Driven by messages

Dear Friends,

We are driven by messages.

In the media, we are driven by messages that repeat themselves over and over again. Some are true, and some are not true. How do we determine what is true and what is not true?

We are each driven by messages, some true and some not true. How do we determine what is true and what is not true? Unless we look at the messages that drive us from day to day, from moment to moment, we will never know what is true and what is not true.

How do you do this? Sit for a few minutes. Be still for a few moments. Notice what your mind does. As soon as you sit quietly, your mind will be filled with messages. Maybe you can't even sit still for a few moments. Why is that? Notice.

Unless you have taken a good look at the messages that drive you, you cannot grow into the person you are meant to be. If you are driven to succeed, if you are driven to be better than everyone else, if you are driven to be the one with the answers, if you are driven to be the smartest, or the fastest, or the most clever, or the funniest, then you cannot grow into the person you are meant to be.

Take a few moments today to notice the messages that drive you. This is part of your spiritual practice. Until you begin to separate from the messages that drive you, you will continue to be driven by unconscious messages. Then you are held hostage to these messages.

Want to be free?
Warmly,
meb