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March 30, 2008
The Matter With Mind Over Matter
I sometimes find it interesting when it comes to writing that I flow with whatever comes into my mind. In a way it becomes a cathartic release of sorts and allows me to move what was beforehand in my mind onto paper, or e-paper, so to speak and in that way get it out of my head.
I know I've written about this subject before in another of my blog articles, but it's a good thing worth repeating. That is, each of us needs time to process whatever it is that we need to process, and using whatever medium we can or do have at our disposal is usually one way to go about processing the electrons firing in our head, and making them productive in some outer way.
Usually and hopefully not at the harm of another though. That's not productive. But find a way that allows for the release of whatever it is you find in your head and you'll do fine.
I'm tempted to begin with whatever comes to mind when it comes to writing this article. But that's okay as this is what needs to be raised at the time it needs to be written. There is nothing wrong with saying what needs to be said, especially when that saying is something that needs to be said and shared and expressed.
Expression is the will of the One and that is what one needs to know as for the expression of what is necessary. There is nothing sacred about expressing what is on one's mind. It is in there for a reason and the expression of it is what needs to be maintained and used to allow for a clearing of sorts from the mind and out of the head. This release is good for the mind and the soul overall. It is something that one needs and should be using to ensure that whatever is being said is what needs to be expressed.
You see, there is a certain way in which the mind works. And when we allow it to have its say then it shows us what it is that we need to see but heretofore were not allowing ourselves to know about. There is amazing potential and latent power in what is stored in each of our minds and in our heads and when one allows oneself to come in contact with that power, that energy, the using of it can prove just as powerful and useful to a larger extent.
Don't let what is going on inside your mind scare you. It wants to help you. It wants to show you that there is another way to exist in the world and if you'll let the expression of the ideas and thoughts that are up in your head be expressed then you'll know what it is that you need to see to help you with whatever it is you might be struggling with now.
You see, we might think that we know it all and that whatever we see and know is all that needs to be known. But that simply isn't the case.
How many times have you woken up from a sleep and found yourself just not feeling quite right but not knowing why? You went to sleep the night before feeling rather good and prepared for the coming morning. But then upon waking you realize that there is something that feels out of place inside.
That is what is speaking to you and desires expression. Something happened between the time you went to sleep and the moment you woke up. What was that happening?
'You' weren't there, that's what was happening.
You weren't in the way to not allow your mind to process whatever it was that it needed to process. Your mind spoke to you through the night and perhaps helped you see things and dream things and remember things that you don't want to or can't remember during your waking hours. And now that those seemingly unpalatable realizations were stirred around during the night, you wake up feeling disturbed and 'not quite right'.
But this is perfectly normal - as long as you know that your mind is trying to tell you something. It's speaking to you. Or rather, Spirit is speaking to you. Only it's not using words. It wants you to know what it is that it is sharing. If only you'll listen you'll do yourself a world of good.
You see, what happens during sleep is the ego, the overinflated sense of self, is no longer there. We're all raw, pure, and mentally naked so-to-speak when we're sleeping. There's no 'I' getting in the way of what it is that we truly need.
And because that mental clearing occurred it's best that you do what you can to process what it is that is happening each night. And by processing it I mean listening to the space inside of you that feels not too right upon wakening. It's speaking to you. It's telling you that you have been working on something that is happening irrespective of your mind. Spirit is speaking to you.
And your work is to listen to that telling.
That's key to reducing the amount of days that one wakes up feeling out of sorts. That is how to start the process of no longer wakening to that feeling that something isn't right.
That is how to ensure that those mornings where you don't feel on top of your game are reduced.
I don't think they'll ever be eliminated because that is part of the lifelong process of living. But, I believe they can be reduced. But only by listening to the speaking that is being spoken while one sleeps.
And then having enough wherewithal to heed the words that you are telling you.
You are dreaming. You are processing what is in your mind. It's your sleep time. No one else's. You have to honor that process and allow it to tell you and show you what it is that you need to work on.
Are you willing to do that? It doesn't take much work. Just go to sleep tonight and don't resist what you remember tomorrow morning. Think about it. Remember it. Hang onto it and let it show you the golden nuggets of insights that you're being given each and every night in your mind.
Eventually your days will become more golden too. Sweet. So sweet.
Written by Andre Best
President, Ultimate Results, Inc.
http://www.andrebest.com
'Learn About Life From Another Perspective'
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March 17, 2008
What You Do Not Know You Do Not Know About Life
Life is the most amazing mystery at times. Why? Because it does such a great job of hiding from us when we seek it, and showing up right in our face when we least want to expect it. But struggle as we do, we can't avoid it. It's always there. Waiting. Waiting to show us what it is that we need to know, but are usually unwilling to heed.
