| For thousands of years the idea of silence to get | | | | of time has come from someone's mind - their |
| in touch with your inner essence has been | | | | imagination or creativity. Everything that will ever |
| promoted by various religions, spiritual teachers, | | | | exist comes from the mind. Things are not |
| counselors and self-help practitioners. I am not | | | | invented they are discovered after thoughtful |
| talking here about meditation but the willingness | | | | contemplation. The famous composer's mind is no |
| and ability to quiet your mind at routine times | | | | better than the average teacher. The young |
| during your day to just feel the ebb and flow of | | | | person's mind is no better than the senior citizen's. |
| your life. | | | | Mind is not about age, race, religion, gender or |
| Silence. So many people are afraid of the void of; | | | | nationality. Mind is a resource that few people tap |
| noise, action, busy thoughts and any number of | | | | into to find answers. |
| mental activities that fill their days and nights. | | | | But, to find them requires silence or a quiet mind. |
| Many of these same people wonder why their | | | | No music, no thoughts, no worries, no objectives |
| worry and fretting is causing them increased | | | | and no purpose. Just sitting and listening. You |
| stress, illness, frustration and concern. | | | | might ask, well what am I listening for? I don't |
| There are many advantages of finding a few | | | | have a clue, what your mind tells you in the |
| minutes every day to just sit comfortably in the | | | | silence will not be the same things that my mind |
| silence of your own mind without an agenda, goal | | | | tells me in the quiet. |
| or purpose other than just the pure joy of giving | | | | But one thing is sure, you can't learn if you are |
| your mind the ability to guide you through life's | | | | not listening. |
| many challenges. | | | | Here's what I suggest. For two weeks after |
| Everything you need to know to find peace, | | | | arising and before your breakfast and a shower, |
| happiness and success resides within you. There is | | | | before anything, just sit quietly for five minutes in |
| adequate evidence that the mind is a storehouse | | | | a comfortable place where there are no |
| of both known's and unknowns - things you | | | | distractions and listen. If thought's come, let them |
| know, things you have forgotten and things you | | | | go. No thought manipulation or active thinking is |
| believe you have yet to learn or don't know. | | | | the goal, just silence. If you choose, you can start |
| There are a number of biological studies over the | | | | with a question or a simple affirmation. For |
| years that believe that everything that is or ever | | | | example; |
| will be resides in the miraculous tool that we call | | | | Questions: What am I supposed to do with my |
| mind. I will not dispute or validate these findings. | | | | life? Why is "whatever" happening to me now? |
| However I ask you, have you ever just listened | | | | What can I learn form "whatever"? |
| to your inner guidance system without judgment, | | | | Affirmations: I am at peace. I love myself. I am |
| pleading or resistance? Have you ever asked your | | | | perfect in every way. I am filled with joy. |
| mind to give you answers to life's challenges and | | | | Now just listen. I don't mean listen now, but pay |
| opportunities? Have you ever really listened? I will | | | | attention through the rest of your day. Don't try |
| tell you that most people are so busy, stressed | | | | and force answers or insights, just pay attention |
| and active that they can even imagine taking just | | | | as you go through your day. |
| a few minutes each day to listen. | | | | Try this for a few weeks and I'll be amazed if |
| What can your mind teach you or help you with? | | | | you don't come to some interesting, insightful or |
| It is limitless. Every discovery since the beginning | | | | exciting discovers during this period. |