Training The Mind- Your Access to Increase Mental Power
What do we mean when we say increase mental power? Are we talking about the mind, churning away, like Star Trek’s warp speed, solving problems at the speed of light?
At first glance one might think this was true.
Except that as we enter this new age of enlightenment we begin to see that the mind has a ‘mind of its own.’ And getting caught up in the obsessive swirl of the mind following its agenda has become what Ekhart Tolle calls society’s ‘disease’ of compulsive thinking. And in actuality what we need to do is quiet the mind, and slow it down so that it can perform its duties when necessary with more power.
Some might equate the mind to an out-of-control computer that refuses to turn off, but churns away at some problem you never put in. This computer never solves the problem. It just churns. And many of us have known this to be true in our lives, especially in times of great tribulation. We try to stop thinking about a problem, but we can’t. We run, jog, put on the TV, go to a movie, take a hot bath, and finally maybe even pop a sleeping pill in desperation. But through it all our mind churns away- and never reaches any solution. The mind, simply put, has a ‘mind of its own.’
And in this kind of scenario you might even say that there is an enemy in your camp…and the enemy is you. Or better said, your mind. Now this same enemy loves to tell you how inadequate, unworthy, or unworkable you are, and how you are doing it all wrong. Which makes the problem even worse.
So the task when you increase mental power becomes one of literally training the mind. We need to train the mind about when to turn on and when to turn off. And we need to train the mind to focus on our subject, not its own.
And I can give personal testimony that yes, this can be done. For instance, right now I am facing what could occur to others as insurmountable obstacles in my personal life. To name a few, my beloved father is passing away and I cannot be there with him. My back is healing from an injury, and the instability of a new business has me living in the question mark in life. But because I have trained my mind, and it does not run me, I live a stable, peaceful life, one day at a time.
Today I used a variety of methods to train my mind. I listened to an entrainment CD, then a meditation CD, and then a hypnosis CD. I went for a nature walk, and I called myself to be present to the walk, the air, the sun, and the smells. When my mind stepped in with worries and concerns I thanked it for the thoughts, but I did not follow them. As a rule, I really try to thank and appreciate my mind because I know that my mind, like a misguided child, it is only trying to help.