No one else knows us as well as our minds do, they've been with us from the beginning, seen everything, been through everything.
Above all, they've protected us.
Like an incredibly clever, generous but, lets be honest, a pretty bossy friend, they're always there to help out. When we're not looking they pop up with a solution/reminder, they'll create a sense of guilt to keep our moral values in place, hoick us back in time to a memory we'd much rather forget... and they think this is the only way to help.
But they're doing this in order to protect us - from getting into the same scrapes again.
We're pretty damn privileged to have such great mates, but ... god, they can be pushy. And, frankly, they don't always know best. There are other ways too ...
So they just need to be asked (very gently) to leave us alone sometimes.
Learning how to quieten the mind has got to be one of the hardest but most exhilarating things I've ever done.
When I manage to get there (and with practice this is getting longer each time) it feels like I've come home.
A physical sensation of complete peace over-rides everything. Worries disappear ...
Guilts and anxiety's dissolve.
And problems get fixed.
I'm seriously recommending you have a go at this Mindfulness Meditation lark!
I'll definitely be including an element of it in my Sculpture Classes from now on. For more details on where and when, go to: http://www.katenewlyn.com/
