uplift, inspire and motivate people worldwide to find joy, peace and success on their own terms”. She is the author of ‘Optimize Your Day: Practical Wisdom for Optimal Living’ & ‘Wrestling Rhinos: Conquering Conflict in the Wilds of Work’ as well as many other books and audio programs.
You can receive her e-book, ‘No Limits! No Doubts! No Kidding!” by visiting www.YourSpiritualHome.com/cmd.php?ad=193426
Posted on 01 Jun 2007 by Editor1
