IN YOUR HEAD - by Calvin Wulf
God's Peace~
It's all in your head, so they say. They may as well tell you to just get over it. Like, it's that easy. At least they get one part right. It's all in your head.
I am told that 80% of the thoughts occupying our minds have little or nothing to do with our present situation. We're thinking about something that happened in the morning, or what to have for dinner, or worrying about something that will never happen. All this silent distraction, while another human being in front of you is pouring out their heart. Is that a good picture?
Psychiatrists tell me that the brain can only hold one thought at a time. But, we've trained our brains to split up thoughts into fragments that get smaller as we process more consecutive thoughts in the moment. Such whirling thoughts cause us to miss a lot of what is happening in the here and now.
Think about it. What are you missing?
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TAGS: God's Peace, Contemplative Prayer, Spiritual Struggles
Posted by Spiritual Formation House at 6/16/2011 6:00 AM 
Categories: God's Peace, ALL CALVIN'S ENTRIES
Tags: Contemplative Prayer Spiritual Struggles
Categories: God's Peace, ALL CALVIN'S ENTRIES
Tags: Contemplative Prayer Spiritual Struggles
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