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Are You Out of Your Mind?
By karen | April 10, 2008
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
What is essential is invisible to the eye.”
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The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Get out of your mind and back to your heart.
Big dreams do not come true using logic.
If you want to create something that is beyond your wildest imagination, part your wildest dreams, if you look at it logically it can’t happen. After all, even the words “beyond your wildest dreams” literally mean that it defies logic.
But that does not mean it can’t happen. You’ll just have to get out of your own way.
And how do you get out of your own way?
Get out of your mind and back to your heart.
Stop over thinking. Stop over analyzing. Stop thinking of all the ways it can’t happen… especially stop thinking of all the ways it can’t happen.
Start believing.
Just see the end result. That’s all you have to believe in–the end result.
The Universe will show you a way if you let it. But if it is really a dream that is beyond your wildest imagination, it won’t happen in your mind.
It will happen in your heart and soul.
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April 10th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Karen,
One of the ways that we can reconnect with our heart, and get out of our heads is to overload the mind.
What do I mean?
The left-brained, detail-oriented mind can only focus on a few things at once.
The heart is about connections, and huge webs of relationships.
Imagine your dream, and think and feel all the people and things and feelings that it’s connected to. To do this, WITHOUT FEELING OVERLOADED, let go of the feeling that you have to control it all.
That feeling of control is a left-brained thing associated with the finite world.
It doesn’t work when you try to touch infinity.
Joel
April 10th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Joel,
I think it is the letting go of the “control” that trips people up….we tend to want to know “how” and “When” and those are usually questions that cannot be answered…or…when they are answered they tend to “limit” possibilities!
It’s interesting…
On all those right brain/left brain tests I’ve always scored much higher in the right brain–I’m the creative, artistic, dreamer type, with few talents for technical, logical, left-brained things.
Thank you for stopping by! Thank you!
April 14th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Hello there!
#1) Thank you for the Dr. Seuss book. It’s such an uplifting and wonderful book to read to my little girls. (and for me to get to experience, I had somehow NEVER read this book). It teaches you that you can conquer the world, and even when things get bad, and you are sitting at rock bottom staring up, you WILL be able to stand back up.
#2) Thank you for today’s post! I have been questioning myself and going back and forth on whether or not I should start this home business. I keep telling myself “What if it fails?”, “What if you get popular and can’t keep up with the demand”, what it boils down to.. “What if it works?” “What if I succeed?”
I’ve come to realize that success is sometimes scarier than failure. I am over thinking all of this… perhaps I should stop!!
Thanks again!
April 14th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Hi Suzanne,
Can you see why it’s my favorite!!
Don’t overthink….that can be a trap.
Just do it…we rarely regret the things we try and fail at, (or what we try and succeed at!)
But we often regret the things we don’t try at all!
April 16th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Joel,
Along the lines of what you said, I recently learned an amazingly simple way to step away from the mind and immerse in presence.
Basically, it starts with the time-tested method of focusing intently on your breathing. However, while doing that begin rolling your eyes in one direction. After a few minutes of this, roll your eyes in the other direction.
The mind has trouble focusing on both the breath and the rolling eyes, and the end result is the mind gives up and presence pervades.
Simple, quick, yet effective.
April 16th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
That reminds me of a technique from EFT where you look down to the right, look down to the left, roll your eyes and sing a short song and then say the ABC’s—it really is amazing how well it works to refocus!
April 18th, 2008 at 7:40 am
We can learn a lot for our kids!
Kids are better than us when it comes to dreaming.
Why is it that so many of us highly evolved, highly intelligent and incredibly complex ‘grown-ups’ seem to lose some really valuable skills as we age… having fun for instance.
“Mmm, sorry my schedule’s pretty tight this week, I could possibly fit in some fun at say, 12.30 next Tuesday….. but I’ve only got ten minutes.”
“Any good?”
“If you’re really desperate, I could squeeze in some mild amusement early Monday for say, eight minutes, I just had a cancellation - get back to me.”
Kids love to laugh and dream and they do plenty of it.
And they laugh at stupid stuff.
A lot.
Don’t they know it’s stupid?
It’s a good thing us older, wiser types are around to let them know when and how to have fun.
If kids want to have fun, they’ll always make it happen.
They can be in the most boring, mundane environment or situation and they’ll find a way to have fun.
If only us boring, serious old farts could do the same, we may achieve more of our dreams.
April 18th, 2008 at 8:05 am
I love your comment Craig!
I have 3 of those types of kids right now, 3 beautiful princesses…..and none of them ever schedule in fun…they just do it!!
Not to say that there aren’t a few complaints!
My middle daughter informed me yesterday that if I wouldn’t let her go outside and play then she wouldn’t love me anymore!!
Since it was getting dark and cold I told her that it didn’t matter because I still loved her no matter what. She got over it and I still got hugs and kisses before bed!
Today is supposed to be 71 degrees so this afternoon after daughter #1 is out of school it is to the park we go!!
Have fun!!
April 18th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Craig that is so true. Watching my 15 month old delight in the most benign of things is a blessing.
His current favorite toys include a picnic cooler and pots and pans.
He loves to go outside… even when it’s 50 degrees and I’m freezing, he still wants to go out. The crazy part is, he doesn’t get cold even if he’s out barefoot. I’ve checked his temperature multiple times, looked for shivering or any signs of cold… and he just goes outside and squeals with joy.
He can’t talk and he doesn’t need to yet, which makes it all the more enjoyable to communicate with him and encourage him to do the things he enjoys… even if they are “stupid.”
April 21st, 2008 at 9:10 am
I’m a little lost as to what this means.
April 21st, 2008 at 11:56 am
Follow your heart…..
Listen to your heart and soul….
Stop over thinking and over analyzing in your mind and brain and listen to the intuitions and promptings from your heart and soul…..
April 21st, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Hi Karen….
I am always thrilled when someone asks me - “Are you Out of Your Mind?!” — It is then that I know I am following my heart not my conditioned brain!!
Thanks!
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:20 am
I agree with you Ellie!
I love to be “out of my mind”!