 We each have 3 minds & the practice of meditation allows us to not only experience all 3 minds, but to ascertain which is which. Mistaking one mind for another can lead to problems in life that can be avoided with more mindfulness. The conscious mind is the mind that we focus with. When we want to think about something in particular we think with our conscious mind. Put your consciousness in your big toe on your left foot right now. The power of the conscious mind allows us to place our consciousness anywhere we can imagine it to be. The conscious mind is the observer in meditation. The mind that we practice bringing ourselves back to during the meditation. The subconscious mind is the protective mind. It has a negative bias because it is there to keep us safe from harm. It has a narrative. It has us taking the perspective of others viewing ourselves, when we wonder how others think or feel about us, this is the subconscious mind. It is the mind that worries, that projects into the future what could go wrong. It is the mind that dwells on the past, of what happened that would have been better not to have happen. The subconscious mind is often the narrator of our lives. We are a communal species yet we are often living isolated from each other - the subconsious mind thinks this is dangerous for our wellbeing, it literally thinks we won't have food or shelter and we will die. This mind wanders off into the negative all day long if we let it. The conscious mind often goes along with it, until we wake up from that state & bring ourselves back to the present moment.  The superconscious mind is intuitive. It is where our inspiration comes from. Some people never reach this state of mind & only function from their conscious & subconscious minds. The superconscious mind receives thoughts, inspired thoughts, that move us forward along our life path. When we have a conscious wish, a conscious mind intention, our higher self takes that intention & knows our path to manifesting that intention. When we sit in meditation or similar spiritual practice for long enough, bringing ourselves back into the present from the subconscious mind & also from external distractions. in time we can experience this higher mind. We can also experience the superconscious mind when we partake in activities that quiet our mind enough, this could be while showering, while gardening, whilst waling in nature, whilst swimming, or a creative activity that has us in the present moment & not succumbing to the subconscious mind. The higher mind thoughts come TO us, we receive the thoughts. They are not something we would make up, although you might wonder whether you have made them up with either the subconscious or the conscious mind. The thoughts can be of a person, a place or even something that you should say to somebody, they can be a new idea, or creative inspiration. Sometimes a whole book can be created by the higher mind, the thoughts repeating over & over until the book is written. 8 of my 9 published books were written starting at 3am and ending whenever the book was complete that same day. Higher mind thoughts can be short snippets, you think of somebody then you bump into them. Take note of all superconscious mind thoughts & take action on them! They are the secret to a magical life of purpose. Join me for daily meditation on my YouTube channel to practice present awareness of the conscious mind, to be aware of subconscious thoughts & also superconscious thoughts & to discern between the two. Either meditate with me live every day if you catch me live or watch/listen to the replay & meditate with me but in your own time (there is no time, we will still be meditating together) Click here to meditate with me
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 Regular meditation has so many mental, spiritual, emotional & physical benefits. A recent study took angiograms, the x-ray of arteries around the heart, which shows up the formation of blockages that cause heart attacks in their test subjects. They had them meditate every day & then they took angiograms again. Putting the videos side by side they showed that the constrictions had gone, the blood was flowing well to parts of the heart that blood flow had stopped to. Seeing this evidence was enough to convince me, or remind me, to meditate daily. Now I go through meditation phases and I don't know why I stop, because the personal benefits that I receive from daily meditations is immeasurable, but it seems I need to have reminders like this to get back on the meditation train.  I committed to meditate every day & I had the idea of doing it LIVE every day on my YouTube channel to invite you to meditate with me. I do it before I start work, which is at different times each day, but if you catch me live you can meditate with me or find the replay on my YouTube channel & meditate in your own time. I do it for about 30-60 minutes, but you can join in for 5, 10, 15, however long you want to. Please remember to click the like button on the videos & leave a comment, it helps the algorithm put me out there more! So many people tell me "I'm not good at meditation" and "I can't quiet my mind!" Firstly nobody is "good" at meditation, it is a practice of being present with all of the distractions, the thoughts, the feelings, the noises, the itches, that voice in our minds saying "stop meditating, go do something else" being present with that, knowing that it IS the human condition, we all have it & it's ok. In mediation we can be present with it & aware of it & accept it all. This is how we learn self-love through meditation too, it's ok to be human! Secondly, we all have a subconscious mind, nobodies mind is quiet! Our subconscious minds have a vital role to play in our wellbeing, it chirps on and on about danger, fear, negativity, to try to keep us safe. Meditation isn't about quieting the mind, although you might find the longer you meditate the quieter your mind is, you are not going to be able to force it to happen. It's about being present with it, noticing when the thoughts come up.  A practice I find helps with this presence is calling everything out, it helps to keep me in observer mode instead of getting caught up in the distractions. For example, my meditation might go something like this "thought, itch, noise, memory, ache, thought, noise, noise, what is that noise, thought, thought, thought, focus, feeling, thought, ..." on and on it goes. Generally around the 10 minute mark I feel my nervous system relax, around the 30 minute mark I can feel a euphoria that leads me to feel gratitude, but this doesn't happen every time & it NEVER happens if I am trying to make it happen... At no point am I trying to feel anything, trying to think anything, or trying to not think. I'm just bring present with whatever is going on inside & outside of me. Would you like to join me? Check it out on my YouTube channel here & let's meditate to gain all the many benefits of meditation, mind, body & spirit!
