The quality of our minds determines the quality of our lives

And this has been my recurring message for the day.
Once and again, learn to master your mind, the root of all problems. The mind has the power to create hell in the middle of paradise, or paradise in the middle of hell… Our mind is creating our world constantly.

The slight “problem” is that very few of us really know how to be masters of our own minds… One negative thought, mostly a self criticism one, leads to an avalanche of negative thoughts that end up drainig us from our own power, taking away our happiness, our self confidence and our peace. As I heard this morning,  “The untrained mind is the source of all pain, frustration, resentment and anxiety”.

How then, do we start training the untrained mind? MINDFULNESS, and this word means, checking all the time what’s going on up there. Learning to observe our mind, as scary as that can be in the beginig, learn, with patience and determination to be present, listening to our thoughts, and, with time start replacing those poisonous thoughts to loving, uplifting thoughts.

And this is precisely why meditation is very important, it is the most powerful tool to become the true masters of our minds. To regain our true power and to finally be able to decide how we want to feel. To stop being victims of our reactions, and having a much better chance of long lasting peace and happiness…