Rest Your Mind in Your Heart

By creating a home where the mind can rest without judgment, supported by the body's wisdom and the warmth of the awakened heart.

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Reflections #25

This week feels like a time of mental decluttering for me. I can almost picture my mind as a memory bank, sorting through all the thoughts and ideas I’ve collected over time. I’m letting go of ways of being that don’t resonate with who I am anymore. A mental spring cleanup. It’s refreshing and freeing!

We know that the mind is not always the best place to live. When the mind is overloaded, anxiety appears. When it is locked in the past, sadness emerges. But when I learn to observe it without identifying with it, something transformative happens—space opens up for the heart.

Letting the mind rest in the heart means allowing myself to feel more and giving less importance to the film projected by thought.

It is not a matter of rejecting thought; it is a matter of observing it with presence, kindness, and inner silence. I’ve understood the importance of asking my heart to nurture my mind, allowing it to rest in a space filled with calm and wisdom.

I’m nurturing a space where the mind can find solace and be cradled without judgment, a sanctuary supported by the wisdom of the body and the gentle warmth of an awakened heart.

When the mind rests in the heart, I commit myself to something larger than life, to serve something bigger than myself. In this space, life becomes more livable, less demanding, more accepting, less controlled, and more trusting.

When I rest my mind in my heart, I begin to untangle the knots of anxiety and doubt. My shoulders relax, and I start to breathe in stillness and listen to the whispers of my soul. I consciously bring my mind and heart into harmony. I feel my heart’s vastness, able to wrap around the tangled thoughts of my mind with compassion and understanding. In this sacred space, my heart reminds me that I’m not alone but part of a larger whole.

Resting in the heart isn’t about escaping reality but embracing it with a deeper sense of awareness and acceptance. It’s about recognizing that our thoughts are mere whispers, not absolute truths.

It’s easy to tune out in the midst of mental noise. We live from our heads, running, solving, thinking, but we forget to listen to the simplest and most essential things: our body and feelings.

I’m revisiting James Allen’s book, “As You Think.” Here are some thought-provoking quotes to ponder on:

“The soul attracts that which is secretly harbors- what it loves, and also what it fears. It reaches the height of its cherished aspiration, and it falls to the depth of its recurring, unexamined fears. Circumstances are the means by which the soul receives its own.”

“Circumstance does not make the person, it reveals the person to himself or herself.”

“We do not attract what we want, but what we are.

“Most of us are anxious to improve our circumstances, but are unwilling to improve ourselves-and we therefore remain bound. If we do not shrink from honest self-examination we can never fail to accomplish the object our hearts are set upon.”

Allow yourself the time and space to gently shift your mind into your heart, trusting that it will find the care and comfort it needs.

“The most powerful prayer, one well-nigh omnipotent, and the worthiest work of all is the outcome of a quiet mind. The quieter it is the more powerful, the worthier, the deeper, the more telling and more perfect the prayer is. To the quiet mind all things are possible. What is a quiet mind? A quiet mind is one which nothing weighs on, nothing worries, which, free from ties and from all self-seeking, is wholly merged into the will of God and dead to its own.”

“What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.”

~ Meister Eckhart

Thank you for reading.

May the flow be with you now and always! 🙏🏽

With love,

Yoli

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