On a clear day, we can see forever. It is similar with a mind when there is stillness, calmness, openness. A mind at ease is a mind that can be sensitive to the surrounds and have clarity of thought yet, how often do we experience this? How often do we explore how the mind works and see if we can tune it, tweak it to perform better, faster, more effectively and efficiently? I know that I do not spend enough time on this.
Clarity of thought feeds speed of thought but the obstacles in front create a maze to be negotiated and overcome whilst on the journey toward our final decision, our conclusion. Of course, the end thought is just the beginning of the next and their may be no clear delineation between one and the next. How I tend to experience is more of a constant stream with various speeds of flow and noise in the system. Sometimes I can control the flow and the direction, sometimes it carries me wherever it chooses.
The times I am in control are when I am able to take pieces to focus on and turn over and over to investigate what makes it important but, when the flow begins, it is when I am free to create, free to travel between points without a focus in mind. Both positions have their place in my toolbox and they can switch between very quickly, especially when emotions get involved.
I find that the emotions upset the waters and add barriers that drive thoughts into narrow channels where the waters rush and if not careful, one can become consumed , drowned in thought, unable to keep head above water. Overtime, I have been paying attention to what does this and how my mind and body reacts to it. Slowly, slowly I am learning how to use it on call, rather than at its mercy. Be objective and then choose when to let go of objectivity and let the mind wander free to explore.
A calm mind is not an empty mind, it is a blank screen waiting to be fed the information to consider, experience the world without the barriers of guidance but the presence to control movement and behaviour. In that emptiness there is boundless space where no thought is too big nor small for consideration. It is there that creativity is harnessed and it is there where we can reshape how we see the world and, how we behave in it.
Examine the mind is to eventually live an examined life, one where intention and action are tied together. One where the division and conflicts between thought and behaviour disappear.
Taraz
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