Cool Your Mind
Thoughtless Awareness is one of the most amazing states of mind one can achieve. I bet you are familiar with this phenomenon more than you think.| Every time you find something stunning, especially in nature or art - an awesome sunset, a breathtaking image, etc. - you become thoughtless! However, when achieved more often (ideally on a daily basis), thoughtless awareness can give you a significant advantage in any area of your life. How does it work?
This state is a greater state of awareness which lies in between the past and the future. We usually find it difficult to be totally in the present because our mind is either thinking about the future or the past. Being in the state of thoughtless awareness is being in the present. You are free to think about whatever you want, but you don’t have to entertain any unwanted thoughts in your mind at all. Thus you can have true control over your mind. Interestingly, your mind becomes very relaxed yet completely focused on any tasks you need to perform in your daily life. Sounds great, but how to reach it? From a regular point of view (what is a regular point of view?) it is actually almost impossible to reach that state: how to have NO THOUGHTS? And still be aware? Be alert? Be efficient? |
Simple, in your meditation, this state happens naturally as your energy rises. Your attention automatically relaxes, and you are 100% in the present. Everybody experiences it a little bit differently, but for me it works like this: I feel the cool breeze over my head which relaxes the scalp and then the brain. It is absolutely real because I cannot force it. Sometimes I feel nothing, no change, even if I really want to feel cool. It is simply a physical representation of what is going on inside my subtle system. When I feel this cool breeze, it is incredibly enjoyable and at this point there are no thoughts in my mind. I am aware of the surroundings but I am also completely blissed out and completely relaxed. And if I am fortunate enough to keep this state for several minutes I feel like I am charged with tremendous powers and billions of watts of Energy! In fact, it’s like the most healthy, powerful and awesome drug you could ever take. |
