Isn’t
it funny how fickle we are as human beings, our great strengths, courage,
determination, our phlegm, our verve, our steadfastness, our resolve and all
the other superlatives that we can think of, yet the moment something goes wrong,
down it all comes crashing like a pack of cards. The endurance of the human
being is legendary amongst the species of life forms that roam the earth, we’ve
conquered, created, built, devised, produced and still behind that robust and
elegant facade is ‘us’, the real ‘us’ the bit that thinks and feels and laughs
and cries.
Our
minds are what we fill them with but our minds are also filled with the
thoughts of others most of which has nothing to do with us what so ever. We can
even take on the mantle of sayings and feelings that our parents repeated to us
when growing up, and some parents were not only negative but literally cruel in
their ignorant delivery of what they said, or still say. These subliminal
thoughts which lie within us can greatly affect who we are and how we get on in
life. If we come from a strong positive family background then we tend to be
that type of person, if we come from a weak and pathetic parental background
then that’s how we will also tend to be, although we always have the option of
breaking free, never make that an excuse, unless you are a parrot.
But
regardless of whom we are and where we emanate from we are still whom we are in
terms of how we are “hard wired” and the way we think and feel is always
peculiar to ourselves. Our little foibles, idiosyncrasies, likes, dislikes,
fears, phobias, aspirations, feelings, and all the little bits and pieces that
makes us individuals in the grand order of life and humanity. Many people have a very
“switchable” attitude in life in that when everything is going well they feel
fabulous and that the world is a wonderful place and if you believe in God,
that God is good and great, like when winning a race you thank God for that
deed. Yet just as quickly when life takes a tumble and a turn for the worst
everything becomes unfair, miserable, and unjust and God’s nowhere to be seen
or worst case scenario thoughts reign in the “he wants us to go through” these
things scenario, which is stupid. We can fool ourselves as long as we like but
the bottom line in life is life is as it is and it’s full of contradictions and
twists and turns and there are no guarantees or equalities nor fairness clauses
other than what man has put into place himself, and that varies enormously all
over the world, and is not that fair anyway.
The
default side of living in a technological age is that we are recipients of the
technology we create for ourselves become ‘hooked’ upon what’s available and
the things we can do or utilise for our own enjoyment, so we lose often the
ability to create our own stability. We lap up “hype” from emotionally and
creatively driven stories and copy designed by the fickle themselves who seek
to turn what is in reality mundane and has little purpose into something of
hollow value with a glitter facade. Our positive mental health is paramount to
living a good, fun packed, emotionally stable, loving and caring life, so the
moment that is compromised then everything starts to falter within, it’s that
simple. How we deal or come to terms or adjust to the changes in our life is
paramount to how quickly we can get back on course and enter ‘life’ once again
free from the doldrums and self created emotional gloom and the feelings of
lowness which often prevails.
Whatever
happens to us in life it is processed within our minds, tablets, booze, weirdo
stuff, etc won’t change how we think or feel, although keeping healthy and
active tends to revitalise sluggish thoughts and feelings and keeps our bodies
in prime condition, all has a positive effect in more ways than just
agility. Our body is holistic in nature
it needs all the parts to work to optimum performance so if any don’t and we
don’t do anything about it, our own self abuse isn’t going to help us on our
way to a better state in life.
When
we get pushed into a corner and see little way out or circumstances of a
negative nature loom large we often retort to self withdrawal, wanting “space”
and “time to think” which is fine for a short spell, but once it overflows into
days and possibly weeks and even longer then withdrawal symptoms start to
manifest themselves as the mind isn’t getting the stimuli and mental
nourishment it needs to work efficiently. Cocooning oneself isn’t an answer nor
is it a solution it’s more like opting out with excuses than anything else. Our
level of happiness and composure in life comes from within, being dramatic and
telling all about your problems makes it worse as it gives it gravitas and
fuels feelings of sympathy which in themselves have no value or strength.
