Delicate yet Powerful - Your Mind

The most powerful tool we have for success or failure, is our mind. Some will understand this, others won't. Those who don't understand this won't work on themselves daily. Working on yourself is hard.. to remain positive in a world where toxic people surround you, toxic media, toxic television and everything else that is designed to keep us low. Studies have shown it takes 7 positives to outweigh ONE negative, that's a lot of things to go good for you. But, YOU CAN CHANGE IT.

We are the only species on the planet where our thoughts control us.. one thought can make you angry, another can make you happy. But, how many of you have thoughts which are more inclined to make you angry, or sad? Most of you reading this I bet. Myself included!

We all have eventualities in our lives that bring us down, test our emotional strength. Our mental strength. These eventualities manifest more and more and negativity flows through our minds and before we know it we are in a perpetual state of paranoia, anger, resentment, a lack of motivation to even want to get up in the morning. Smiling seems hard work and the desire to break through these patterns seems daunting and unacheivable. I don't think there is one person who hasn't felt this, but, those of us who understand the power of our minds and what it can do for us, will always go back to ways to help get them back on track..

Some artists are renowned for depression, it seemingly comes with a creative mind... I don't suffer depression... I suffer highs and lows which affect my motivation levels, but I wouldn't class this as depression, I think that's just being human. Maybe, before I consider myself an artist, I consider myself an entrepreneur. Before I started with Urban Fraggle I had ventured into many businesses, being around like minded people and learning how successful people think and behave, networking. Listening to the likes of Tony Robbins and reading books like Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kyosaki.

I quit reading and listening to all the positive material when I walked away from network marketing, and, although I myself didn't notice it, there was a definite decline in my thinking. I was always coming from a place of lack and I hate to say it, negative thinking. However, last year was the icing on the cake to the negative mental and emotional state I found myself in. I'd had knocks.. emotional knocks one after another which, often, I found myself getting back to normal and then being knocked down again, eventually I was lacking the motivation to do anything about it. Everything I did was half-hearted. I couldn't be bothered to even try to get myself in a stronger place. I was feeling anger, resentment, bitterness and grief all at the same time, for 5 separate eventualities within the space of 6 months!

I'm not looking for the pity party here, I guess I'm writing this because, at the turn of the new year, something inside of me changed. I don't do New Year Resolutions.. why? because I know I won't stick to them.. I would rather set myself new goals throughout the year and practice making them a habit. My first habit was to meditate, EVERYDAY. I started this practice before the New Year, but I wasn't consistent.

I've always had an interest in spirituality and Buddhism, but that is all it has ever been, an interest. I had a knowledge that it was within me, but I didn't and still don't understand it all. I'm learning, and little pieces are starting to fit around the philosophy of Buddhism and make sense to me, and where its a fit for my life. But it takes years to achieve full enlightenment, Nirvana if you like, and some people never achieve this state. Do I even want to get to this state? I'm not quite ready to join a monastery yet and give up my 'attachments' in this world. What I will say is pure happiness comes from a quiet mind. By this I mean living in the moment. Once you find happiness internally everything will steadily fit into place, and this is where Buddhism is helping me. Its not far removed from my learning about the Law Of Attraction.

If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present- Dhali Lama

A mind which is thinking and learning is important for growth, but we mustn't involve in negative thoughts (of course, thoughts we cannot control, but thoughts we can surrender to another place if they don't serve us as that time). This is where meditation and mindfulness are really useful. Both of these practices take work, and are not easy to achieve.. something that needs doing daily. Checking in on your thoughts as they appear, and if they make you feel negative, learning to throw them away, as they don't serve you. How often have (we) shouted at someone because they made a mistake, or you made a mistake, and it has caused anger between two people. Instead of letting it go, it gets repeated in our minds over and over again, and then becomes an argument with no one else.. but ourselves, or we vent to others about this argument, thus keeping it within us. Quite often these little events are with complete strangers!!

I'm very interested in how the mind negatively affects the workings of our bodies.. each negative thought we have changes the structure of the cell.. Bruce Lipton is one such scientist who I have read (not extensively, but enough to enhance my knowledge on the subject). Another author/Dr whom I have briefly read is Dr Lissa Rankin. She wrote the book "Mind Over Medicine". In which she writes of countless testimonials of people curing themselves using the mind.

Mind-body medicine uses the power of thoughts and emotions to influence physical health. As Hippocrates once wrote, "The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.

I am no doctor, scientist or philosopher, but I have an interest in each of these areas which help my understanding of how to help myself when I have low points. An understanding that we can change, if we are willing to disregard all that we have learned. To change how we think. How we see the world from a more positive view point. To smile, even if we don't feel like smiling :).

Thank you for reading, and, if you have any similar experiences I would love to hear them

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