From tightness to expansion
I hadn't realized how narrow I had become. My thinking was taking place it seemed, within one foot of my minds eye! Everything happened close up. And I had to do everything! That was my whole world. Things seem pretty tight that way. And when you try to add something new, it's like there isn't any more room for it.
I seem to function better when I sense an expanse. A large open area (in my mind), in which various smaller activities take place. Then, as if I am standing on top of a hill, I can look over the vast landscape and see some little thing happening here, or some other thing happening there, and in between everything, there is still lots and lots of space.
The breezes can blow, the sun can shine, the light is there. There is room. And there's room for more. There is no sense of shortage or constriction.
Using this vast landscape, I plant my ideas. There is an additional benefit to this, my ideas and desires are removed from me, and placed far outside me, but in such a way that I can see what goes on with them, and watch them grow.
It's like the earth itself will bring about the growth of these ideas, instead of me, laboring away. It's very natural.
Once I've planted something, it is as if I've planted a seed, it's out of my hands now. Unless I try to dig it up, it'll grow on its own. But it's fun to watch too. It's a miracle really.
I seem to function better when I sense an expanse. A large open area (in my mind), in which various smaller activities take place. Then, as if I am standing on top of a hill, I can look over the vast landscape and see some little thing happening here, or some other thing happening there, and in between everything, there is still lots and lots of space.
The breezes can blow, the sun can shine, the light is there. There is room. And there's room for more. There is no sense of shortage or constriction.
Using this vast landscape, I plant my ideas. There is an additional benefit to this, my ideas and desires are removed from me, and placed far outside me, but in such a way that I can see what goes on with them, and watch them grow.
It's like the earth itself will bring about the growth of these ideas, instead of me, laboring away. It's very natural.
Once I've planted something, it is as if I've planted a seed, it's out of my hands now. Unless I try to dig it up, it'll grow on its own. But it's fun to watch too. It's a miracle really.