But, as we all know, Life goes on. It continues to slowly creep forward, with us as its usual unwilling participants, because we know better than it does as far as what's good for us. And what's good for those around us. Right?
How dare Life hide underneath that experience. Or within that event. Or not show its face to us throughout that struggle. Really.
I mean come on - I prayed, didn't I?
I begged and pleaded and hoped and bargained, and tricked my way to thinking that I could somehow convince Life that what I was asking for and surely knew that I wanted in that Life event was what I really needed. Didn't I?
And yet if only Life would see it my way, well, then everything would be just fine and dandy.
We've all been there. Many times. Haven't we? I know I have.
I have many a time found myself thinking that the lesson being brought to me couldn't be, absolutely shouldn't be, the lesson in the event that was just what I needed to know at the time. After all, it couldn't be, because I knew better than the Universe, than Truth, than reality, than God, if you will.
Why shouldn't I have what it is that I want from the event that I'm finding myself going through? Why shouldn't things turn out the way I want them to? What's the harm in that? Why does it have to be the teaching that is so hard to see, instead of what it is that I want to have?
Life just isn't fair at times, is it?
You see, we all at one time or another get caught up too closely in ourselves. We think we know what is best for us. In actuality, and as I continue to age and pay attention to Life as it shows itself to me in the most mysterious ways, I know that Life is showing us exactly what it is we need to know, right when we need to know it. No more, no less.
But it's we who muddy up the waters so that we can't see the beauty in the offering Life presents. We get in our own way and don't pay attention to the inner workings inside of each of us.
As a wonderful spiritual teacher of mine, Vernon Howard, stated many years ago, "God/Truth/Reality is always speaking to you. You're just looking the other way." That's a very succinct way to put what is attempted to being relayed via these words of mine.
Life is there. It's in all of us. It's inside of us yet we don't want to truly know that. We would rather seek outside and then blame the outside event or person or circumstance for what it brings to us.
But, the real key here is to know that what it is that we truly seek, whether that be happiness, clarity, or insight - all of that is already inside of us. We just have to stop looking the other way, and then we'll see.
Then we'll know.
We have to stop looking outside, and turn our focus inside, and then we'll know what it is that is being shown to us.
If only we'll learn to pay attention to what is being shown, then we wouldn't find ourselves seeking out the advice of that next guru, or spiritual leader, or book, or movie, or scheme.
None of that is where Life is existing. Real life doesn't exist there. It exists in each and every one of us. There will be oh so many of us who don't want to pay attention to that fact though. And that's okay. Truth is not for the masses. Truth, Life is for those willing to do what it takes to see the truth of every matter.
It's not up to one who seeks Truth, and Life to assume that some-one, some-thing, some-event outside of them is the answer. It's not.
But, I know so many people, as it was for me for many, many years, will believe without a doubt that that must be the case. So many will believe that it can't be any other way. Truth has to be what is told to us. Truth has to be what is seen by the eyes. Truth has to be what is understood by the Mind.
No. No. And, no.
Truth is what is known by the Heart.
It's in the heart. And everyone has one, so everyone has Truth, Life, existing in them all the time. Every second of every day.
This is not rocket science. But it does take a keen person to be willing to let go of everything that has been picked up along the road of Life to-date. Said another way, one would benefit from putting down by the side of the road all of that baggage, including all the unnecessary assumptions, adopted beliefs, erroneous desires, and unfillable expectations that one presently holds so dearly inside of one-self.
Why? Because Life is not in any of that. That's anti-life. That's death. That's a living death on this plane. We'll all been there. We've all lived in that place for probably a long time now.
And now we have to understand that that is not where Life exists. Again, look inside. Don't force it. Don't figure it out.
Just know.
Know that what you seek, and have been seeking all of your life is inside of you. Always has been. Always will be.
There's no denying the truth of that fact, though you can and probably will try. But, even so, that won't change the Truth.
Life is in all of us. And it's not the life we can smell, see, or hear. It's a level of Life that is only known. It's not believed in. It's not understood.
It's known.
I know this is all sounding pretty wacky and a matter of profundity. But it is what it is.
As you may already know...I write what I write as I realize what I realize. Insights are what they are. And to know an insight of this type is a wonderful experience.
Never again is one living with the belief that one is alone in this world. Never again is one thinking that Life is happening independent of them. Never again is one wishing for Life to go 'their way'.
Why? Because that person knows that Life is always going whichever way that person is going. Always has been, always will.
It's an undeniable truth. Life is always present, everywhere, and in every one.
And that's a wonderful knowing. So, let me finish by asking you...
Are you willing to know what you already know, but don't know that you know?
Let me know when you know.
Written by Andre Best
President, Ultimate Results, Inc.
http://www.andrebest.com
'Learn About Life From Another Perspective'
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