What is a "Wise Mind?"  It's the thinking and reaonsing processes that are a result of an equal pairing of the "Emotional Mind" and the "Practical Mind."  The Emotional Mind is overdeveloped for those who have experienced extreme and/or long-term emotional and physical traumas - the feelings (emotions) supercede all other perceptions.  An example might be my feeling responsible for the happiness of others, when that responsibility doesn't really exist except in my own perception.

The Practical Mind is the thinking and reasoning processes that are based upon facts.  An example of the Practical Mind is sorting out a method to heat my home by collecting firewood.

When the Practical Mind and the Emotional Mind are healthy and occupy equal space, the Wise Mind develops as the primary processor (for lack of a better description).  Throughout my lifetime, I have known a distinct absence of calm wisdom and balance, and meeting the Wise Mind is pretty phenomenal. 

What does any of this have to do with "Coping With Betrayal?"  Well, this new journey began with what someone did to me, and is evolving into a whole-self reconstruction, on every level.  Learning about myself and my own personal issues has opened a door that I never knew existed - the Door Of Healing.  By learning about my own issues, I've typed the importance of building strong boundaries, and caring about the Self, first.  By moving into a different (and, hitherto, unknown) realm of thinking and living, betrayal still may occur, but it won't ever occur with the same magnitude.

I also believe that the Wise Mind is where I will regain, rebuild, and re-experience my spirituality.  I'm not talking about "religious beliefs," here.  I have a very personal view on organized religions, and it is not ritual or dogma that I'm searching for.  I'm searching for that connection to all things that I once enjoyed.  And, this is where the Wise Mind is going to take me. 

Where I was once hyper-empathetic and hyper-sensitive, I'm learning that the Wise Mind is tempered with experience and common sense, as well as emotions and feelings.  It's calm.  It's serene.  And, it's "now," instead of looking into the past or future.  Living in "The Now" was utterly alien to me - personal choices and decisions were based upon past experiences or attempts at future predictions, and never upon Right Now.

A good article on "the now" can be read through this link:  http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-wise-open-mind/201301/how-mindfulness-can-improve-everyday-chores

The Wise Mind is where Living In The Now has ceased being a technique and has become, instead, a way of life.  I'm looking foward to living with the Wise Mind.  As each day passes and I continue the hard work on rebuilding my Self and my life, it's enlightening, calming, and affirming.

One day, I intend to be one of "Those People" who radiate calm, balance, and healing energies.  I am that person - I've just never allowed her to speak.

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