Thoughts Are Things: How To Turn Off The Monkey Mind
Summer Solstice has arrived marking yet another season past. Spring brought long awaited manifestations for some and lingering doubt for others. Many want to scream "I'm tired of waiting...this isn't going to happen".
The problem is that if you don't think it will happen it won't. Every thought is a thing. It carries its own energy. And when you put emotions and energy into the doubts you feel, you are giving control over to the "Monkey Mind".
The "Monkey Mind" is merely a metaphor for our own way of thinking. Our minds chatter incessently all day long. It tells us we can't do certain things, it tells us our life is hard, to take control because things won't happen for us the way we would like them to. And just when we have an ounce of faith and belief that perhaps we can have what we want it tells us to give up.
To turn off the "Monkey Mind" we must first tune it out or change the channel. When you begin to feel that first twinge of doubt, shift your focus...your consciousness. This does not mean, stuff the "Monkey Mind" because in stuffing it you are only creating a problem for later down the road. On the contrary, you must always be aware as the silent observer that the "Monkey Mind" exists but you do not have to lend it energy. When you know it is trying to get your attention, shift your thoughts... think of what you would like in your life. Think in terms of your future as if it is already happening. If it is that career you have always dreamed of having, "see it", expect it, visualize yourself going through daily routines as if you already have that career. If this doesn't work for you, visualize and focus on anything that gives you positive thoughts. You will be amazed at the shift in energy.
Patience
We all get upset when we don't achieve or manifest something we want very badly. It's part of the human condition.And perhaps one of the words we least want to hear upon suffering dissapointment is PATIENCE. Well, like it or not...it is one of our souls' lessons. Of course this doesn't help when we look around and see how easy some people have it. Or so it seems. What the majority of people don't know is that the very same people who seem to have it easy may be undergoing some other trial, a lesson which may have brought them to their knees. Only we don't know this because we are judging solely on the outer appearance of things. And things are not always as they appear.
Timing
Like it or not, timing is everything. No matter how much humankind attempts to "screw" with the natural order of things, there is a season for everything and everyone. Take for example the blossoming of a flower. Humankind can alter the lighting, create micro-climates and give extra food This may increase the plant's growth or vegetation, but the plant will bloom only when it has reached the blooming cycle....it's time.
As in nature, human souls' cycle through different stages of growth. We can use intent, we can visualize, we can dream of what we want to manifest, (and it will manifest,) but it will only happen when we are in the cycle of it's time.