Everyday in our normal working lives we are faced with many opportunities to work on spiritual development, but we usually waste it on unproductive mind chatter and phone stuff. Why not put this time to good use, it really doesn’t matter how little the time is, because in establishing a new mental pattern it all begins with these wasted moments. Why let the mind control you and take you to places that don’t have any meaning or places you don’t want to go, eventually adding weight to your back. When we take a close look at our internal dialogue, beyond our duties and normal reactions, most of it is completely useless, this technique is designed for that and can cultivate stability and mind control just by checking in. You can work on these moments to advance yourself spiritually, strengthen your mind and concentration.
No matter how busy our day is we experience down time and gaps in-between places which can become mentally and spiritually productive. So many times we are caught between appointments and destinations, and it seems like a big part of life is wasting time, most of the time we fill it up with mental gossip, desires, fears, and worries. Why do we let bad thought and behavior take control with meaningless banter when we can infuse deeper spiritual insights to start imposing productive thoughts that help in mind control.
Practice these pauses can also be done with the eyes open, whether in front of the computer, TV, reading, or any number of ways. I was able to find many ways throughout the day with no need for posture. When it’s down time why not do it? Why entertain all this childish mind stuff that just provides more issues. Under the radar you can meditate any time any place. You can check into the body energies for short pauses throughout the hectic day, give you a sense of peace during trying moments.
Conquering negative thoughts by superimposing a spiritual dialogue or personal positive experience is a technique that works but harder than the pauses. Any form of real mind control boils down to energy. Practicing meditation is the keystone to this technique because it lowers the volume during your check in pauses.
When an unwanted thought rises it triggers distinct energy pattern that can even start before the thought which you can feel. It’s your trigger mechanism to act. That ugly energy of a bad thought is perceivable. You have to be able to feel the change inside and turn away before it triggers chaotic energy that takes more time to relax and move from. It can be mastered when you catch it early, it makes it easy to turn away from it. The strong chaotic energy can even be heard and felt in a humming vibration during a quiet meditation. The goal is to place your attention in the middle of the chaotic energy and sit there observing it to calm it down. Just observing without thinking the energy has no direction and dissipates. Catch it quickly it can be extinguished quickly.
The technique in the beginning is withdrawing your attention away from the thought by focusing your attention on inside the energies, like your sitting your concentration in the middle of the flow and just witnessing the energy, it will consequently spread out and dissipate. By the mere act of observing energy means you are the thoughtless observer then the energy looses its directional and flounders. This type of catch and release means everything to your peace and happiness. Also the benefits are extremely important in the Afterlife.