Performing our mind training involves a continuous brainstorming of ideas, which is adapted to our perspective and relativity in order to search, and find, a suitable solution to enhance the self in a meaningful way. We practise the results of our mind training during specific challenges and experiences we have contact with. We see the effectiveness and efficacy of some measures, and the requirement of adaptations to situations that such effectiveness and efficacy need to be improved, while we use our consciousness to extract wonderful lessons to remain focused, motivated, and engaged in the journey to achieve peace of mind. The moment we realise perfection is not part of the slope of self-enhancement, it is the moment we understand enhancing the self is not a straight path to the meaningful garden but a personal learning curve adapted to our own perspective and relativity experienced within the environment we live in.


Imagine we have to face a challenge of running for one hundred (100) meters and measure the time for such distance. Imagine we have one (1) month to be prepared for such a race by any way we find suitable for the challenge. As we know we are going to face such a challenge, we can perform different kinds of training to help us deal with different scenarios that can be configured. However, imagine the day we are about to be tested the rules involving such a challenge are changed, and now we have to run one hundred (100) meters with a weight of thirty (30) kg attached to our back. We have not been training to carry such extra weight. What could we do in such a situation? Giving up? Or could we perform the best we can perform to the scenario we are about to experience?


The impermanence of the universe, and the observation of life itself, provides us with the wonderful knowledge that enables our consciousness to recognise that we experience situations we have had no expectations to experience, more than we could imagine. Such wisdom is derived from the fact we cannot predict the future, forecasting what happens in the present moment we are facing a given challenge, or a specific situation. We may have an idea, like the hypothetical situation described in the running challenge, but we would only know for certain what we are about to face the moment we are facing it.


Imagine now a lion running into our direction, furious, with no way to be controlled. We could not say for such a lion: “Dear wonderful, beautiful, and cute big cat. I know you are furious, and regarding such a state, there is a high probability you would like to end up my precious life. Could you please tap into your consciousness and stop behaving like that? It would be much appreciated, thank you!”. We could not also engage in an unconscious act of taking unproportional measures to end up the life of such a wonderful creature just because it offers a real threat to our own life. In addition, we could not not also give up, turn our backs, and say: “Dear wonderful, beautiful, and cute big cat. I am giving up because It is not fair what you are doing, and how you are behaving in the present moment! Goodbye handsome!”. The only thing we can do is face the situation with the best we can have at hand: our own consciousness. By imagining such a very dangerous situation we can understand why it is important to perform our mind training in order to have consciousness at hand, any time, and in any circumstances.


The moment we realise consciousness is the ultimate power we have access free of charge, it is the moment we understand embracing suffering is renouncing such power.


Namaste 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓



Written by Jeferson Souza (thejefecomp).


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