Re: I call myself 'fledgling' for a reason...

When we take the simple step back to observe the mind we become detached and there is space to observe with no judgement whatsoever. Only later does the mind try to re-attach and cause me to say "what an idiot I was for thinking I was the mind' that is the mind again trying to cause attachment by pretending to be for detachment and trying to get self back into the attachment loop. When you watch the mind you see all this unfold like a drama. This is all very simple it is the mind that causes us too trust it in saying it is difficult.

I was in a workshop on controlling the mind this weekend. A yoga instructor was having difficulty with detaching from emotions. SHe said she recognizes when she is having negative thoughts and is having such a time detaching from them! I told her "No your mind is tricking you, if you wait to change your thoughts until the bad ones arise and you are already thinking them it is too late. I told her there is no thinking needed you just drop the emotion and thoughts like you drop a hot coal. DO you need think about that?

I started in the beginning consciously trying to replace thoughts with other (more positive thoughts) that does not work well because the ego is strong and simply shifts strategies by creating enough overwhelming thoughts the mind could not possibly create substitute for. Another technique is to observe the thoughts and associate the bodily/sensory feeling that is always there. In time you will obsevre the feeling/emotion before it even takes root and at a stage before even the thoughts arise. Immediately you will use love and compassion to be reseeded before the unwanted thoughts take root.

I feel like all else is supression or maybe slowing down the growth. rather than trying to pull up a root and risking leaving part of it, I prefer to catch the seedling and immediately replace it. Does that make sense?

Smiling does a lot and I can see where it can cause transmutation by way of appreciation which is gratitude.

"The neatest thing I've found, Aye, is that the spirit within really wants to come out. Simple openess works best, and far more easily"

How true is that Fledgling tank you for the reminder!

Well I do the same to my asparagus and now will do so even more as I picture you.
Thank you also for your silliness

Aye

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