About a week ago, my mind decided to rebel against the changes I was trying to implicate into my life. I was doing so well on my mental and physical health. From connecting, I noticed I wanted to make healthier choices, to surround myself with nature and my new obsession with wanting to get a pet, first a hedge hog now a guinea pig. Yet, my mind had a different plan, and wasn't going to adjust easily to my new changes.
After a few wonderful days, my mind started to play tricks on me. I began to worry about nothing. I started to spin down the negative spiral and make unhealthy decisions. According to Eckhart Tolle, "all cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy or Being." I found this to be true by falling back into my old habits. I craved sweets and junk like no other. I found myself being completely unbalanced in every accept of my being, wanting to much or not at all. I was being so lazy and all I wanted to do was sleep. From this struggle I found my body became weak and fatigue, so I listened.
The mind can be a destructive tool. When things are going well in your life, you can still fear the success or control you have. When you fall into the dark hole, it can be hard to come out. Sometimes you need a rough shock of reality or a mistake to set you back on the path of silencing the mind. When you want to live away from pain, you need to step out of the mind. Eckhart Tolle also mention being in the present can help lessen the pain. At this current moment, this is what I seek.
Remember to be patience and kind to yourself when you release or search.
XOXO
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