Tag: doing

Mind the gap

Posted on by philipdodson

The mind doesn’t like gaps. It needs a beginning, middle and end. If it doesn’t have it and doesn’t know the answer then it fills in the gaps.

It never fills in the gaps with positive stuff, it fills in the blanks with negative things based on the stories and judgments it’s already made up about others and situations.

Rather than actually finding out by asking another person or actually researching a specific situation, the mind makes up the story.

Then from this fantasy story made up in our heads we act and react stuck in our unconscious mind patterns.

Ask others, be curious and stay away from the repeating thoughts. The more present we are in this moment, the less our mind is filling in the blanks. The less we suffer from our own stories based on nothing.

Stay aware and mind the gap.

Analyse that

Posted on by philipdodson

The one challenge with analysing everything is that it is only useful if we take action.

Often, the mind is active with constant analysis of all that we are doing or not doing.

We come up with an answer, sometimes, only to do nothing about it only to have the same analysis again.

The only solution is to take action one small step at a time.