If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.” – Mahatma Gandhi

 

 

Mindful Wisdom Note: Is Your Mind Extremely Full or Full of Mindfulness?

Does anyone have the answer?

It seems that when you reflect on the fast paced daily and the whole busy, busy, busy thing most of us have going on that on the surface the majority are not mindful.

Possibly it could seem even a little impossible to think that we could be anything but unless we trade in our whole lives to sit and ponder, meditate and just ‘be’ human beings.

A mind which is not protected by mindfulness is as helpless as a blind man walking over uneven ground without a guide.” – sayings of the Buddha

 But like anything else you care to apply yourself to, the answer lies within the question and your choice of answer.

If you decide you are mind-full – chockablock, crammed, busy, hectic, no time, then of course that is your reality.

Flip over to the other side and you decide that you are mindful of your day, your diary, your time then magically this becomes your reality.

It only takes self-discipline, resolve, perseverance and an ongoing choice that you will not fall off the mindful train.

Is it easy? It could be.

Can I do it right now? Yes, you can.

What about (a whole variety of things)? Well, you decide.

Being mindful is just about as easy or as difficult we decide to make it.

Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience.
It isn’t more complicated that.
It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is,
without either clinging to it or rejecting it.” – Sylvia Boorstein

Sometimes we are hooked on the busy, it gives us drive, a purpose and for some an importance.

When you peel away your reasons for being how you are and find out if they are truly in alignment with your key values and purposes then you’ll see how much this busy thing and being mind-full is doing for you.

If you are at true cause and take the opportunity to decide how you are going to behave towards your day, do things on your terms in harmony with your pure self, you can find that your mindfulness is actually a pure joy and one that will guide you seamlessly through the ups and downs, majors and minors.

In mindfulness one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh

There is no difficultly here except the one our minds give it. So give it up, let it go and be guided by Source, the path of mindfulness need not be a difficult one to find. But it will be a hard one to give up once you have found it.

For most when they are locked on to their innate passion, purpose and place here cannot and will not be moved by trivia, negativity or the mindlessness of others – it truly is not worthy of the though corruption.

So don’t erode your mind, garnish it with what you want it to be full of.

The Universe truly is as we see tagged around today, “love, light and laughter”, so let it in and shut the other stuff out and not the other way around.

At the end of the day it’s up to you what you mind is full of? You decide.

Picture source: Mind Full, or Mindful?

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The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

However long the night, the dawn will break.” – African Proverb

 

 

Life finds its purpose and fulfillment in the expansion of happiness.” – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

 

The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is ‘look under foot.’ You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. Do not despise you own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.” – John Burroughs

Obey your soul, have perfect faith in yourself. Never think of yourself with doubt or distrust, or as one who makes mistakes.” -
Wallace D. Wattles

I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.” – Mahatma Ghandi

 

 

 

 

All things appear as they truly are to those who are not blinded by their own self-interest.” – Guan Yin

Nothing can resist a human will that will state even its existence on its stated purpose. The secret to success is constancy of purpose.” – Benjamin Disraeli

 

 

Mindful Wisdom Note: Do You Tiptoe, Dance, Fly or Stomp?

So what was your answer?

Is it a mixture of those things, one or two or just one?

Does it matter anyway?

Is there any right or wrong answer?

You’ll probably have guessed this already. It all depends on you doesn’t it? But we can of course alter any of those at will if you choose to.

We come this way but once. We can either tiptoe through life and hope we get to death without being badly bruised or we can live a full, complete life achieving our goals and realizing our wildest dreams.” Bob Proctor

Your answer will be based on your current and past circumstances and experiences and how well aligned you are with your overall life purpose, how clear your vision is (not your eyesight, your life plan), your level of self-esteem and confidence and your determination and indomitable will to continue through any number of setbacks, upsets and feedback which might not always be positive.

The direct link between what you will receive in your future compared to where you are right now is all in your ability, willingness and persistence to actually work out what it is you want and do something about it. Of course, that is simplistic and the acute details aren’t the forte of these short notes, so please refer to the longer posts on goals, vision and confidence.

But the main essence of what we are ‘wanting’ our experience to be has to be inextricably linked to that which we are willing to do, to face and to overcome.

I’m sure you’ve worked out by now it’s not a case of waking up and saying ‘hey, law of attraction, I want a new (you fill in the blank) next week’ and hey presto that turns up. No you are required to do a bit more work and put in a lot more effort than ‘wanting’ as the wanting isn’t actually ‘doing’ anything is it?

No, in order to fulfil the life of your dreams you are going to have to roll your sleeves up, you are going to have to take some knock downs, you absolutely must get back up and you must not falter for one single minute on your self-belief, full stop.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

A little secret: Did you know that whatever it is that comes from within you, from your intuitive self that comes to you as your passion in life, the thing you would really like to be or do, is the thing you actually can be or do? Clever isn’t it? You are not ever going to be given an intuitive directive from the Tao that you personally cannot handle, work out or rise to.

Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.” – Napoleon Hill

Where most people fall down, is the first or fourth hurdle because they cannot mentally work it out, they suffer a few setbacks and they give up, thinking either ‘this is too difficult’, or ‘I can’t do this’ and you know don’t you that as soon as this is what you think is true, like magic it is true.

On the other hand if you think, know, feel and believe you can. Then absolutely the universe will open up the way, you might not see it all, understand it or actually have a clue how on earth you can muster up the skills, the strength, the finances, the support or whatever else you might need.

But you can be absolutely sure of one thing though.

If it is to be, it is up to me.” – William H. Johnson

Yep, no-one, not even the universe is going to anything that either you are not willing to do or are prepared to do. It all starts and ends with you, of course what comes in the middle can be a whole multitude of fun possibilities, excitement, fear, now knowing and a million other connotations maybe that’s the point on embarking on these dreams in the first place, you just don’t know.

So, starting with that very thing – not knowing, then let’s start focusing on what we can do, what visions we do have, what ideas, thoughts and little moments of wonder are going on up in there in your wonderful amazing mind.

Creation is always happening. Every time an individual has a thought, or a prolonged, chronic way of thinking, they’re in the creation process. Something is going to manifest out of those thoughts.”  – Michael Beckwith

Maybe sometimes we need to start with a little dancing inspiration from the mind followed by a big firm stomp to shake ourselves in to taking massive action, add a bit of flight and a tiny bit of tip toe when it’s called for. But overall, make your mark, be firm, be sure and just get on with it because you just never know.

How wonderful and exciting is that?