This morning I was reminded how amazing it is to have my Material Mind inside the space of Spirit Mind and the remarkable contrast between when the Material Mind is at the extremes. It was fun because this can change really rapidly from one state to the other. Here is my experience:
When my Material Mind is outside the space of Spirit Mind, and I have a lot on my plate project-wise, it feels very overwhelming. I'm thinking, "Oh, I've got three big projects I'm working on and five little things I'm working on, and then the maintenance things I need to do." And when my Material Mind is outside of Spirit Mind, especially at the extremes, it's hard to start on any of them. It just feels like I don't know where to start, or I'm overwhelmed, or I just want to watch TV, or just take a day off. It's like there's this sense of not being able to engage in a productive way. And I've experienced this many times over the years, and it's so different when the Material Mind comes into the space of the Spirit Mind. And I had this really amazing experience this morning with that, where before I even woke up, I had this amazing sense of peace. I was just coming out of the sleep state, kind of in between.
And I spent probably an hour or more just with this beautiful, blissful smile on my face, this feeling of clarity. I could see all the same things that might have caused me stress. I was in a different state. I could see all these same things in front of me but instead of feeling overwhelmed or overloaded, I felt excited. I thought, "Wow, I'm so lucky. I have so many cool projects that I'm excited about and that I get to work on. And I felt a space of abundance, an abundance of fun projects rather than a space of scarcity of time or energy or something like that. A remarkable difference because in that space, it feels like anything is possible. And I'm excited about stepping into all those possibilities. Nothing feels overwhelming, nothing feels scary, or too hard or too fast. It all just feels wonderful.
And I wanted to share that experience with all of you because it's easy for us to slip outside of Spirit Mind without even realizing we're doing it. And then to have that sense of overwhelm, to have that sense of too much, or not being able to start or getting ready to start, and then not being able to continue. And sometimes, this kind of a false start. For me, this can go on for quite a while if I don't manage to get myself back in that space of Spirit Mind. But it can also shift so quickly when I bring my awareness into that space of Spirit Mind. And sometimes it'll happen naturally like it did last night while I was sleeping. And sometimes it helps to watch the videos, to watch the meditations, to consciously notice I'm outside of Spirit Mind. Then bring my awareness in to practice the grounding exercise of touching something, and noticing my emotions. Just all the things that we've studied in the Spirit Mind training, all those things help to come back into that Spirit Mind space.
And it's so worth it because the Material Mind is a blessing too. It's something that I want to use. I want to create projects, interact in the material world, and manifest my ideas into programs,audio, and everything. And these are all Material Mind tasks. And I love working with the Material Mind. And it's just fun and easy and feels abundant when it's in this space of Spirit Mind.
