Self-Editing: You Are Your Worst Critic
I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with.
~Plato
Everyday most us turn away from who we are, get into a car or on a bus and head off into "reality" while switching off from what we most desire to experience, whether we are aware of it or not.
From the time we wake till the time we sleep, we are either consciously or unconsciously editing our thoughts. Regardless of your surroundings, your first thought of a thing is virtually always the highest thought you can have. The highest thought being the most noble, the grandest vision of it.
Thereafter the values, beliefs and other opinions you wear come in to cloud your original impression, to change it, make it more acceptable to yourself, your surroundings and the those around you. Perhaps then it is acceptable to express it as a word or an action.
A conversation like this could easily drown in the other aspects of self that can muddy a clearer explanation. Despite your ego, your surroundings and your reality-based perspectives, the fact is that few of us have enjoyed the luxury of unlimited inner exploration or learned how to control our thoughts and express ourselves at a higher vibration on an on-going basis. Less of us have learned to practice gratitude and non-judgement on a more than cursory, once-in-a-while level.
The root of all these and more, is our thoughts. Our biggest enemy in achieving pure thought, and therefore the purest word and deed we each indiviually can offer, is to end self-editing of our thoughts.
Layer upon layer of self-judgement, assumed-judgement-of-others, worldview-judgement of those surrounding us, perceived judgement of friends and family and more, hold us back from reaching a state of mental purity. Taking purity not to mean good or bad, since these are concepts of the relative, or the very "reality" you are attempting to unravel.
Judgement, personal beliefs, fears of rejection and more, all hold us back at one time or another, from accessing that pureness of thought that is the beginning of our surrender to our greater selves. Mastering our thoughts, and therethrough our words and actions, help each of us to plot a very different course and perspective.
Stripping away at each of these layers is never easy, but the concepts are simple, the tools are many. Endurance is a virtue, for if you don't endure the path to knowing your-self and taking charge of your mind, you will surely come back to start again at a later time.
From all my past articles, here are 3 recommended articles on mastering thoughts:
-> Master Your Thoughts
-> First Thought, Highest Thought
-> What Is Highest Thought?
Enjoy
