Getting to know the mind has been my primary entry point for a more awakened life that grows and opens more with each moment. Much like the eyes process light into sight, and the ears process vibrations into sound, the mind processes all of the other senses into what we call our reality. Basically, the mind collects these sense inputs and labels them as good or bad, matches them to a story about when we have encountered them before, or not, and conditions our actions accordingly. But what if your sense inputs weren’t always accurate? Have you ever seen a piece of fuzz on your arm or in your hair and gasped “A TICK!” and frantically swatted the thing off, mind off in an instant planning your lifelong tick borne disease therapy, only to sheepishly realize a moment later, it was but a tuft of harmless crud brought in by the dog? This is what I am talking about. Or, what if you had a particular experience, say, as a child, where every time you felt angry and showed your parents, they got even angrier and maybe punished you in your room? Or spanked you? Or screamed at you? Maybe that left you crying and feeling frightened and unsafe and alone, so you learned [...]