Your Conscious, Friendly Mind – Day 27
3. After you gain some skill in this, gradually, begin to follow your thoughts. From where is this thought arising and evolving? Where is it dissolving? From where does it come and where does it disappear? This second stage follows the thought trails.
Eventually, automatically, even the thoughts that were coming at random will be less and less in number. You become focused on the thoughts without any judgment.
4. As you find where each thought is coming from, as you find where it lingers and where it disappears, you discover you have begun to flow with the thoughts. Now it is as if you are a surfer. You are surfing the webs of the mind.
Previously, you fought with the water, with the waves of the mind. You could not surf. You were crashing into the water, falling and being shoved to shore. Now, you know how to surf the waves. You are no longer fighting, no longer resisting. You are moving with the waves. You have separated yourself a little.
The more conscious we become about our thoughts, the more conscious we become of our mind. This consciousness of our thoughts gradually brings to us a calmer mind, because our mind is not random anymore.
Love and Blessings,
Baba
Sri Sri Shuddhaanandaa Brahmachari, lovingly called Baba (Be Aware, Be Awakened) is an international motivational speaker, author, social advocate, universal spiritual teacher and innovative Microcredit leader from West Bengal, India. He conducts global seminars on Course in Mindfulness (CIM) targeting the leaders of today and tomorrow in hopes that sustaining changes can be made to ensure peace and prosperity, harmony, health and happiness for all. His Lokenath Divine Life Mission serves thousands of women and children annually through self-help. Baba posts daily on FB and ST and is a highly engaging teacher who loves to interact with everyone!
