Monthly Guiding Points

Monthly Guiding Points

January
Your decision to walk on the path of spirituality and creativity is noble. If followed diligently it leads to wisdom, peace and joy. But the journey is filled with blocks, pitfalls and false dead ends. In order to overcome any strenuous situation you need persistence and perseverance. To help you successfully journey on the spiritual way I have collected ten practical points about mental clarity that I promise would guide you along the way. 

I have learned and recapitulated these lessons from the works of great thinkers, spiritual masters, philosophers and teachers; their written and spoken words. Each guiding point is a practice; simple but not easy. But when practiced seriously, mere words turn into physical sensations and feelings. Eventually they impels us to act accordingly. Once activated they amaze us with their power. Incorporate them in your day-to-day life on your way to becoming wiser, happier, and more peaceful.

At the end of each month I’ll post several guiding points for honing healthy attitude and behavior. This month it is all about Mental Clarity. Next eleven months will include Awareness, Emotions, Unbiased Thought, Problem Solving, Responsibility, Pragmatism, Kindness, Acceptance, Resilience, Action and Meditation. 

Determine to practice journaling and meditation to empty the mental junk that accumulates every twenty-four hours. Follow these guiding points (if possible memorize them), practice them daily until they become a second nature. 

CULTIVATING WISDOM
Mental Clarity 
Thoughts on how to clear your mental clutter. 

1. An honest understanding of what is in your control and what is not provides mental clarity and physical ease. Trust your heart-mind. It is the only thing under your control.
2. Every morning pour out your feelings and thoughts on 1-3 pages of your journal.
3. For 10-15 minutes practice silent meditation daily. 
4. Choose a mantra (sacred utterance—a phrase, a thought, even a sound) for spiritual guidance. When a narrative is running through your mind, focus on the breath and silently repeat the mantra until the mind clears.  
5. Straighten your priorities. Learn to say, “No.”  Be dedicated to the activities you’re passionate about. At the beginning or the end of a day ask yourself, how can I improve myself? what bad habits did I curb today? What good habits did I practice? Remember, external things can’t fix internal issues.
6. Develop deep love of whatever you have chosen to learn. Be clear about what you’re learning. Absorb it and turn it into action. 
7. Who inspires you? A wise person, a philosopher, a teacher, a thinker, a spiritual guru? Watch what they do and don’t do and do your best to do the same.
8. One of the most powerful sentences in our language is, “I don’t know.” Imagine how much time, energy and brainpower you would save if you used it. (Don’t behave as if you are a world authority on every subject.) 
9. Try not to compare yourself with anyone. The mind gets foggy when you compare yourself with others or rely on their opinions.
10. Lastly, live in the present. What happened last week or five minutes ago is gone. Don’t regret it. It is under your control to restart whatever you believe in right now. 

With heart-mind under our control, we’re able to do the inner work while managing the outer world. Begin the work, clarify your mind clarity will follow.