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Nirvana and Hades

Posted on by philipdodson

They are not places of the exterior world. They are creations within us.

We can choose to be at peace and experience Nirvana here right now in this moment or we can create our own internal ‘hell’ or Hades within us.

The mind will create hell if we allow it and become our thoughts and the heart and consciousness will bring ‘heaven’, joy, awareness, life, energy and all things that we associate with bliss and a Nirvana.

We have the choice what we experience in every moment. We always have our own Nirvana and we create our own hell if we choose the suffering of the mind.

Thought is overrated

Posted on by philipdodson

When we just stay focused and do, then there is no time to think.

Of course, there are many ways to do something, many options to consider and so on, and that is exactly it, the mind is like a giant magnet that will drag you along from a simple thought to complete sabotage and meltdown, often within a minute or two.

If we use our mind as a creative tool, dipping in and out of it to consider the creative elements and to solve challenges around a task and then return to the moment, then the mind is a powerful tool to help us complete whatever we are doing.

However, habitually the mind is controlling us with its powerful thoughts, judgements and opinions it has created about us, especially when it comes to doing something. It sees doing as a risk.

The moment we start to consider the pros/cons of action that is when it triggers the sabotage of starting anything.

The mind is a tool for us to use, not us and not something to dominate all that we do.

Thought is overrated, it kills action and stops us from being who we truly are. Conversely, focus and consciousness are where we are able to be at our best and to be who we really are and not inhibited by our egos.