 Worry is like praying for what you don't want. When we worry we are imagining the worst possible scenarios, we are focusing on what we don't want happening in the future. Our minds hold our super powers. We are conscious creators & we attract what it is we are thinking about. The way this happens is by the law of attraction. When we worry, when we focus on what we don't want to happen, worried that it might happen, firstly we attract more thoughts that are like that worried thought. When we worry it feels bad, this heightened negative emotion tells us that our higher selves don't agree with the way we are thinking, but it also shows us that we are adding our other super power, our emotions, to fuel the attractor pattern, we are literally throwing gasoline on the fire that we already started. So our minds will naturally pick up on even more worrying thoughts, thoughts that other people have had, thoughts that you have had in the past & your mind gains a kind of momentum on this same subject of worry. This momentum will then attract evidence in the world around you, so you will see what you are worried about around you, you will see it happening to other people, you will witness it around you. With this evidence, your mind believes it even more & more momentum is gained. Until you manifest it for yourself & say "See! I knew that would happen! I was right!" but the truth is "See! I made that happen! I created it!" So how can we break free of this worrying pattern? It might seem logical to affirm the opposite, so if you're worried that you will fall off a cliff, to repeat to yourself "I won't fall off the cliff, I won't fall off the cliff" or if you are worried about money to affirm "I am wealthy". However, the mind is not stupid, it cannot be convinced of these things that are in opposition of its trajectory. The 5 steps to stop worrying 1. Own up to you using your super powerful mind to create what you don't want. Make the decision to change this from this day forward. 2. Be compassionate with yourself. Negative thoughts feel horrible. It's important to soothe ourselves rather than punish ourselves for this. Give yourself a hug. 3. Know that with a momentum of worry it will be hard to change, that you will naturally keep attracting similar thoughts for a while, but with ongoing awareness you can turn it around. 4. Relax. Breathe. Clear your mind. Focus on the small simple things that make you feel better. Stroke the cat. Go for a walk in nature. Do the gardening. Work out. Wash the dishes. Clean out the garage. Take care of yourself. Eat well... When you focus on these small things, taking care of yourself, on the simple things that make you feel good, you distract your mind from the other stuff. Meditation will be difficult when you are in worry, but once you are focused on the simple things, you will feel better & meditation will be easier. A clear mind will naturally tend to the positive because your higher self will pull you in that direction 5. Don't talk about your worries with others. Don't engage in conversation about it when others want to talk about their worries. Don't read about things that worry you. Don't watch the news. Don't watch worrying movies. Protect yourself from anything that instigates more of the worry energy. Give yourself the best chance possible. Listen to inspiring podcasts. Watch inspiring movies. Read inspiring stories. Look for evidence of positivity in your world & you will find it. Practice these 5 steps consistently until you gain a positive momentum that is easy to maintain. See you on that positive spiral!  The only thing stopping you from instantly manifesting anything you want is not being in alignment with it, or in other words, a block to it. A block is a resistance to, or a contradiction to, what you really want.
