OUR MINDS III

 

We are going through a cool period. We should have highs in the 70F this time of the year and we are lucky to have highs in the low 60s. Well it is Minnesota and we have lived through this before; at least it isn't snowing.

We have lots of Hostas in our perennial gardens, over fifty I am sure. We have had chickens for the whole time we lived here. Why do they pick this year to eat them? They don't pick at every plant, but they have damaged several, and one would have been eaten to the ground if I didn't protect it. These things come and go and we wonder why? I have an area where I raise apple trees. For over twenty years the deer didn't bother them. Then, suddenly, two years ago they started eating them. They especially enjoyed a Honeycrisp, to the point, where every new bud and branch were quickly pruned. I finally protected it with a wire screen. It will take years to catch up with trees planted the same year. When do I dare remove the screen? The deer population seemed to be stable during these years; although, I wouldn't know that for sure. I know the same number seem to visit our yard every day throughout the year. So it isn't like they just stumbled across them.

Life on this planet seems to go like that. Things change and we don't know why. Perhaps they go in cycles and my apple trees will experience another twenty year period without deer feasting on them.

I have been going through a period of intense learning. I have become keenly aware of how my thoughts create my mood and affect my perception. I don't know, if my decision to blog about the Mind, triggered this off. I think it has everything to do with my intent to get my act together. I don't want to be crazy. I want to be peaceful all the time. I am becoming more tuned in to how I entertain destructive thoughts; which is any thought, that leads to our lack of peace, or the lack of peace of others.

We can identify triggers that will encourage negative thinking and we can, also, find keys that help us escape negativity when it happens. I have developed an array of things, I say to myself, when I find myself in a bad place. More helpful, is finding a key, that will help us empty our minds of all activity. Transporting ourselves to a quiet place inside is most helpful. I think we will learn to do this even when we are in the midst of a dark or chaotic episode. As a practice, it is useful to seek that quiet place inside, at least, a couple times a day. Imagine the core of our being is unconditional love [Oneness], imagine taking our little self to meet with the One Self. Just sit in peace with the One Self for a few minutes. It is healing. It is energizing.

I know there is evidence of the awakening all around; part of my craziness is I haven't been seeing it as much as I could. The allure of the craziness of the world is very alluring, indeed. No, I don't take my own advice. I stare into the idiot box way too much, or should I call it the tell-lie-vision. Believe me there is no truth to be told in the main stream media.

Lets look at our minds; what encourages constructive thinking? What encourages destructive thinking?

We will continue this discussion on Friday.

Love and Peace, Gregg