Let’s ask the question again replacing the word “store” with the word “mind”. “Who’s minding your mind?”  When you are not paying attention to your mind chatter, there are consequences. If you are not minding YOUR mind, it is running your life and you are a victim of its misbehavior.

Here is an example that happened to me just this week.  My husband has been down in the bed for 2 days with low energy and a runny nose.  He does not feel good.  Upon questioning him, I find out his mind chatter is: “I don’t like feeling bad. I don’t like being in the bed. I don’t like doing nothing.” These thoughts are resistance to what is. As long as he listens to his mind chatter telling him the way he feels is not okay, he is going to continue to feel bad and be depressed. 

What can he do?  For starters, he must become aware of his mind chatter, which resists what is. He must focus his thinking on what is true, not what appears. The truth is that he is doing nothing and all is well.

So, I gave him two things to say. I told him to repeat them like a mantra over and over to himself.  What was really funny to me was that he could not remember the two things.  Every time I asked him to repeat them to me, his mind would go blank.  That ego-mind is so clever and devious at keeping control.  But I am on to it. And I know what is required.

So all day long, I would ask my husband to repeat these two phrases aloud: “I am enjoying the pleasure of doing nothing,” and “All is well”.  sylviasilk.com/2008/11/01/the-pleasure-of-doing-nothing.aspx   Sweetheart that he is, he would say them when prompted until he could remember them on his own.

The next day, he bounded out of bed fully recovered.  He felt so well that he dressed and began doing things around the house. His energy had returned. His depression had vanished! Even I was amazed that  his condition had reversed so quickly.  Granted he was also resting, drinking lots of water and allowing his body to heal itself.  But our bodies respond to our state of mind. When my husband implemented a state of mind to support what he wanted, in this case feeling better, his body responded. 

So who is minding your mind?  How well are you maintaining a state of mind that supports, “All is well”?  It is critical to practice this because the news media is bombarding us daily with its “all is NOT well” messages.  2009 is going to be a challenging year. Stay attentive, alert and aware of your mental messages, the subtle mind chatter.  Maintain a mantra of “ALL IS WELL”. Do not waver off of it no matter what.  And let’s stick together with our like-minded friends. Community is very important this year.

Until you return, fill your days with GIGGLES, JOY, APPRECIATION and ALL IS WELL!