The Mind is Blind. But the Heart is True.
It’s a great cliche of this age to say, think: “life is complicated. People are complicated”. I don’t think it is. I think that’s a cop out, a defense mechanism, an evasion.
Whenever we think life or people aware complicated, it’s a sign we’re overthinking it.
You’re rejected. You hurt. You immediately say: “why didn’t this person like me, want me?”. You don’t get that job, promotion. You immediately think: “what was wrong with me?”.
It’s understandable. We want to know “why”, because that way we think we can “improve”. But now we are only failing on a greater way.
Maybe that person didn’t want you because they’re superficial, shallow, ugly inside. Maybe you weren’t right for that job because you would have been miserable, unhappy. Who can say? There is no why. The why is not our job, is it? It’s theirs.
Now we are overthinking it. There are a million whys. We can never know which is true. Yet, the mind must pick one? Or else the anxiety goes on and on. So now you decide you weren’t pretty enough, handsome enough, rich enough. This is where mind-thinking always ends. It is looking for a cause, right? The cause must be in you. You are the problem.
What could you have done instead? Not overthought it. The mind is blind. But the heart is true.
Whenever we are overthinking it, we are also underfeeling and undersensing it, aren’t we? Our awareness can only be on one thing. If it’s on our minds, it’s not on our hearts and spirits. What we often call our “gut” or “intuition”, because that’s how and where they speak to us.
Our hearts and spirits don’t ask “why”. They just says “there is”, “this is”. They don’t need causes and effects. They say, “there is difference”, or “there is change”, not “I am rejected”.
Now you are not overthinking it. You’re not lost in the endless”whys” of the mind, that have no answer. Instead, you are free. Free to what?
If you stay still, and really listen, your heart and spirit will say: “this is a better way”, or “this person is right”. That is your path. But you can’t see it if you’re busy overthinking it in the first place.
Why are they always saying “there is”? They aren’t seeking causes and effects, remember? So what are they seeking? Love. The mind, ego, is attuned to the frequency of possession. The heart is attuned to the frequency of connection.
I don’t mean that in a sentimental way. Just in a simple one. You walk by a beautiful sunset, a flower, a crippled child. Your mind says, “this is a bright color, a plant, a useless person”. But your heart sings, soars, bursts open, right? They are tuned differently. And only one can really lead you.
When you learn to listen, really listen, to the gentle movements of your heart, then you will see that life and people are not complicated at all. They are the simplest things in being.
People are always just seeking love. And life is the defiant journey towards giving more and more of it. Freely, joyously, gratefully.
Now you look at the person and place that rejected you anew. You don’t see rejection. The hurt is gone. You feel that love is not arising. From them, not just you. Maybe you even feel what is stopping it. Fear, greed, pride. Now there is no hurt. What is there? Just a gentle sorrow, gratitude, forgiveness. Because you can see who, what they truly are.
Now you are becoming aware.
By not overthinking it, you have begun to really see everything around you. Because seeing with the mind is like watching life through broken glasses. Everything is distorted and fractured. Only seeing with the heart is pure and true.
What do we see in the end?
There is heartstopping beauty in all things. We are all on the journey home. All we can do is light each other’s ways. All this your heart already knows. So. All we are really seeking is all that we already know.
All you have to do is stop overthinking it. And be silent. So you can remember.
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