“Don’t believe everything you think!”

Excellent advice, if you ask me.  Advice that meditation practice, including mindfulness meditation practice, will help you see the value of.

Not long after the car with that bumper sticker drove off, another car with this bumper sticker drove by:

This is the lab calling.  Your brain is ready to be picked up.

Ouch!

Then again, in the context of meditation and mindfulness and peace of mind, perhaps having the brain/mind reconditioned/reprogrammed in a ‘lab’ might not be such a bad thing :)

But the purpose of this post is really to remind us of the neurotic thinking habits of our conditioned mind and to encourage us to take time to disengage from it by some form of meditation practice.  I know that in my last post, I talked about mindfulness meditation.  I have also provided you with some simple instructions on 3 types of mindfulness practice.

This lovely little Zen spiritual story, told  by Maritza Parra, illustrates this point beautifully:

I know the value of mindfulness practice and I do some form of it everyday.  In fact, I make it a point to maintain a constant degree of awareness at all times.  I don’t always succeed but I am quick to catch myself when I am not being present.

So, how is mindfulness practice valuable?  As I said, it breaks the conditioned pattern of thinking, the kind of thinking that is anchored in unexamined beliefs, fears, doubts, worries etc. It gives you a chance to step out of this whirling pool of conditioned thinking and step into the crystal-clear waters of the unconditioned mind.  “Ground zero‘ if you like.

What a relief!  What a marvelous reality check!  What a magnificent way of reconnecting with your true nature!  And what an amazingly healing experience – mentally, emotionally and physically!  Yes, of course your body heals as your mind is cleared of all its toxic thought patterns and their neurochemical and biochemical products!

Love always!

Lucy

Awakening to Happiness, Prosperity and Freedom!

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