Inner Space

Eckhart Tolle: "If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally. If you want to take responsibility for your life, you must choose one of those three options, and you must choose now. Then accept the consequences. No excuses. No negativity. No psychic pollution. Keep your inner space clear."

Keep your inner space clear. Hmm...now that is something to ponder. I believe strongly in the notion that our thoughts have an enormous effect upon our lives. I have also talked about my opinion on stress. Stress is a result of an inner struggle within our minds about a particular thing not being satisfactory, so we then create psychic pollution. I also think that most human beings like to make life more complicated (not everyone) and so we keep circulating the same desperate thoughts over and over. Imagine the character from Peanuts, Pig- Pen, who is perpetually walking through life with a dust cloud following him. Most of us too, are walking through life with a dust cloud - a psychic dust cloud. But, we are so used to this state of being that we never notice it. Most people dislike being alone and quiet for this very reason. Our inner space is full of negativity and resistance, so we try to dull it with "noise." Noise can come in many forms and is usually a coping mechanism for keeping ourselves stuck in suffering.

Imagine a world where we choose one of the above three options. Allow yourself the power to choose something different and take responsibility for the effects of your choices. The world is in great need of conscious humans who can truly be in alignment with what supports them. If you can notice in the moment when you are resisting, allow yourself the freedom of choosing something different. It does take practice and an awareness of your own psychic dust cloud. Once it becomes habit, you can begin to choose how you want to feel and let go of the thoughts which create the inner pollution.

If we want the world to be full of peace, love, and happiness - we must begin within ourselves and the first step is within our own minds. Thoughts become reality, so we must choose wisely.