I’m a silly man.
Gotta chuckle at myself.
One of my deepest addictions is the addiction to thinking.
The addiction to letting the mind spin and spin and loop and loop, believing that this cyclical activity is somehow going to “solve the puzzle” of whatever I’m fixating on.
Just when I feel like I’ve snapped out of this trap, it sneaks back up on me, and I find that I’m again indulging some form of frantic, scrambly mental activity — activity aimed at “figuring out” the future and how it’s all gonna come together, etc.
“Need to figure this out so I can make this happen so this can fall into place, blah, blah, blah…”
Same old story.
Same old forcing.
Same old trying to push and pull life into a certain shape.
Same old trying to speed up whatever process.
Yet the true breakthroughs in my life, never come from the mind “finally figuring things out” or arriving at some “grand solution.”
They come from slowing down, being present, and relinquishing the mind long enough that revelation has space to drop in.
Slowing down, calming down, being patient, trusting, making space, letting God drop the revelations in at the perfect moment.
I know God is asking me to deepen into this mode of being.
Today while praying for clarity or instruction the simple words came: “Be still and know that I am God.”
Patience. Relaxation. Trust. Rest.
Letting things come through the channel when they’re meant to, and not a moment sooner.
Ceasing to try to force clarity via thought, and instead calmly awaiting revelation, clearing space for epiphany.
This is the current invitation for me.
Love,
J
Yeah its interesting... maybe its like a balance. Maybe the ideal is the middle way where you think as a tool when needed, but if not needed to let it drop.
Finding that balance is the key then, and perhaps takes practice and learning over time.
Also, even when thinking, you're also always in the eternal Now... so if one can cultivate a broad enough perspective, perhaps no matter what thinking is happening one can realize the depths behind and beyond the thinking.