Dear Spiritual Companions,

 Wouldn’t it be wonderful to not be in our minds for awhile?  So often how I view life is dependent on my thoughts.  Ever wonder how thoughts can be so changeable?  One day everything seems to be fine.  The next day, even though nothing has seemed to change, everything is not fine.  What happens in this head of ours?  Is there nothing we can do?

I think one thing we can depend upon is our inner being having a mind of its own.  Thoughts like the wind come and go.  We don’t know where they come from.  We don’t know why some have more force than others.  We don’t know what direction they are coming from.  We just know they are there.  If we center on a thought it remains.  If we let a thought pass through it goes away.  The only constant is that as long as we are conscious there will be thoughts.

So what are we to do with them.  The World has some suggestions.  Drink or use drugs to numb them.  Watch television or movies to distract them.  Keep yourself busy with work or play so they can’t force there way back into our mind.  Ignore them is the goal of the World’s approach.  Religions have their suggestions.  Meditate or pray to have God, by whatever Name you call It, push them away.  Use various breathing or prayer words to keep them under control.  Emptying our minds is the goal.

If you are like me you have probably done that or tried that.  Nothing seems to work.  Hooray!  To me therein lies the answer to the chatter in our minds.  No matter what we do the human experience says thoughts will continue to appear.  So if you can not beat them join them.  Let a thought be what it is – A Thought!  It only has the power we give to it.  Sometimes it is right to pay attention.  The only way it can become stronger is if we fight against it.  I want to know what I am paying attention to in my mind.  What do I spend my time thinking about in my mind?  Why do I think this or that is so important?  The answers I receive may provide a way  beyond the concerns I have. 

The Beatles had a song years ago -”Let It Be.”  When we let whatever be what it is we can face it.  If we are working hard to avoid it we are being forced away from Life being the way it is.  This I believe causes problems.  If I can’t accept my thoughts I get drawn into the World’s approach of denial or projection onto others.  If I truly understand Spiritual disciplines they don’t force anything, but help us to learn how to let life be what it is, including our thoughts.

Come on thoughts show me what you think is so important so I can discover what it truly mean to Be me.

Peace