Tag: spiritual

Seeing without the mind

Posted on by philipdodson

Seeing the world, for the first time, with total wonder and amazement. Seeing that brings complete joy and euphoria. That’s how a baby sees.

It does not label from the mind as it does not yet have the words for what it sees. We however, label everything we see and as the mind sees it we look at things within the noisy mind stream. We look and the labelling word is spoken by the mind and it’s thoughts blind the vision with its unconsciousness.

If we choose to, we can look without labelling, without thought, as a baby does. Then we truly see with our soul and we can enjoy the wonder and amazement of pure consciousness and sight untainted by the minds story.

The circumstances

Posted on by philipdodson

Being at peace comes with more ease alone on a mountaintop…it is a test when we are in the middle of another’s drama, or immersed with unconsciousness.

Yet peace isn’t about quiet in the exterior world it is about silence within and that comes from the gap between thoughts, the pure stillness of being.

We are more likely to experience that gap when we are focused on avoiding the distractions that awaken the mind and it’s constant thoughts.

Peace can come if we let others be and allow acceptance within of them. However, it is a choice as to whether to be trapped by our thought or not. So in fact, the circumstances of the exterior world cannot affect our inner peace unless we allow it..