Compassionate Affirmations: For Me & My Mind

In this meditation, Reuben focuses upon affirmations, yet specifically, for the mind. This is for a compassionate relationship that we can deepen with our minds. A relationship of wisdom and compassion. Seeing the mind in its totality; the strengths and the pitfalls. Appreciating the mind as a tool that we can choose to use. We are invited to drop into a spiritual connection with ourselves, to nurture ourselves with these affirmations for our minds.

Transcript

We are going to be experiencing and affirming our relationship to the mind by becoming more intimate with the mind.

The mind,

In this context,

Is a stream of information,

Also known as thoughts.

This ongoing stream that we can either invest energy in or step back from and be the witness to allow thoughts,

The space,

To come and go.

Hello mind.

You've been here all my life.

Thank you.

My mind has helped create who I am today,

And it can bring moments of meaningful connection for me.

The old Asian proverb,

The mind is a wonderful servant,

But a terrible master,

Is making more and more sense to me.

Dear mind,

You are unhelpful sometimes when I let you use me to be a master of me.

You are however so helpful,

Especially when I put you to use to be a servant for me.

The helpful thoughts that you have given me,

That have nurtured me,

Nurtured those around me.

I am grateful for you,

Dear mind,

For giving me thoughts that are a reference point for me to choose from.

The choice of whether I give energy to,

Or not give energy to,

The thoughts that come into my mind.

I am grateful for the opportunity to observe my thoughts,

And choose the ones that serve me.

I love the fact that you have given me this contrast between helpful thoughts and unhelpful thoughts.

This empowers me.

I understand you more,

Dear mind,

By noticing that the thinking patterns you give me are just thinking patterns.

I choose to use these two categories of helpful versus unhelpful,

Nothing more,

Nothing less,

For distinguishing between the thoughts that pop into my mind.

I choose to look at you,

Dear mind,

Through the eyes of choice and opportunity.

I am not my automatic thoughts,

Unless I choose them,

Unless I give energy to them.

I'm coming to know more and more that what I am the witness to,

I cannot be.

I am the witness that looks out from behind my eyes,

The watcher,

The noticer.

I am the intelligence behind the words that form in the mind.

Reviews

Good morning Reuben, I was so happy to listen to this meditation now and be reminded that I have the power to choose to listen to my thoughts and not be a part of them. Sometimes I get trapped into thinking whether a thought is helpful or not. But, when I look back at the your Never Mund Your Mind course and try to remember how I can discern between a helpful and unhelpful thiught, I think I end up with the right choice! Thank you from the bottom of my heart forever Reuben for everything that you’ve done for me! It helped so much to listen to you today. Tanusree ❤️💕

Thank you Reuben. A great reminder that we can separate thoughts into helpful and unhelpful and choose not to get tangled up in the unhelpful ones. 😊

This was so good! Such good reminders! Thank you !

Thank you for reaffirming thoughts vs unhelpful thoughts. 🙏🏻