Mining the Power of the Mind

I've been experimenting lately with the power of my mind to affect my body and the world of perceived matter around me. It starts with the breath of course-and a quiet space. You can be sitting or lying down. I don't believe it matters. However, sitting up induces lucid dreaming as opposed to lying down which induces...sleep. Sleep is great. But then you go full blown into unconscious dream state and...that's another issue.

Your mind is what perceives space, and a sense of time, and of course yourself IN IT. Because we perceive ourselves in space and time, we BELIEVE ourselves to be in space and time. But I've been working with Mayan symbols of late. The Mayan symbols purport to induce time travel-which happens in your mind. You can use any system of symbols you are personally drawn to; religious, pagan, Mayan, mathmatical, natural, etc. There are thousands of symbols to study and use. Open up the possibilities. The wonder of symbols is that they are silent and mysterious. Human beings LOVE symbols. So use them.

If you stare at it long enough-worlds open up. What happened to me is that poetry started writing itself in my mind. Then of course-I had to stop and write it down in my journal. I have a penchant from writing anyway, as does my mother. So it came naturally to me. The poem wrote itself. It was amazing. This is not something I had ever done. What I did different this time, as opposed to other meditations is I "dropped back" as I closed my eyes. Close your eyes and imagine/feel your brain or the back of your eyes dropping back and relaxing in your head. It is a physical sensation, but somehow, it opens up a perception that "allows" information in, if you are willing to listen. Now, the key here is, you must not judge what comes into your view when you open your eyes again and look at the symbol. You must have faith that you are held solidly, as the person that you are and in that grounding, you can stretch and grow. You are held safely by the Earth and by your Higher Power so that when you drop back in your mind, you will not fall or fail to return.

It is the mind that heals the body. Specifically, your mind, in your body. We are all resonators and teachers for one another in the vast pool of life. However, it is vital that to heal illness, you become very intimate with your own mind, your own perceptions about your body and why your life has progressed as it has over time. You may just be given the source of your healing in the meditation; a person, a place, a food or herb, a feeling, a color, a vocation, etc.

Anyway-it's loads of fun. There are fine adventures in the world around us. But there are just as many in our minds. It's an adventure you don't have to leave your house for-and it's free.