Why is it that despite a heartbeat, when someone is brain dead, they’re no longer “alive”? Crazy when you think about it right…Everything we do and don’t do is connected to our mind, our mental health. Which is the same as the emotional (aka spiritual) state of mind, it’s all the same.
Without the mind telling the body what to do despite what the heart feels, we are …nothing. We are just robots with a heartbeat. With an empty soul that has the breath of wind in its vessel. Walking around wasting oxygen.
The mind should be open to change and growth no matter the feeling to the body given that’s how growth occurs. As it is required to always try and make an effort in life. Having an open mind doesn’t literally mean doing any everything under the sun nor does it mean accepting any and everything given what works for someone else may not work for you based on your circumstances and/or physical situation (age, gender, disabilities, etc.). It simply means be open to learning new things from all angles or what most call perspectives, while still having a base to come back to choose what to do with what you’ve learned; A foundation.
The saying goes, “Go wherever the wind blows” which can be applied both literally and figuratively. Be open to going where the wind may take you but be aware when the wind is blowing the wrong way or into something. Blowing you smack into a tree. Still have discernment in your journey not to completely shut off your mind to what is common sense in life. To respect your mind and in return you respect your body.
Without discernment to block the things that could potentially cause damage to your body, your mind will eventually get damaged over time with or without you even realizing it. And slowly but surely it will start to domino effect in every aspect of your life in the smallest things. Only over time may you begin to see and for most, its after so much damage and time wasted on frivolous things that got you nowhere in life but with regrets. And while the saying goes, “live with no regrets” because if you hadn’t gone through it you would have never learned….But is that the case?
Your mind is vast unique tool that learns by pure influence and observation the moment we come out the womb and if we can tell our mind what and what not to do (give a command) and we not feel it or do it, then the reality is the mind is more capable of learning something to prevent you from having to damage its vessel its handling day in and day out. To ask a simple question makes all the difference what we feed our mind to cause prevention of the irrelevant. If a subject matter can be learned by sitting in a classroom, reading a book, and taking a test on its context, safe to say it’s the same with anything else in life that involves applying the heart (feelings). That means the mind CAN (keyword) sit down and learn anything it wishes as it was designed to do…
Of course it is that simple as one, two, three and the snap of the fingers, but because we have a heart it requires repetition to study and retain muscle memory given we are always going to have distractions and/or temptations to provide other “options” to vere our minds to something that may not be relevant to what you wish to learn and retain. Why? There is always someone preying on someone’s downfall, so as long as those kinds of minds exist, that’s all the more reason we must apply our minds to guard and protect it.
Just because something is an option, doesn’t mean you have to choose it. Next thing you know, you may find yourself in what is called the “grey area” or the “in between” because you may have no foundation or not a sturdy one, no base, nor stability which in turn means respect for your mind and body goes out the window. And you start losing trust in others when in all reality you lost trust in yourself to chose wisely.
The mind is just as much an art piece as your body is a vessel. Keep in mind that whatever you put your mind to, you can and will do it. HOW and WHY it’s done soley depends on your base. Whatever that base is that guides you to execute your wants and desires.
Let your mind flourish and see life at all angles. Why? Because those angles exist, it would behoove us not to ignore them so we are not ignorant to what could potentially hurt and damage our art piece that we only get once. Protect your peace because one can only guarantee when you don’t your body will break into pieces.
Trust your mind is capable of more than what you think, but also don’t forget the heart is there for a reason. Have a balance and don’t forget to respect and appreciate the art of the mind.
