Hello everyone, welcome to my weekly audio journal
Today I'd like to share a piece by Sadhguru, "You are not the mind and you are not the body."
He continues to share and explain, you are not the mind because if you had control of the mind, you could turn it off like a flick of a switch. It's either on or off but how many times have we caught ourselves. Coming up with thoughts that we desire or don't desire. We wish to turn it off, but it comes back.
And the second part to this is you are not the body, as the heart and so many other organs in your body operate without your will. So it's not like you can go heart beat stop right now and then turn it back on. So you don't have full control of your body either.
Yes, we can influence the mind and the body but we are more than the mind and the body. Your mind doesn't wander, it moves toward what it finds most interesting. If you want to focus better become more curious about what's in front of you.
Every time I find myself having things that are top of mind that I do not desire, that are negative or counter productive. I choose to continue to shift my focus and become more curious about what's in front of me at the present moment. And that is my practice, a constant practice.
It is also liberating to know that I am unable to control these thoughts because then when these undesirable thoughts arrive. I know that it's also not my fault all I need to do is simply shift focus because that is all I can do, every day.
Thank you, everyone for listening.
