In today’s video, I want to share with you why “controlling” your mind doesn’t work, and what does.
Once one is brought into the world of personal development, there is an obsession to grow and to become the best version of yourself.
While this may seem like a healthier obsession than doing drugs, it often becomes self defeating.
We forget to observe the law of balance and our obsession consumes us.
We don’t allow ourselves to think any negative thoughts and are quickly at the attack when something isn’t perfect.
A perfect example of this happened to me personally, back when I was hell bent on achieving my revenue goal of 20k/m.
That month I came close; around 18k, but all I could think of were the 3 clients that I didn’t get, rather than the many clients I did.
This made this attitude and resistance continue on to the next month, which didn’t serve me at all.
More of my attention was directed to what is unwanted, rather than what was wanted.
“Spiritual progress is discerned by one’s ability to focus on wanted thoughts while at the same time ignoring unwanted thoughts”.
It’s quite easy to focus on wanted thoughts, but not as easy to ignore unwanted ones.
When you master the latter, things change profoundly for you.
So here’s what I discuss:
- The nature of the mind and thought
- Why every thought is so personal
- Identification with thoughts & disidentifying
- The nature of your attention
- “Accept & Redirect” – the real secret to controlling your mind
Hope this was helpful! Leave me a comment below with your thoughts?
