Posts Tagged ‘consciousness’
What You Think, You Become
One of the things in my own personal life that I am really trying to focus on right now is awareness — awareness of each moment, awareness of what is happening in each moment, and awareness of my reactions to events of the moment. Those who teach mindfulness meditation refer to being consciousness or unconsciousness. If you are conscious in the moment, then you have the ability to be fully aware in the moment and you have the ability to consciously choose how to respond to events as they happen. If you are conscious in the moment, then you can watch your thoughts and watch your reactions to your thoughts, and change them if you wish to.
One thing that I see as vital to our happiness and fulfillment in life is awareness of our thoughts. We must become consciously aware of our thoughts, and we must learn how to control our thoughts. As Buddha pointed out:
The mind is everything, what you think, you become.
Or, as the Bible says in the Book of Proverbs:
7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.
“ Eat and drink!” he says to you,
But his heart is not with you.
(Proverbs 23:7, New King James Version)
Or, as Earl Nightingale put it:
You become what you think about.
Of course, this timeless truth has been stated in much the same way by other well-known historical figures as well.
What I would like to encourage you to do is to work toward becoming conscious — conscious of each moment, conscious of your thoughts in each moment, and conscious of how you can change your thoughts to react in a healthier, happier way to events of the moment.
If you have an interest in learning more about mindfulness meditation, I can wholeheartedly recommend the following two books:
What you think, you become. So think your best thoughts today! 
Be Blessed!
Namaste!
The Beginning of Freedom
THE BEGINNING OF FREEDOM is the realization that you are not the possessing entity — the thinker. Knowing this enables you to observe the entity. The moment you start watching the thinker, a higher level of consciousness becomes activated.
You then begin to realize that there is a vast realm of intelligence beyond thought, that thought is only a tiny aspect of that intelligence. You also realize that all the things that truly matter — beauty, love, creativity, joy, inner peace — arise from beyond the mind.
You begin to awaken.
– Eckhart Tolle, Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from The Power of Now
