I had a great conversation with a student yesterday about the concept of ‘control.’ She realized that most of her attempts to control her life were rooted in trying to control her external environment. In other words, she was trying to control her partner, friends, and pets.
You really gain nothing by trying to control others. In fact, it creates more drama in your life. The amount of external stimuli will build and build and you end up taking on more stress.
Rather than trying to control others when you feel out of control, how about doing something that will contribute to inner control?
Try meditating. It is your greatest source of internal control.
If meditation is not easy for you, I’ve created some MP3’s for you to follow along. There, you’ll find free downloads. Enjoy!
Reid Peterson
Meditate on feeling. The heart has its own poem. Meditate on feeling. Feel it rise from the unknown. Slow the running stream. Just sit and let it pool. Empty out your thoughts. Let the bowl become the meal. Empty out your thoughts. Let the nothing touch the real.
This was the last stanza of Brian Michael Tracy’spoem Meditate on Feeling. I particularly like the line let the bowl become the meal. It is a metaphor for the mind and body.
Too often we think we are our mind. We are much more than that. Talk to any body centered person and you will recognize how much wisdom they access from their body. It’s like learning a new language. And it is one you definitely want to learn!
Reid Peterson
Brian Michael Tracy’s poem continues…
Meditate on feeling. The heart has its own shore. Meditate on feeling. Bring the water to your oar. Gaze into the present. Through the prism of your eyes. Gaze into the present. For there is no more disguise.
I interpret this to live more in my body and be aware of the sensations that create the feeling of life.
This can be done by meditating. You can sit, go within, and just feel. You’ll probably learn more about your life in doing this vs watching educational programs, reading the paper, internet articles, or telling someone else all about yourself.
Reid Peterson
This is part of a poem written by Brian Michael Tracy. It is important for you to understand that meditation takes you to a deeper part of yourself. This is where you can articulate your feelings without the fear of any pain associated with how it feels.
Brian writes:
Meditate on feeling. The heart has its own song. Meditate on feeling. You are right where you belong. Contemplate believing. Trust day’s recurring night. Contemplate believing. Your inner vision is your light. Reflect upon receiving. The wine is there to taste.
Couldn’t have put it better myself.
Reid Peterson
Do you dance when you feel the music want to move you? Do you take breaks when you need to rest?
What keeps your world turning?
You may think the answers are acts of doing. You may be thinking of all the things you would like to get done today. Would that keep your world turning?
Your mind is doing more work than it needs to. If your physical health is not in tact, your world will stop turning. You need to take breaks and tap into the wisdom of your body.
You can do this by meditating.
It’s not that difficult and it is tremendously helpful. It will get you to experience inner peace and that is all you really need!
Reid Peterson
You just can’t do it all. You’ve got to take breaks, ask for help, and reduce the amount of what needs to get done in certain times.
How do you do this?
One answer.
Meditate.
Most of the “Junk” is made up in your mind. Meditating stores, organizes, and reduces the amount of junk. It’s as simple as that!
Anxiety is distress in the mind due to worry of futuristic events.
Take a mental break and meditate on this
This blog post is about the discipline to meditate. Too many times I have heard someone express the liking of the idea to meditate, but they have too many excuses not to.
Understand that if your life is “hectic” right now, this is the best time to meditate. Your mind loves to be hectic. It gets addicted to it. And when things are hectic, your mind will creatively and trickily do things to make life even more hectic.
The mind is like a monkey. It will playfully swing from branch to branch looking for the ripe banana. Life doesn’t always have ripe bananas Guess what happens when the mind keeps looking but life doesn’t have ripe bananas available?
Hecticness
Be disciplined to make the time to meditate. It somehow magically opens up more time in your schedule and you’ll feel more energy to achieve your tasks.
You’ve got nothing to lose but hecticness!
Reid
Manifest Creations
My friends,
If you are reading this, you are very lucky!
There’s a lot of self-help programs that are being marketed in a way that leads you to believe enlightenment can be yours, instantly.
That’s very dangerous and it sets you up for what is called “bypass.”
Bypass is the act of using spirituality to replace emotional and psychological wounding. It is a form of “giving it up to God” and then living in denial when your feelings are painful. Bypass is dangerous because it can mess with your mind, and create more emotional and psychological harm.
Now, I’m very spiritual and I have nothing against praying and asking for help from something greater than us. I’m only warning you to be responsible for your emotions. Yes, it hurts, Yes, it’s hard. And Yes, it is your ticket to growing, maturing, gaining wisdom and self love.
So the next time you pray for guidance, communicate with the angels, talk to spirits, or whatever, know that you need to DO something within yourself; your own body and mind needs to take responsibility and action.
Reid
Are you a people person? Do you find yourself enjoying the company of others?
If so, are you your true self when with other people?
Last night, I attended a lecture given by a person who claims she lives from a place of “Love consciousness.” She said she was at a higher vibration and her daily experience was unconditional self love.
I thought “Wow, what a great place to be! Unconditionally loving myself, all the time.”
Something got me to wonder though… If she is unconditionally loving herself, all the time, what does she do to nurture herself?
So I asked.
Her answer was what helped me understand the importance of being authentic.
She replied with things I should do to unconditionally love myself. She never answered my question. Her response was enough for me to understand that she was not authentic. She was a business woman, selling her product (book).
What a disappointment!
I understand that she needs to make a living. I realize that she is trying to help others. What I don’t understand is why she preaches “taking off our masks” when she continues to wear hers.
Do you wear the mask in the presence of others?
Try something risky-fun today. The next time you ask someone how they are, if they say “good” or “great” when the look on their face is very different, call them out on it. Tell them you don’t believe them.
Be authentic in the moment and see what happens. You’ll thank me for it.
Reid
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