Strive for Transparency of Mind
Imagine a street full of fallen leaves, stones, tree trunks and uneven damp soil. If you need to reach a destination urgently how would you reach it on time?
You might be rushing for your final exam, an art competition or a scholarship test. Imagine the urgent need to reach on time.
But not matter how hard you try, you are late. Are you afraid of experiencing failure?
That's fine, do not worry. It is just a thought that you might face if you do not reach at a place on time.
On the other hand, imagine a road free of traffic, mess and obstacles of any kind.
WOW!
Now you can reach your destination in advance and prepare yourself with lots of energy and a relaxed state of mind rather than fear and anxiety.
Combating Negativity
Clear your mind from negative thoughts. In the first scenario, imagine a street filled with leaves, junk and stones representing your negative thoughts.
You can realize how difficult it is for someone to make proper decisions and find on time solutions if your mind is not yet clear from negativity.
Negative thoughts are the ones discouraging you from initiating a transformation process to achieve your goals in life. In contrast, a smooth and obstacle free road is the goal of the first module to understand and apply in daily life to achieve success in this journey.
There are a number of ways to control negative thought process and replace it with healthy and positive visualization process.
Here I am sharing the most effective steps to regularly adopt as the part of your daily routine.
Meditation
Daily 20 minutes, 1-2 times a day spent by practicing any form of meditation clears the negative thought process that materializes. The practice utilizing mantra or mindfulness meditation has proven effective to use in order to control negative thoughts or even eliminating them completely by countless research evidences.
Your mind strongly holds and believes what you pay attention to. You are free to choose what you pay attention to. You are responsible for focusing on the things you want to focus on. This is what we call power of mind.
You are in control of your mind and thoughts.
Avoid negativity by focusing on a specific non-emotional object for a few minutes in morning and in the evening. Let the brain focus on you and ignore the thoughts. The feelings and sensations you experience during that time are priceless. Being mindful and empty on mind junk is crucial. It is the first step and skill to master in this journey.
Another method we talked about is mantra meditation; chant a positive statement to induce positivity and combat negativity especially when tired, frustrated, phobic or worried and in distress.
Examples are as follows-
“I will succeed in the basketball match this year” “I am doing my best”
“This too shall pass”
Hopelessness and despair are very destructive and detrimental to one’s health and mind power. Accept the importance of this step to shift from step 2.
Keep on taking action, growing, improving, learning and understanding. Recognize your negative mind and fill it with positive power with keeping in mind that negative thinking is natural and not 100% avoidable but can be managed.
Finding Clarity
Having a clear idea about what to expect next from future, an upcoming day, task, an outcome with possessing a positive through process, healthy mindset and optimism picked from good experiences is what you need to focus on. Only then you can achieve what you want.
Finding clarity means having a clear understanding of what you want to achieve over time and what your plan about how to move forward, it is about taking necessary steps when needed.
Making SMART goals is a great approach when it comes to preparing goals for your life whether short or long term. Prepare goals daily and review on daily basis, make note that they must be:
Short Measurable Achievable Realistic Time based
Take a look at this smart goal
“I will meditate daily for 20 minutes before sleep to overcome my negative thoughts and reduce their intensity.”
Now closely take note how it is specific and short (meditate for a week), measurable (daily note taking to check if done properly), achievable (before sleep is the time best for it because its calm and silent and free of distraction), realistic (within in capacity and easy to do by lying on bed with eyes closed and lights off with comfort level) and time based (20 minutes per day)
Clearing off the mind has another method that directly attacks negative thoughts. This is done by creating a totally opposite (positive) thought by focusing on the positive and benefits of the situation.
We find it hard to have a positive outlook on life as our mind is accustomed to have a skeptical approach on things which usually includes the “what ifs” and “what happens” if you fail.
Negative automatic thoughts are something you can get rid of, remind this to yourself anywhere and anytime when your pessimistic thoughts get the best of you and influences your state of mind as well as actions.
What you focus on expands. Everything is within your choice. When you choose to give in to your negative thoughts, the outcome will be negative. However, when you focus your mind and energy on positive threads and make this a habit, you are able to see a significant transformation in everything you do.
Overcoming The Shadows Of Delay
Motivation has barriers including confusion, unrealistic goals, and loss of the sense of reward, poor strategy to do routine practice, irrational thoughts and goals related gaps. It is common to experience all of these barriers but that does not mean you should give up on your dreams and delay your progress in achieving them.
You must keep your motivation going and have the feeling of urgency to pursue what you want as there is no such thing as the right time. Every second counts and you either do it or you don’t.
This seriously helps you to set your mind to focus. Focus with a clear, concise plan of action. Try these tips out to kick off the lazy circle of delay and grab dose of daily urgency to drive you to a step forward for dreams, goals and ambitions. Make sure you are deeply interested in whatever you intend to do. Then, take action!
You are responsible in manifesting your dreams. Help yourself in making your dreams come true. Give credits to yourself for your positive mindset as well as coming this far.
