Clearing out the mind...

I clear my mind to let in new loving thoughts.

"...we all use the Creative power of the Universal Mind every time we use our own mind. Ernest Holmes, The Science of Mind

When we use our mind, we are using the Creative power of the Universal Mind. If we do not clear our minds on a regular basis then we continue to have the same thoughts day in day out. Our experiences do not change. We do not seem to get new creative ideas. We seem to be stuck in the same old thinking pattern.

This brings me back to when my son went away to college. He was 17 years old and I had to sign for him to stay on campus. My husband, his father, was gone from our lives for most of my son's life. I shared a special bond with my son. When my son left home, it left an empty void in my heart and home. I would go to his room and just lay on his bed and remember the great times we shared together. I was reading a book, of many books that I was reading at the time, that stated that we must clear out our minds daily and let in new thoughts, new creative ideas or we would remain stuck in ideas that do not serve us.

I was meditating and stilling my mind but this exercise seem to me worth trying. I chose to use my son's room to do this clearing out of my daily thoughts. I would turn the phones off and let the messages be left on my answering machine. I decorated the room so it was peaceful and uncluttered and ready for me when I arrived home. I would go right into this room and lay on the bed and begin taking deep breaths. The deep breathing was a way to prepare for this exercise. Once I was relaxed, I began by choosing a word like love, peace, joy, abundance. I would say in my mind the word of choice over and over again.

By doing this mantra, I was allowing thoughts to drift by and not enter my mind so that these thoughts would not distract me. The object of this exercise was not to think. After repeating this word over and over, I began to sink down into a part of my mind that was not thinking and not resisting thoughts. I allowed all thoughts of the day to drift away. Sometimes, I would fall asleep and awaken so refreshed. 

I noticed that I would receive fresh clear thoughts, creative ideas about how to develop exercises to teach my students. I was very concerned about making geometry easy and understandable for all of my students, who truly wanted to learn, and not just for the few, who understood no matter how the lesson was taught. I continued doing this exercise and looked forward to doing it daily. I felt very relaxed and was able to see other positive things happening in my life, as a result of this clearing the mind exercise. I was allowing room for more creative thoughts to enter my mind. I felt more loving, peaceful and at ease with myself. I was very much in tune with my intuition.


Meditation: contemplate on, I allow my mind to be clear of daily thoughts so that my mind is free to receive new and creative thoughts. Take 3 deep cleansing breaths and go into the silence for at least 3 minutes.
Lovely LadyFran