What Are You Waiting For? Start Now — Part 1

 



I think of the mind as a vessel filled with water.

And I think of thoughts as different substances that enter and remain within that water.

We often experience the mind and our thoughts as if they were one and the same. It is easy to believe that our thoughts are our mind, and that our mind is simply made up of our thoughts.

But perhaps we can look at them a little differently.

Many things enter us from the outside—what we see, what we hear, what we experience, and what we learn from other people. These things remain within our mind. They mix with one another, move, grow, and change, eventually appearing as new thoughts.

Imagine a vessel filled with water.

Different substances are placed into that water. They mix and move within it. The water itself remains there, while the things inside it change, combine, and develop.

I believe the relationship between the mind and our thoughts may be similar.

Because the mind and thoughts seem so closely connected, we often become confused about what is the mind and what is a thought.

However, when we begin to separate the two and observe them carefully, we may be able to look at our thoughts more calmly and judge them more systematically.

The same is true when we are about to begin something new.

First, we see something, hear something, or experience something. Then different thoughts begin to arise from those experiences.

I think of the mind as the place where those thoughts remain, connect with one another, and begin to grow.

If the mind is like water, thoughts are like things that enter that water and develop within it.

When a new thought comes into the mind from the outside, it meets the thoughts that are already there. One thought connects with another. They are compared with each other, sometimes they agree, and sometimes they conflict.

Through this process, a small thought may gradually grow into a much stronger one.

Then, at some point, we may begin asking ourselves:

“Should I try this?”

“Should I start now?”

“Is this something I really want to do?”

Before we begin something, a certain amount of mental preparation has to develop within us.

Action does not always appear suddenly for no reason.

Perhaps action begins when different thoughts gather, grow, connect, and become organized within the mind until they finally develop into the strength that allows us to take the first step.


Have you ever wondered how the thoughts within the vessel of the mind change and grow


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