MIND IT

 MIND IT

The best thing about life is you can have a new beginning everyday with new sunshine. 1440 minutes gets credited every day in the account of your life. The most important thing in life is LIFE itself. In spite of knowing the wonderful things about living a fruitful life many of us end up unhappy, complaining, hopeless and demotivated. Three important components which decide the quality of your life are your Body, Soul and your Mind. For now, let's just focus on the Mind.

The only job that the mind has is to work (i.e to think) and what if it shows its tantrums in working?

HOW TO OVERCOME PROBLEMS

For getting the solution it is vital to know the problem. Once you articulate your problems, half of them are solved. So how do you do that…. Where does the problem lie? For some there may be family issues or limitation on academics front or not receiving any kind of support or the financial instability? So on and so forth. The answer to all these is a big NO. Every problem begins with you, in your mind. And the irony of the life is ‘THE PROBLEM MAKER ‘MIND’ IS THE ONLY SOLUTION PROVIDER. All you have to do is tune it appropriately.

HOW TO TUNE IT

Imagine a big jug of crystal-clear water. If you throw a pinch of mud in it, will it make the entire water in that big jug dirty? obviously the answer is no. What if you add little more mud to it. The water might slightly change its colour and it will no longer be crystal clear. And if you keep adding more mud to it, what will happen? water will become filthy. Now just reverse your imagination. Think of a mind filled with various emotions like fear, stress, lethargy, negative thoughts, procrastination, anger, jealousy etc. Will these get clear just by having a single positive thought? or by doing meditation for a day or two? A pinch of dust will not make the crystal-clear water dirty similarly a single effort of tuning the mind in the right direction is not going to help. You need to consistently make efforts. PERSEVERANCE is the key.

YOUR GO WAYS

For tuning your body, you need to exercise quite similar is with the mind. Below are the ways by which your mind can be your best friend.

 

POSITIVITY:

Now this is a matter of habit. How much ever we say that I’ll only think positive but a moment later we end with ifs and buts. There is a simple way of staying positive and that is whenever you are struck by as negative thought just remind yourself to back it up with two positive thoughts. In this way, you will always end up thinking on a positive front. Sooner or later being positive will become your habit. Train your mind to see the good in everything.

CONTROL

Can we enjoy our meal while running or walking? Then how can a distracted and unstable mind help you in taking a correct decision? What does controlling the mind actually mean? It is simply controlling all your emotions which are mixed with anxiety, fear, happiness or anger. Deep breathing and meditation can aid you here. Take a deep breath get back to the state of mind when things were normal and make that a beginning point to think again, analyse the situation and start taking out the probable solutions with a completely controlled and unbiased mind.

CLARITY

Unclear paths lead your nowhere and so is with the mind. Confusing the mind by pouring unwarranted thoughts will only create confusion which in turn will create havoc. Be clear with what is to be done, how is it to be done, and what if planned things do not turn out as intended. Once there is clarity in mind it is easy for the mind to process and come out with viable solutions.

FOCUS

To reiterate Tony Robbins “Your life is controlled by what you focus on”. Take the control of your mind by focusing on your goals. Your focus will determine your reality. You need to have a purpose and a clear vision to focus on. Make your goals clear, and know your purpose, this will help in having a focused mind. 

RECEPTIVE AND ACCEPTANCE:

Tune your mind to accept the facts and realities of your environment. Receive them well with a robust positive attitude and take it in your stride all the critical and adverse views. Train your mind to make these critical and adverse views, the raw materials in the process of creating a new version of yourself.

FEED YOUR MIND

Nutrition is vital, be it your body or mind. Feeding your mind nutritious things will ultimately help you to take a reasonable decision in the journey of your life. Nutrition for mind, can be in any form. All that keeps your mind healthy is nutrition. Prayers can be one of the dominant nutrients. Try to take out some time for prayers as this will always carter you in the best direction of your life. Knowledge is another nutritious ingredient that one should strive for. Knowledge has a beginning but no end.  Keep adding and upgrading your knowledge in all walks of your life. The more your mind is filled with knowledge, the less space for unwarranted thoughts. Good thoughts are the seeds that one needs to plant.

 

The above GO WAYS will help in taking care of your mind which in turn will improve the quality of your Life. A Focused mind is a happy mind and a Happy mind is Happy Life. Eckhart Tolle has rightly said that “All problems are illusions of the mind”

Mind is the most powerful thing, when you fill it with positive thoughts your life will start to change. Even before you open your eyes in the morning the mind starts working in a way, may be with good thoughts or may be with bad one all depends on how you feed your mind every day. Mind can be your best friend and help you to grab all the opportunities and conquer the world but all you need to do is MIND IT.