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Mind CONTROL
Have you ever made up your mind? Probably, you’ve said you’ve done that many times. Probably, you’ve said something like, “Well, I have given it some thought and I have made up my mind”. Then you went on to explain your decision.
OK, you agree, you have made up your mind in the past.
How did you do it?
When you made up your mind, I suppose:
- You started with your mind ‘as it was’,
- You considered some options,
- You thought in an organized way, &
- You came to a decision and got it done.
Yes…that sounds like the way you make up your mind.
Much like you have make up your bed….right?
You make up your mind and you make up your bed…those are just parts of everyday life…right1?
OK, you agree…let’s compare those two facts of everyday life.
When you made up your bed:
- You started with your bed ‘as it was’…it was all messy,
- You considered some options…including, doing nothing because you’re just going to undo it later,
- You thought in an organized way…including thoughts like: what happens if relatives visit and go through my room... I shall fluff up the pillows and place them just so... I shall pull up the sheets... etc, &
- You came to a decision and got it done...you stepped back and admired your fine work.
Notice how I slipped in some detail at each step.
Let’s go back and try to slip some detail into the sequence of making up your mind.
- You started with your mind ‘as it was’…
OK – how ‘was it’?
How was your mind when you started to make it up?
Here’s a tougher question…
What was your mind when you started to make it up?
What is your mind?
Write out a clear answer to that last question:
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If you are struggling with defining or describing your mind then recognize you are not alone. For example, see Footnote 2…it provides the Merriam-Webster dictionary’s definition of the noun ‘mind’
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If you are thinking “I don’t need to know what my mind is in order to be able to use it or make it up or control it” then you may be treating your mind worse than you treat common possessions like your bed.
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When you have a clear answer to the question “What is your mind?” then we will be able to move on to step #2 of Mind CONTROL.
Footnotes:
- Please review the at the beginning of this ‘commentary’. For greater certainty, it would be extremely dangerous to interpret this metaphor as a statement in support of the art of . .WARNING making up beds This bed-making example is for solely presented because of its rich illustrative value
- Merriam-Webster on-line dictionary definition of the word MIND
1 : recollection, memory <keep that in mind> <time out of mind>
2 a: the element or complex of elements in an individual that feels, perceives, thinks, wills, and especially reasons b: the conscious mental events and capabilities in an organism c: the organized conscious and unconscious adaptive mental activity of an organism
3 : intention, desire <I changed my mind>
4 : the normal or healthy condition of the mental faculties
5 : opinion, view
6 : disposition, mood
7 a: a person or group embodying mental qualities <the public mind> b: intellectual ability
8 capitalized Christian Science: god 1b
9 : a conscious substratum or factor in the universe
10 : attention <pay him no mind>