What is your biggest block? How can you release it? Your higher self knows the easiest path to releasing your greatest resistance & can lead you step by step to breaking free of it. Click here to book your biggest block reading today!  My morning routine doesn't stay the same, but it always has similar components to it depending on how I feel when I wake up. This morning this is exactly what I did: I woke up & went for a pee. It was 6am, I was still tired, so I put a guided meditation on my phone & went back to bed. An hour & a half later I made myself a coffee & I took the writing pad out of my bedside drawer. I wrote down my goals for the day, some goals for the month & some general things that I wanted to manifest. I listened to a 30 minute hypnosis, because my previous meditation had felt more like lie-in laziness, & I wanted to empower what I had just written down with my good vibes. I took a shower, put my bikini on, grabbed a banana & rode my bicycle down to a local juice bar for a fresh juice. After my juice I went to the pool, took this photo, had a swim, ate my banana, sunbathed during which I got 3 ideas of action to take toward those goals I had written down. I came back home, hung my bikini out to dry & got to work. This blog was one of the 3rd of those ideas, I already acted on the others., it's 11:33am right now. I feel amazing! This morning's routine is heavier than usual on the guided meditations, it doesn't involve as much exercise as usual because I'm recovering from yesterday evening's Muay Thai training, I will work out later today, it is focused on my work goals because I feel like working today. Some days I wake up & I feel energetic, my body wants to move & so I will do a shorter meditation, write down my goals & desires, throw my workout gear on & head to the gym. Usually while I'm on the treadmill I'll get the ideas for the actions to take that day, when I am fully in my body & not in my head. Whatever happens, however I feel, I try to write down what I want every morning. If I let this slip, my results stop happening. The rest is self-care, listening to my body, mind & soul. That self-care is important to fire up my energy to get those results that I have asked for, it's important because it makes me feel great, it makes me feel empowered, it makes me feel in control of my day, I get to be the director of my day! I have a pad that I can tear yesterdays page out of, I acknowledge what I achieved the day before then I scrunch it up & throw it in the bin. On my fresh page I write down is the number of customers that I want that day dependent on my energy levels & how I feel, & I write Thank you universe! If I have asked for 8 customers say, then I will write 1 to 8 in circles below, the after the number 8 write a star (this is for an extra celebration if I surpass my goals). Throughout the day I tick off the circled number, one by one & give thanks for them. Next I write down what I want to accomplish this month financially, again I write down the figure, sometimes 3 times, then I write Thank you universe! in order to surrender & hand my request over, rather than try to do it myself. Then I write down things that I want that haven't manifested yet, things like a new phone, an equal romantic partner, the number of new leads I want on my mailing list, fitness goals (I constantly challenge my body to being healthier, stronger, faster, better,... it's fun for me) I always write Thank you universe! after each request I don't think too much about it, I don't spend a lot of time doing it, in fact the less time I spend on it the better, because writing it down is about surrender & letting it go. It's a shopping list for the day from the universe, I don't need to memorise it, keep thinking about it, I have handed it over & can trust the universe to pop ideas into my head for the actions to take to make it all happen. Do you have write your goals down daily? Do you want to try it? Share in the comments below what your morning practice is & how it helps you  I'm Claire Louise Hay, I help you claim your true power to manifest the life of your dreams through self-awareness and alignment with your higher self. Want to work with me? Click here to find out how!  Most people react to life. In fact all of us have just reacted to life until we learn that we have the power to create our lives. Reacting to life is a state in which things happen to you, people say things that upset you, you get sick, you get behind on car payments,... & you patch yourself up as best as possible. You are in a state of constantly fighting fires, of reacting to the unwanted that has happened. This state of fighting fires is usually the ONLY time when people seek help, it's when they are sick, or they have a big problem, or when they have hit rock bottom, or when their partner leaves them,... They either cry out for help to the universe or they try to meditate, get readings, pray, say affirmations to try to put this fire out. They do the things that are sacred when they are in the worst state possible & although this does somewhat help, it is far more powerful when done at other times. Imagine your favourite 3 course meal ever, maybe it's a fine dining meal, with all of your favourite foods in it, served in your favourite place in the world,... Now imagine being really hungry one day on the way home from work, when you are in a rush because you have to get the kids to soccer practice & you quickly throw that best meal ever down. You wouldn't do it would you? You'd take that meal when you were feeling good, when you were calm, when you had plenty of time, you would get dressed up for it, you would invite your favourite people & you would honour & respect it giving it the time & presence deserved. So although that 3 course fine dining meal would somewhat help in that situation, it's not the right time for it at all. One of my biggest secrets: For the last 18 years I have ALWAYS done my spiritual practice, not just on the bad days, but on the good days. I've done readings for myself not just when there is a problem but when I am excited to move to the next step. I've meditated not just when I'm overwhelmed with an active mind, but when I'm feeling calm & awesome. I've used affirmations not when I feel terrible about myself, but when I'm feeling great & working out in the gym. In fact these things, meditation, readings, affirmations - or any spiritual work, is WAY more powerful when you are feeling great. Then you can really move forward fast to the life that you want & that's when the magic happens. When you are in a stressed state, reacting to life, the best thing to do is to take action. Stress fills our bodies with fight or flight chemicals, these need an outlet in action, whether that is exercise, cleaning the kitchen, going for a walk,... It requires action to disperse these chemicals coursing through our veins that are making us stressed. Meditation at these times is like ordering bed rest to someone who has drunk so much coffee they are buzzing, it's the wrong course of action to take. So I challenge you to stop fighting fires, to respond correctly to stress with action & to always do your spiritual practice when you feel good, maybe first thing in the morning writing down those goals even when your goals are manifesting & have manifested, meditating in the morning before you start your day to get those awesome intuitive hits of what to do & where to go for the magic to happen, using self-love affirmations in the shower or while you exercise to take your good feeling even higher, getting readings when there's no problem to solve but you'd like for life to get even better! And start to respond to stress with action, like a duck having an altercation with another duck, it will flap it's wings & use up that stressful energy before going about its usual calm duck business, go for a walk, exercise, clean out the cupboards, mow the lawn,.. Share in the comments below what you will do differently  I'm Claire Louise Hay, I help you claim your true power to manifest the life of your dreams through self-awareness and alignment with your higher self. Want to work with me? Click here to find out how! |
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