Your mind is like a sword

The mind can be a powerful tool, like a sword. Swords can be used for greatness and protection like the tales of King Arthur with his sword Excalibur or pain and sorrow like many innocent people being beheaded by ISIS in the middle east. But this sword is merely a piece of metal. It is what the wielder decides to do with it will depend on if this tool can be used for extreme positive or extreme negative. 

Let us now look at the mind. It can be a great tool, it can be one of our greatest assets for achieving worldly and spiritual greatness or it can also take us to the lowest of the lows. Some peoples minds have lead to great scientific discoveries that lead humanity forward such as those of Leonardo Da Vinci and Nikola Tesla. Then there are those minds that have lead to great pain and suffering like the many cases of genocide we find in history. The mind can have a great effect on the outside world. It is the minds of the wright brothers who dreamed of flight that revolutionize how we all travel today. Their minds affected almost everyone’s reality world wide. For even those who have never traveled by plane have probably reaped the benefits of air transport for some product they have used in their life time.

Weather one wants to believe that the mind is actually able to attract outcomes to someone like a magnet or the repeated self-talk will influence ones actions by repetition. Our mind can affect our reality and our repeated self-talk can either work for us or against us. It is up to us on how we use it.  Many after hearing this will be like “easier said than done to control the mind.” Let’s go back to the sword. For one to achieve great things with the sword they must practice wielding it and sharpening their sword. For it is the effort that allows one to maximize the benefits of the sword. The mind is no different. Effort is required to gain control of this wonderful tool. Rewards however only come to those who put the time and effort to mastering the mind.

It would not be wise of me to give you all the answers and techniques on controlling your mind. As the journey of searching and learning will teach you many things. I will however leave you with one technique today.

Learn to quiet the mind with meditation. There are many different techniques out there and it is best to find one that suits you best. One technique that I like is the sit quietly in a comfortable position and close your eyes and just notice your breathing. Don’t try and control your breathing just notice it. Work your way up to 30 minutes a day. If you have never meditated before it is best to start with around 5 minutes and work your way up.