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Mind Over Matter Yes, But Being Over Mind Mind over matter is a familiar phrase to most people and most of them have some understanding of what that means. Mind is over matter, and the activity of mind shapes and guides the formation and action of things on the physical plane. Mastery over the mind will give commensurate ability to shape one’s physical world. But here is the rub: That mastery over mind thing is no small undertaking. It is the sad condition of humanity to be identified with mind. Mind, emotion, and physicality combine, along with the personality that congeals around them, to masquerade as us. And we, to our great detriment, go along with them, coming to agree with them. Most people, having never really thought about thinking—and who they might be relative to their thoughts—think that they are their minds. Most people think that the noise in their heads is who they are. Now, I can’t speak for you, but if the noise in my head is who I really am … oh, brother, would I be in trouble. And I am in trouble, to the extent that I forget myself and identify with mind, and emotion. See, mind cannot fix mind. Mind may be brilliant or dull, creative or relatively stagnant, but it is meant to be used by us, not the reverse. Mind is an amazing and powerful tool, but it is a miserable master, and for most of us most of the time, that is exactly what it is. We have to awaken to the higher part of ourselves, that part above the level of mind, in order to use mind as it is intended. Start by simply observing the mind. Don’t judge it or try to stop it, just observe it. In that observation comes the realization, I am watching my mind. I Am watching my mind. I Am. And if I am watching my mind, I am not that mind. From that “I am” observer state, you can go on to gently impose silence on the mind. Of course, the mind resists. It has little interest in being brought under your control; having had more or less a life of its own and being in control, it will fight for its life. And it fights dirty. But over and over again, gently bring it to silence. Turn one second into two, two into five, five into ten, and so on. The more you practice, the more obedient the mind will become. What you find then, when the mind is silent even for a moment, is that awareness remains. When the mind is silent, awareness remains, and that is who we are. Identify with the awareness that remains in the silence. Solidify a sense of self above the level of mind. From there, tune in and become aware of the life-force, the creative animating spirit, that of which you and all of creation is made, emanating from the center of your being. You now have the keys to the creative process. Mind over matter, yes, of course, but being over mind, and spirit over all. |
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