The mind
gremlins come out to play the moment we are feeling low, they just love the
negative vibe they get from our own self created morose feelings and gross
indecisive thoughts. The more we feel sorry for ourselves, the more we feel
pitiful the more they love it, they jive to unrest, they boogie to indecision, they funk to panic, they waltz to hysteria, and they rave to restlessness, and if self sorrow comes into play and feelings
of “why me” (why not?), then they have an almighty ball. Those negative thoughts and
words that flit and fly around your mind, the inner mental pep talks about how
it will get worse and there’s no way out, and regurgitating all of the past and
spreading it out, reliving it again and again, wallowing in your little faults,
making mountains out of molehills, what a time they have feeding on what you
are giving them yourself, a veritable banquet of dark mental detritus.
Our
capacity to overcome and regain our composure is great and it’s within all of
us to forge ahead to better things no matter what has beset or befallen us, we
are the masters of who we are and our own destiny as well as keepers of our own
happiness. The moment we admonish any of these on to conditions outside of our
control then we have literally lost the plot as well as the ability too. Whilst
others may be able to assist us, where outside circumstances may aid us, our
life is still within us and it’s there until we die, how we utilise it for the
better is solely down to our own creativity within. Honesty rather than fantasy
or just plain “wishing and hoping” is a grounding experience because what we
literally have we can use, what we wish for is forever illusive. There is no
kudos in negativity encompassing emotions and feelings of self pity, it only
tends after a while to whittle our self resolve down to a moment when we lose
the desire and ability at which point untold mental conditions start to
manifest themselves within the body.
Of
course the mind gremlins have friends, anger, frustration, lack of humour, a
short temper, irritability, irascibility, grumpy, touchy, greed, envy, fear, selfishness, etc and whole host of other
like minded acquaintances that you probably know only too well. Unfortunately whilst
you’re concentrating on these life starts to pass you by then you wonder why things are getting
worse, even though you are the instigator of it all, it’s short sighted and
selfish but it’s all been chosen by yourself so no one really wants to hear
about it. There’s nothing like turning the chemical imbalance within your body
to something other than it should be then wonder why you don’t feel well or you
manifest lots of minor ailments that never develop but never the less reside at
the initial stages such as sniffing and flu symptoms, rashes, mild
hyperventilation, indigestion, itching, mood swings, irregular sleeping
disorders, sweaty palms, headaches with sore spots, and lots of other self
generated goodies. Yes this is all your doing, your mind is so fantastically
great you’ve chosen to unleash it’s power of self destruction and given up your
ability to enjoy life.
We
must at all times be in charge of who we are and that literally means when we
don’t feel like it too, we still must be in charge and not let loose the mind
gremlins that say nasty things to us and try and bring us down with feelings of
insecurity and failure and loss and lack and all the other stuff that they feed
upon. They are the failures not ourselves, they are the ones that need help not
us, they are the ones who we have given permission to roam freely within our
minds, and we know how to stop it too.
If you believe in God you have a way out, if you don’t just be positive
and fight the infiltrators with stuff they don’t like, love, happiness,
positivity, greatness, laughter, not giving in, success ahead, those are our friends we have who
are our soldiers and fight for us, the ones who bring us success and a life
that we need to enjoy. We all have "Mind Gremlins" and when at times they come out to play, just rest in the knowledge that you have already won the race, despite outside circumstances, feel secure that life will be good and great and just because you possibly can't see it, it's there, just like electricity and air. Now concentrate on sleeping in the knowledge that positive change is always there.
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An excerpt from “THE MIND GREMLINS?”, part of a
series on Emotions… (CD available)
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The love walk, that is a way of life that sees the good in everything whilst not negating the bad, it doesn't offend nor take offence, it isn't judgemental, although still free to form an opinion, it doesn't want to cause harm to score points, and it doesn't want to mentally belittle nor put people down to make the self feel good. It similarly doesn't follow celebrities nor others of a hollow disposition whilst it sees the possible qualities they have within them as human beings and the unfortunate failings which the press seem to revel in too. The love walk promotes health, happiness and a direction free from others ideas who may wish to impart on you for their good either by deed or in a financial way for their gain. It promotes a freedom that frightens dictators and unleashes the bonds that cause subservience and the ties that many self impose for lack of direction and personal respect. It's a strength that needs no others nor excuses nor lies or subterfuge which those in imperious positions need to survive. It cuts through corporate deceit, it shuns media lies, it breaks those who impart self importance as a false means of covering up their own failings, and it drives a hard bargain towards those that deploy unfairness to gain ground for self greed. The penalty for loss of love is by its own volition is death by and suffering for the many. 
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