TRANSCENDING THE MIND

11/3/2018

The mind is in a hurry. It wants answers and it wants them now. "When will such and such happen?" "When will I get that?" For the mind the present moment is incomplete and unsatisfying and it continuously and desperately seeks completeness. It believes that completeness will come at some point in the future when a different emotion is experienced, when certain information has been attained, when a particular status has been reached or when material gain has been achieved. "When will I feel differently?" "When will I finally be happy?" "When will I know my purpose?" "When will I meet my life partner?" The barrage of thoughts never ends and if one question is answered, another appears. If one desire is fulfilled, another appears.

The only way to end this vicious cycle of seeking and to experience a true and lasting sense of completeness is to transcend the mind by totally letting go of all thoughts and surrendering fully into the present moment. Letting go of thoughts doesn't mean that thoughts stop appearing. It means that they are noticed but not believed in. They are observed but they are not given any power and they are not identified with.

Transcendence of the mind cannot happen in the future. It can only happen in this moment, regardless of how this moment presents itself. Become still right now and notice how this moment feels. Simply perceive whatever is here without any judgement. Observe the thoughts, notice the breath and feel the body. Open to the completeness that is already here. Accept this moment fully, exactly as it is without trying to change anything about it. Maybe that means feeling sadness or heaviness or anger. That's ok. Feel deeper and deeper into the sensations in the body and gently welcome whatever is here. This moment is not a mistake. This moment is perfection. It is only the belief that this moment is flawed that prevents us from experiencing the perfection that is here. When we release ourselves from the grasp of that belief by recognising it, and we have the willingness to embrace our experience fully, we naturally open to the completeness that is already here. ~ Louise

5 Comments

Roman Szylo

7/13/2020 08:06:44 am

If thoughts are not ours, why do we have them? Roman

John

5/26/2021 07:41:27 pm

Although thoughts are ours, originating within ourselves, we can never be certain why these thoughts are forming.

Is it an unconscious delusional belief, or an irrational fear driving them?

I have learned that just because I have a thought or emotion, doesn’t mean it’s right.

I have found that mindfulness..... to always think about what you’re thinking about, especially if it disturbs you...... is key.

Lodewijk Langeweg

8/11/2020 11:27:15 am

God through Louise is guiding us gently with the power of divine love through purgatory. The purging of all that is not true and causes suffering. The movement from hell to heaven. Our true Self awakening Itself to Itself in us. That also we have the peace and joy of God.

How fortunate we are for being Who we are. For Who it is given us to really Be thank God. And to have Who we really are be willing to appear also in the appearance of Louise, to hear our Self speak through her to Itself in us.
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Mark

11/30/2020 03:18:43 pm

I'm getting the words: "Presence transcends." I'm new to her work though I appreciate how present Louise is when she speaks, even if the content is simple.

The mind is quite compulsive in seeking what it believes will lead to completion. So often (perhaps always?) it does not see all that is already here, so no wonder there's a belief in a need to find something else. It may be a matter of persistent partial perception?

Shankara

2/9/2023 07:14:09 am

Yes it is my experience, the more I resist to what is right now, may it be a feeling or any situation, suffering increases. sometimes a lot of courage is needed to fully accept what the present moment brings forth. But I donˋt know how to handle informations that we receive these days about the immense suffering of thousands of people because of an earthquake.

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