That Pesky Mind

“The mind is its own place and can make a Hell out of Heaven or a Heaven out of Hell.”1

Our beliefs are like boxes. Sometimes those boxes can help us to organize the way that we perceive things, creating more ease in our psyche. Sometimes those boxes limit us profoundly. Those energized thought patterns are like holographic prisons that exist within and around the body energetic. Rigid negative beliefs about the nature of reality are the root causes of disease. Repressed feelings and negative emotional states create blockages in the energetic system, which are often the root cause of illness.
      It is possible to transform our health on every level by changing the way that we perceive our relationship to reality. For this reason, controlling the mind is essential. Every negative emotion that we feel starts as a thought. If we are able to watch our thoughts from a witness-based perspective, it gives us an opportunity to respond instead of react when emotions arise. We are emotional beings. It is very important to express those emotions and let them pass through us. It is equally important to learn how to express them responsibly in a way that will serve the highest good of all concerned. When we act out of anger or fear, without applying the witness consciousness, we tend to lose our power of discernment.

“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”
                                      — Gautama Buddha