Given the premise there are deeper, more powerful aspects of us that come to the fore when the conscious mind experiences harmonious alignment, I like to think of present-moment focus (which also seems to trigger unforced well-being), of internal peace and emptiness, as a paradoxical avenue to greater control. Paradoxical because it may logically/outwardly appear to be conscious surrender, but existentially, it allows the entirety of my being–conscious and otherwise–to exert full control over the reins of my life.
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Interesting. I’ve tried mindfulness, but my brain always sabotages my efforts. I think it’s safe to say I have a staggering lack of control, over myself and my life, ahaha.
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“Relax, nothing is under control.” 🙂
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Truer words have never been spoken.
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I appreciate your thoughts. Sometimes my own conscious thoughts discover something which has been in hiding for much too long.
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I struggle greatly with meditation, but through in a little yin yoga, and an appropriate amount of stretching pain, and I am able to rein in my inner dialogue. I have only discovered this about myself in the last year, and I post it here so that anyone else that struggles with the same might give it a try.
Very thought-provoking post.
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Many do not have ‘control’ because they do not practice ‘stopping’. Their minds flow automatically and unconsciously from emotion to action. And even their action is ‘unformed’: merely the best they could formulate in the moment. There’s no paradox; the ability to ‘stop’ does give control. The surprising part – perhaps – is that it also leads to a reduction in the ‘wish’ to control. And that’s because the emotions become less ‘attached’ to habitual desires, fears and subjective ‘truths’. Best wishes in your efforts. 🙂
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Good point–the paradox is an illusion, only seemingly a paradox when considered from a habitually constrained perspective.
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Control is not necessary when you dont have the ability to stop for once
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I like what you said about making paradoxical alignment “appear” like surrender.
I like to think as not so much surrender as quietly telling the fools of the world you are tired of their b.s. and choose to ignore their bombast.
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Interesting idea about more powerful aspects of us.
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Nice thought
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Letting go is a difficult thing. Especially in today’s world where we are constantly being told to keep doing.
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Everything exists because something is missing.
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