Revelation : You Don’t Have to Think

When you find yourself, like I did, the other day, with thoughts that will just not leave you alone, with thoughts that scream at you, pester you, and cling to you like all eight octopus legs, smothering and suffocating you – you may be hit with an epiphany. The thought “UGH, I am so tired of thinking about this” led me to answering myself:

“You don’t HAVE to think about it, you know.”

I sort of thought to myself, “What? Huh…that’s true.” And with that, my mind cleared and my body relaxed. I sunk deeper into my pillow, further into my bones. I pushed those worries aside and chose to think other things. I didn’t HAVE to worry. I didn’t HAVE to obsess. I didn’t HAVE to linger.

And I could sleep.

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A really amazing practice to “stop thinking” was introduced to me via The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle (I must admit I never finished the book) – you know when you are thinking endlessly, and it feels like you cannot control your thoughts – but you just want to turn them off?

Well, think “I wonder what my next thought will be?” and then wait for it. You are now in the “listening” part of your mind – when you assimilating with that area of your consciousness, and you start to be the LISTENER…your thoughts VANISH. It’s weird. When I did it, initially, it didn’t last for a huge length of time. But it was enough to  give me some reprieve. I was heartbroken and wanted so badly to not think of that asshole, to just have some peace, even for a minute.

It works, and it works well.

Anytime you are sick of thinking, turn off your brain this way. Choose your thoughts.

Realize you don’t HAVE to think at all. You can just dream.

Become a Chasm

When you’re ready for it, you get it.

Every time I have been ready for a change in my life, the perfect thing presents itself.

This happened with raw food, it happened with my relationship, and it has happened countless other times.

The right book always shows up – and it’s usually already in my house.

It has also happened with break-ups – every time I’ve been heartbroken, I’ve discovered my next favourite band. This happens without fail.

I know information that can change peoples’ lives. But I know they won’t implement it unless they are truly open. If I make a suggestion, they will fight everything I say. They are not ready to change. This happens so often it baffles me. I think, “Man, if they only knew, or just tried this….“

I found a raw food book, and signed it out, around 10 years ago. I didn’t read it then. I don’t think I would have been ready – it had to be at a pinnacle moment. And when that moment arrived, the information flooded in. I did finally read that book and wished I had a decade before. Life knew what I needed (and so did I, subconsciously!), but I didn’t clue in.

During another heartbreak I discovered Byron Katie – though did not read her until the following year. I needed other lessons within that time, and when I read her book, all the previous agony made sense – much more than it would have originally.

And now, a Seth Godin book, one paragraph – mind blown.

So if you are really looking for an answer to your issues, be OPEN. Be so open that you are a chasm, so that whatever is trying to find you can fall right in and light you up.