Continuation From Saturday…….It is time to illustrate exactly how that works. Here is what I want you to do before you move on to the next section of the book. It is incredibly important that you follow the exercise below as the rest of the book will not make any sense if you are to skip this simple practice.
EXERCISE 1: Observing Your Own Thoughts.
Find a quiet and preferably dark place where you will not be bothered over the next 30 minutes. Leave your cell phone and all other devices behind. Once again, it is crucial that no one interrupts you for the next 30 minutes. Sit down or lie down and get comfortable. Close your eyes and relax. Mentally prepare to observer your own thoughts.
It is also important to understand what it is exactly you are about to experience before you experience it. Otherwise, you mind will make a fool out of you and you won’t be able to comprehend the experience. For instance, as you lie down and close your eyes your mind is likely to remain silent for a few brief moments. Shortly thereafter, your thoughts will come fast and furious. They will show up out of nowhere, establish thought patters or chains and then lead you on a roller coaster ride of various thoughts, feelings and emotions.
For instance, let’s assume that your significant other or someone close to you has lied to you in a major way over the last couple of days. It is highly probable that your mind will go directly to that thought pattern and start thinking about a wide range of the issues associated with the incident. While the experience will start there, in 5-10 minutes time your thoughts might be in a totally different place. At that stage you might be thinking about getting a divorce or how your mother lied to you when you were 10 years old.
What the overall thought patter or sequence will be is inconsequential for our purposes. Once again, it will be important to remain conscious of the entire experience and the fact that you are observing your own thoughts. At that instant you should realize that A. You have the ability to observe your own thoughts B. You are NOT your thoughts and C. You are a 3rd party observer of your own thoughts.
One last thing. If you have never done this before, it is highly probable that you will become associated with your thoughts at various points throughout the experience. That is normal. Simply shift gears once you realize the fact and become an observer once again.
STOP & PERFORM THE EXERCISE BEFORE YOU CONTINUE.
If you have never done this before, congratulations, this was your first meditative experience. If it was a success, the rest of the book will make perfect sense. If you were not able to observe your own thoughts I encourage you to repeat the process over the next few days or until you do. While it might take a little bit of effort on your part, the experience is well worth it.
Relating this experience to our previous discussion of the 3-dimensional reality and the human body, mind, ego, thoughts, emotions and feelings, here is what you have to understand without a shadow of a doubt.
If you were a simple body and mind configuration, you would not be able to observe your thoughts as you just did or as if you were an outsider looking in. Think about it. How can a mind observer itself while generating various thought patterns? That would be impossible. That leads only to one conclusion. A third point of reference is needed in order to observe both your thoughts and your body. That third point of reference is your Human Consciousness.
To Be Continued Tomorrow ……(Why Am I Seeing This On A Financial Website?)
