A quiet mind is a mind with less doubt, hesitancy and worry.
Intentions spoken onto a blank canvas manifest more easily than those spoken from a canvas that is already full of noise and chatter.
A quiet mind allows you to receive transmission from above. Most people are much into sending (thoughts, words, actions) and less into receiving. But you have two ears and one mouth for a reason.
Beyond your shallow everyday thoughts and indoctrinated thoughts there is a deeper, more creative thought.
A quiet mind allows for excellent decision making and for poise and presence.
I’m working on a seminar/training called “100 ways to quiet your mind” knowing that your mind was meant to be a tool to use, not a thing that turns you into a tool.
Meanwhile, here are 10 ways to quiet the mind.
1. Stop doing things you shouldn’t be doing
Doing what you know is good, true and beautiful brings peace of mind.
2. Put attention outside of yourself
Self-absorption corresponds to noisy mind.
3. Immerse yourself in something
Get lost in a good project, book, movie, sport, person, etc.
4. Reduce the importance of a thing
Placing too much importance on externals, creates mind turbulence or imbalance because nothing impermanent can be that important.
5. Live from the Chest
Instead of over-analyzing, live from kindness and compassion. No amount of knowledge is more important than the healing warmth from the chest.
6. Sit and be still
Even just five minutes of this changes your outlook and inner state to the better. Stop fidgeting. Be still. Meditate. Pray. Contemplate. Observe.
7. Go blank.
Could you abruptly go blank? Think nothing? It’s like releasing the push of a bicycle pedal.
8. Focus
Could you focus on one object or one thought for a few minutes or more? That surely calms the mind and let’s you regain a sense of control.
9. Breathe
Lack of oxygen leads to over-thinking or chatty-mind. Breathe. Watch your breath.
10. Drop it
If you like, you can drop thoughts as they arise. It’s easy as dropping an object. It’s easy as not finishing this sente… .
How have you practiced quieting your mind?
What results have you experienced?
