GENERALLY all our thoughts are related to something about the past or the future. We cannot have thoughts about the present. In the present moment we can have only consciousness, no thoughts.
Thoughts are either related to some joyful experiences that you had in the past and want to have in the future, or painful experiences that you had in the past and don’t want to have again.
Even in the peak of joy, you will have some unconnected negative thought and even at the time of some serious problem, you will suddenly have a positive thought. If you sit down alone and write your thoughts on a sheet of paper for ten minutes, without suppressing or editing any of the thoughts, you will be amazed to see that there is no logic in the way thoughts form in your mind!
For example, you see a dog on the street. Immediately you remember the dog from your childhood. Your thoughts then jump from your childhood days to your school teacher and then to the house where she used to live. There is no logical connection between the dog that you saw recently and the teacher who taught you in school.. However, in a few seconds you simply jumped from seeing the dog to your childhood teacher.
Understand, that no two thoughts are logically connected. No thought is responsible for the creation of another thought. They all appear randomly, independently and illogically.
How do you ‘unclutch’ from this random stream of thoughts? Unclutching means experiencing the neutral space that exists between any two thoughts in our mind. That neutral space, that silence that exists between two thoughts, is peace and bliss.
When we no longer grab onto thoughts and connect them to the past or future, we remain ‘unclutched’. As we remain ‘unclutched’ from our thoughts we become more aware of the neutral spaces between thoughts. The gap between the thoughts will automatically extend when we remain ‘unclutched’. We will dwell in the neutral space longer and experience more and more peace and bliss.
When you completely unclutch, tremendous awareness, energy and intelligence happens in your system. If we learn this one simple technique of unclutching, we will be able to retain a significant amount of energy in our system, in our being. As a result we will be many times more productive and creative. Relationships will improve. Life will have a different quality and you will become a different person in the world.
Be Blissful!
‘Unclutch’ from the mind maze
Dec 13, 2009 at 2:21 AM
Series: Words From The Master