In the human body the motor center (i.e. driving a car) is 30,000 times faster than the intellect; the emotional center is 60,000 times faster than the intellect; the instinctive center is 90,000 times faster than the intellect; and the sexual center is 120,000 faster than the intellect.*
The thinking mind is always running you ahead of real time.
The mind is everywhere but now: the mind does not exist in the now. It wants to be in the past or the future. When you are patient and calm and surrendered into the now, you gain the ability to observe what arises and its judgement and declare what is true or what is false about the judgement. When you are in the mind, it is impossible to observe what arises because the mind does nothing but interfere with clarity.
Everything is fast these days. Everything we do comes faster because of technology and the result is we demand things to satisfy us even faster. From switching channels to microwaves to communication to fast food to apps and so on. We are always kept busy looking for the next action. We lose patience because we now live in the fast lane. We need to slow down more than ever. We are too much in the mind. This is a mistaken belief. We have misidentified the responsibility of the mind, we now rely everything on it, we are even convinced that we are it! We must get back into the body and the breathing space and in real time.
When you believe you are your thinking mind and then it runs the show, your nervous system is affected. You will also need to calm down the body by allowing each part to function the way it was made to function.
When you believe you are your thinking mind and then it runs the show, your nervous system is affected. You will also need to calm down the body by allowing each part to function the way it was made to function.
The Practice: Take advantage of your environment and follow it. For example get on the same 'time' as a floating cloud. Get on the same 'time' as a flower or tree. Find anything around you that you can ride on. You may also need to remember to do this. To train myself I would write on my wrist key words such as 'wake up' or 'alert' as a reminder whenever you succumb to the hypnosis of the mind which can constantly happen at any moment. You can use tools similar to these to help you remember. Another technique I use is to feel my breathing. Because our thinking mind runs everything you will notice that you oftentimes forget you are breathing and that is because the nervous system gets affected when the thinking mind is doing all the work. The same goes for your sight, don't THINK what you see, allow light to come to you instead. Don't THINK what you hear, allow sound to come to you instead. Notice what other parts of your body you are not allowing it to function naturally. Just think of the feeling of slowing down ... and breathe. Another great practice for slowing down to be here and now is T'ai Chi, learn it for free here.
*: According to Gnosticteachings.org
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