Trickery Mind Games and Confident Blindness
View(s):After a lengthy vacation I began work today and I found that my mind was attempting to throw a fit when I forced it to respond in the way that it used to even before the holiday. This made me wonder seriously on how our minds can change and deviate even at the slightest break it receives. This is the reason we must be extremely alert on the breaks we take and how we allow our mind to isolate during these breaks. There is certainly no argument that rest is of extreme importance to our brain just as much as it is important to our physical bodies.
The workshop that tested the hybrid battery of my vehicle, advised me that I should not let the battery isolate without driving for a long period of time and that it should at least take some short drives to keep the battery alive. Our brains definitely need an interval but they should never be a total shutdown. Therefore, I decided that I will not take long breaks in the future, even if I take a reasonable break I must make sure to keep my brain and mind active and engaged in my vision and purpose so that my mind will not go astray and seek complete isolation and laziness, where it had been living some time ago. No different to our body, our brain is also fond of sleeping so that it could avoid the day to day stress.
If your tongue has tasted some types of food which you have given up later due to medical advice, you must be completely attentive so that you could avoid the same food from coming again and again even in a smaller portions, as your subconscious is very well aware if its taste has had a long-standing relationship with that food. Do not tickle your previous lifestyle if they were detrimental to you at some point.
I realised that this is the nature of the mind. Sometime back when I completely moved out of my FB account after realising that it is consuming my precious time immensely. Moreover, it plants seeds such as gossiping, mischaracterising, hatred and many others in my mind ground. After a long stay away from FB one day I thought it is alright for me to just browse through it once so that I can find how my buddies are so that I can say ‘Hi’ to them as well. I was able to justify my thought as by then I was away from FB for quite some time and I had taken complete authority over it.
I was surprised to see myself digging into FB again just as a slave and just as I was doing before I came out of it. Old habits only need to be tickled to come into full force. That is why we should not play even softly with areas we were once vulnerable with. Once they have been buried do not even think of visiting them in your thoughts. Temptation is not something that you must tickle and test. You must have a thorough understanding about yourself if you are to be victorious in life. The focus we put on understanding us is very less in comparison to the focus we place on learning about others.
Recently, I heard one of the saddest stories in my life. It was about a very good friend of mine who apparently was a very strong man who got over drugs for over 20 years. I heard that he had relapsed towards drugs once again after a victorious spell of over 20 years. It was an unbelievable news, I could not believe it at once when I heard it. Yet, it was not a sudden fall as well. He was over confident about himself and he was blind towards correction and direction. He had less understanding how cunning a man’s mind can be even though he thought he had conquered his life. This is what I call confident blindness.
Just as a crocodile lies silently until its prey gets closer and closer to it, our subconscious mind also reacts and ignites rapidly when it is provoked by the pleasures that is known to it. Yet, it remains silent for a while. What happens is that the instant pleasure that the taste brings, will blind you towards the disaster which will be created in the future. The disaster lies in the future and the probability, the need to experience pleasure tops high above the potential damage. If you have the slightest doubt about this practical explanation, you could see how your grandma slyly eats a piece of chocolate even though she is aware that she has diabetes and that it could even kill her.
Our brain runs through a hedonic treadmill where it chases for excessive pleasure. Human nature is as such, first it desires then strive for what they desire. Once the desire is obtained, it enjoys it. Thereafter it gets adapted to it and then begins to desire for more. The challenge we have is when we taste something which is pleasurable to our brain, it will be reluctant to settle for anything less than that. This is why a person who is addicted to the excessive use of alcohol cannot satisfy himself with a glass of wine.
This is why I constantly say that you should not expose yourself into deep cravings that you have once tasted and you have stopped now with the understanding that it is dangerous. This is the reason many find it difficult to settle for a Maruti Alto after driving a Mercedes Benz. Even though you never had any issue while using the Maruti Alto some time back, the moment you got yourself elevated towards a Mercedes Benz, it only makes it difficult to drive a Maruti Alto even at an emergency as an accident replacement vehicle. Development neuroscience is how your brain is formed, grown and changed. If you do not submit the pleasures which are dangerous in obedience to what is right, then you are in trouble.
It is indeed a difficult task to read the human mind. Even while you are in your eighties you will find it challenging to understand why you are inclined to do certain things in life. That is why we should spend a lot of time on self-realisation rather than attempting to understand others. The world is so keen on knowing about others and not themselves. The medicine is needed by you. Let others take medication for themselves. Do not behave as though you have gotten everything right. I spend a considerable amount of time in knowing myself because I know that if I am blinded towards myself, my mind will throw all sorts of games that it wants to play with me.
Our minds slowly and softly deviate as it knows very clearly that a drastic deviation will not be justified overnight. This is the reason I always tell people that they should not even attempt to text their ex. Even though the first approach comes as a text message justifying that there is nothing wrong in the ultimate intention of your mind, it does not step down from there, it will move forward toward things that are more pleasurable beyond that. Your brain is already aware of the pleasure beyond a text with regard to your ex whilst he/she was your lover, hence it will never settle to a text however you try to fool yourself about it thinking that it is going to be just a text.
Many beautiful family lives have been ruined to the ashes just because of what they have initiated as just a text which has gone beyond a text up to an illicit relationship. Some people are blind towards disaster. Mainly due to their over confidence. Wise people know where they are weak at and never test themselves on those areas. However, the folly is overconfident and aware of nothing about the mind games even when they fall seven times at the same place. Oily and greasy food may be yummy but vehemently reject them the moment they approach your taste buds even after many years of recovery from a heart attack.
Happiness is a decision, you are responsible for your happiness. Therefore, choose what makes you happy and reject what causes you sorrow. Take an inventory of the thoughts you meditate on a daily basis and evaluate how many hours you have invested sorrowful thoughts such as hatred, jealousy, bitterness, comparison, anger, worry and fear.
Understand that there are sleeping tigers within you. You may be free from drugs, sexual immorality, gambling, junk food and similar distractions for years and years yet, but always have a vigilant eye on your mind, know that those silent tigers may suddenly loosen up and arise the moment your subconscious meets a highly persuasive and pleasurable opportunity. Never open your doors to your past temptations. Just destroy them the moment they try to knock at the door to the mind. This is why I say that self-realisation is essential.
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