Thinking

THINKING = the action of using one's mind to produce thoughts

QUESTION: Do you know the 3 levels of thinking?

STORY: I found the book In Search of the Miraculous, by Ouspensky in 1970. Today it continues to inspire me and many people. It talks about the WORK of how we can free ourselves from old patterns and it uses the image of a horse-drawn carriage to illustrate 3 different kinds of thinking. The driver represents the mind or critical thinking. (The driver sees the road turn and pulls the reins of the horse properly.) The horse represents emotions. (The mind must learn to control emotions.) The passenger represents the Master who sits in the carriage and determines where it is to go. (Of course, the mind must be awake to hear the master’s voice.) The carriage represents the body or mechanical thinking - which is the lowest level of thinking (your unconscious habits.) The 3 different levels of thinking are Mechanical Thinking, Critical Thinking and Higher Mind Thinking. We all have a body which means we all think mechanically much of the time. We all have emotions. We all have a mind which means we all have the ability to control our emotions and to make good choices on our life journey. But the big question is: are we listening to our Higher Mind, our SOUL - the passenger we carry within us? To learn about the WORK: https://www.drawingtogether.com/workchamber


QUOTES

“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” ~ Marcus Aurelius

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.” ~ Alice Walker

“Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.” ~ Plato; “When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.” ~ Joseph Campbell

EXERCISE

STOP.

Sit quietly. Assume an erect posture.

Sense the breath.

Relax.

Sit calmly and look at this drawing of a horse-drawn-carriage.

Get your pen and paper and write words or draw lines expressing how you listen to the passenger SOUL within you.

Move forward into your day listening to the passenger SOUL within you.