The Nonphysical Mind

            The bold journey of change takes a willingness to let go of the old and allow the body and mind to retrain itself for new and wonderful experiences. I would be completely remiss if I didn’t talk about how the mind works in conjunction with this change.

            First of all, if you are in a safe place and have the ability to close your eyes. Ask yourself this question: “When I argue with myself or talk to myself. Who am I arguing with or talking to?” Can one mind reason with itself? Or do I have two minds? I consciousness and an ego mind?

            This is a great question. We have a physical mind that resides in our head. It is replete with neuropathic pathways and synapses that fire and create thought, mostly from our past. But there is also a nonphysical mind that doesn’t exist primarily in our head that can whisper from the darkness and say, “You know, that wasn’t the best thing to do to that person. You should probably say you’re sorry?”

            Think about it. Would one mind that felt justified in doing something actually think a thought that was completely opposite of it and be parental in nature? I don’t think so. I think this mind is our Spiritual mind or Highest self. Whatever you want to call it, we are born with something that guides us that is much greater than our ego, physical minds. And thank God for that.

            I know if most people were to exist with just their physical minds, we would have no world right now. Everyone would take what they want and not care what the spiritual consequence is. But consciousness, another name for this spirit mind, can speak when we don’t ask it to, and argue its point in the silence—after the fact.

            Bold change takes the use of this mind and brings it to a higher level. Instead of allowing this mind to just be a way shower for when you go astray, you actually become one with this part of the governing mind. You actually grow up into this omniscient, observant part of the mind.

            When you learn to separate from your physical mind and see your self as a spirit being who lives in a physical body with a physical brain, you can begin to stop your judgment of yourself and start the necessary steps toward change one needs to make lasting new impressions on the brain.

            For instance, you have a problem with smoking, weight loss, drugs, sex addiction. You have developed this problem over years. You started when you were young and vulnerable. And now all that is left to the habit is connections to other habits. (Let’s using smoking as an example.) You get in the car and you smoke. You drink a cup of coffee and you smoke. You dial a phone number and you light up. You barely like the idea of smoking, yet you still find yourself lighting up.

            When you get into your nonphysical mind you can see that you are physically challenged. Without judgment, you look at your humanness and assess the situation. You realize that outside the body where your nonphysical mind exists, you are a nonsmoker. You see that you have created a world where every anxiety is mixed with smoking. Now you have a good perspective of what the physical self needs to quit this habit.

            The next step is to find the best modality for you to quit. It might be a drug or a hypnotist or acupuncture or cold turkey. But you research the problem and you know what you must do now to overcome the physical change in your body, and now your nonphysical mind takes control of your physical mind and body.

            This tyranny must exist for your brain and body, because the physical brain is like a child that wants what it wants and wants it now. The spiritual, nonphysical brain must exercise control over the body and mind consistently for change to occur, which is why a spiritual practice like meditation or yoga can really help make a considerable difference in anyone’s life.

            Now you begin to realize that your highest self is in control of the “fight or flight” animal brain and you exercise your right at be a spiritual being with a consciousness.

            In so doing, you make the bold leap to change!