A few nights ago, while sleeping with the TV on, I managed to wake long enough to catch a portion of the Charlie Rose Show. Charlie was interviewing a neurologist who was an expert on neural brain imaging and visually viewing brain activity related to thought patterns. Charlie’s guest gave a simple exercise to help transform the minds endless unproductive chatter into a quieter more productive mind.
The exercise was simply to take an average routine situation in life, lets say your work environment, a relationship, etc., and write down how you would like that situation to be. For example, I would like my work environment to be a place were I am constantly stimulated creatively, where I can effortlessly express my talents and be well compensated. Next analyze your constant thoughts and mental chatter related to this situation. Are they in line with what you wrote? Most likely, if they are not, you are not happy with the situation you choose to examine. According to Charlie’s guest, your brain may be physically suffering too.
Forget about the brain damage for a few seconds. In Deepak Chopra’s book the Seven Laws of Spiritual Success, Deepak describes intent as what we want to transform and organize our future into and awareness as the thing that energizes our intentions. He states, true intention is detached from result and thus can manifest as an infinite array of solutions in line with ones intent. On the other-hand, desire attached to an outcome becomes self-limiting. This attachment leads to a sense of fear and pain towards not receiving or losing what one desires. Attachment pulls our awareness away from the present into an addictive fairyland of mental chatter. The playground of the ‘Monkey Brain Junky’.
The exercise described above is like writing your personal mission statements. It helps check your habitual thoughts and insures they are in line with your intentions. It helps pull your awareness back into the now.
“As long as your attention is in the present, then your intent for the future will manifest…”
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year.
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