Are You Starving the Best Part of Your Mind?

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Are you an avid reader or a self-improvement junky? I also enjoy exploring new ideas, and if you're like me, you love to learn.

Yet we can get ensnared by our thirst for knowledge. The very thing that can set us free, can also keep us trapped in ignorance.

For the mind is so much more than a database where we can store and retrieve information.

The mind goes far beyond the intellect. The human mind enables us to grow in social, emotional, spiritual, as well as intellectual intelligence. The mind facilitates the connection with the greatest aspect of ourselves, the wise inner spirit, residing within our physical bodies.

Yet we can starve the best part of our mind with frenzied activity, and by continuously pouring vast quantities of information into it, as if "out there", is where all the answers lie.

For information isn't knowledge, unless we do something with it. In order to benefit from the information we acquire, we must give ourselves time to observe, process, and appreciate the world around us.

To be at our best, requires time for rest.

And one of the hardest things to do in our culture is to be still. The monkey mind, the endless thinking, and sensory overload are what starve the best part of the human mind.

Yet you have the ability to tap into the best part of you, by periodically letting go of outside stimulation.

Here's what I mean. Have you ever solved a difficult problem, as soon as you let it go to rest, or focus on something lighter? We often get the most profound insights when we walk away from an issue, instead of mulling it over again and again.

Have you ever had an "aha moment", when you were in the shower, taking a break, or walking in nature?

This is because your mind was still and you were relaxed. You gave yourself time to process, and allow the answers to come. You could receive what you were seeking, because you got out of the way. You weren't busy pouring more information in, or caught in "hyperdrive" thinking. So you could receive what you wanted to
know.

John Muir, a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and founder of The Sierra Club, once said, "One days exposure to mountains is better than cartloads of books".

Mr. Muir, understood the value of quiet reflection, and of being awed by the beauty that we often take for granted.

Whenever you're able to stop labeling and categorizing stuff, you've stepped out of the mental level, and are allowing your natural wisdom to reveal itself. Appreciating nature is a simple way you can calm an overactive mind, and feed your spirit.

I'm not saying stop reading or exploring, of course not. But if you're stuck with a problem that won't go away, then maybe it's time to give yourself a few moments to find what you seek.

Connect with the best part of your mind by giving yourself a break to just be at peace. Let go of thoughts gone wild. Step away from the computer, and lay down the books occasionally. Take a walk, appreciate a flower, or smile at a stranger. Feed your spirit as well as your intellect, and you will know the richness of a full life experience, one that goes far beyond what you think, or could ever experience on the mental level.

Allow the answer to come, and they surely will. Appreciate the best in life, and more goodness will certainly come.

Your friend and partner in seeking AND finding,

Laura Cardone, President of Profits with Purpose

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