Escape From Mindfalls

If you have ever found your mind going around and around in circles, this meditation leads you to a place of calm - and also explains where such mindfalls are generated in the first place. Meditation is of course the key that unlocks the door to a calmer world.

Transcript

So,

If you ever find yourself in a mindfall where you've got the same thought going around and around in your head,

This visualisation will not only help you clear your mind of that inner chatter,

But also it will give you insight and enlightenment as to its source and a way to make sure it never happens again.

So for this visualisation it's really important that you're sitting in a chair with your feet flat on the floor and your spine straight and supported.

And imagine from the top of your crown to the ceiling there's a thin but strong gossamer thread just holding your head absolutely vertical so that your crown is right above the base of your neck.

You're not leaning back,

You're not leaning forward and just become aware of all the tensions in your body.

Starting in your forehead just release those very tiny muscles.

Drop down to your tongue and make sure your tongue is lying flat on the bottom of your mouth.

Let the tension flow from your neck away from your shoulders,

Down your arms,

Past your elbows and just give your fingers a bit of a waggle to release the tension from your lower arms.

Then become aware of your breathing.

Breathing in and on the out-breath allowing the tension in your chest to flow down into your pelvis.

In again and on the out-breath to allow the tension to flow down your thighs.

Breathe in again and on the third out-breath allow the tension to flow down your calves and your shins all the way through your ankles,

Through your feet,

Into the floor and again you can give your toes a little waggle.

So making sure your arms aren't crossed just with your hands loosely by your side or resting on your laps.

In each hand connect the thumb to the middle finger.

And we're just going to repeat a mantra for the next five in and out breaths.

The mantra is Mona Oha,

M-O-N-A-O-H-A,

That's two words and it means I trust.

So on each in-breath you'll say internally the word Mona,

On each out-breath you say the word Oha and make the out-breath about three or four times longer than the in-breath.

Do this five times remembering that it doesn't matter if you lose count.

So that's Mona Oha.

So now become aware of the thoughts that are milling around your head.

And most thoughts that comprise our inner mind chatter and our inner commentary are generated in the outer cortex of our brain and in the frontal lobes.

So put your tongue to the roof of your mouth and imagine a spot about an inch up and two inches back.

That's about three centimetres up and about five centimetres back.

And allow your consciousness to float to this point right at the top of your brain stem where the spinal column enters the brain.

And just let your tongue relax.

And just imagine that you're looking at the back of your eyeballs.

And as each thought comes in just say again internally the words Mona Oha and notice how the thought gets replaced by the mantra.

Now from that point instead of looking at the back of your eyeballs allow your internal mind gaze to look upwards to your crown.

Imagine there's an opening in your crown which starts about an inch wide,

Two or three centimetres in diameter.

And on each in-breath it starts to spin and get wider and wider.

And as it does it gets translucent.

A white light starts to enter through your crown and it flows down to this observing point,

Your pineal gland.

And as it does it brings in unlimited wisdom and knowledge.

And now imagine that the light flows down still further so it's now around your throat.

And as it does so it brings in truth and the ability to communicate clearly.

And let the light flow down even further still now so it's just at the back of your sternum,

Your breastbone.

And as the light flows down still further it brings in the ability to give unconditional love and also to receive love unconditionally.

And now let the light float down still further so it connects with your solar plexus just above your navel.

And here the light brings in the most amazing intuitive ability so you'll never put a foot wrong.

And allow the light now to float down just below your navel to the sacral point.

And the light brings fulfilment and satisfaction and peace.

And you can repeat the mantra at this point,

Monar Ohar.

But imagine that the mantra is emanating around your navel so the trust is sitting deep inside your body.

And now allow the light to flow straight to your root.

And here the universal wisdom connects with Mother Earth and brings grounding and rootedness.

While the light is sitting in the root and connected through to Mother Earth we send unconditional love down from our heart centre into the earth for providing this amazing planet for us to live on and experience self-awareness.

From our pineal gland we bring down the knowledge that we are self-aware and we might appear separate,

But through the earth we are connected to all 7 billion people on the planet right now and indeed to all life forms.

And now we can bring that earth wisdom upwards again into our root knowing that we have a permanent connection to the earth.

And we can bring it up to our sacral point,

Just below our navel again.

And we can give our sacral mind centre a new job.

And that job is this,

It is to let us know when our needs are not being provided and we are not providing for the needs of others.

And the universal earth wisdom combined with the light will let us know how to go about solving this problem.

And then we bring up the earth wisdom to the solar plexus point and the combination here of the earth wisdom from below and the light from above gives us the ability to be always pointing in the right direction and the ability to notice signs and serendipities around us and to alert our conscious mind of where our attention should be focused.

And now we allow the earth wisdom to move up and join with the light at the heart centre.

And here something magical occurs.

A spinning vortex emanates from our heart in both directions,

Out to the front and out to the back.

And the vortex that goes out to the back goes out to all those instances of sadness,

Of fear,

Of guilt,

Of hurt that in the past would cause a mind pool to appear.

And it allows them to be healed and cured.

And the vortex that goes out into the future is sent out to all those situations that we would fret and worry about.

And it sends out peace and tranquility into events that have yet to happen.

And next the universal earth wisdom connects with the light just behind our throat and it gives us the ability to be able to speak our truth or to find a way to share our truth without angering or upsetting others.

Then the earth wisdom moves up again to our third eye,

Our pineal gland.

And joining with the light,

It gives us the ability to know our internal minds,

To know the earth mind and to know the universal mind all at the same time.

And this gives us the most amazing clarity and wisdom and vision to know that the next time that we experience a mind fall,

That its source has come from elsewhere in our body.

And simply by acknowledging where the mind fall comes from,

We can let it rest and we can deal with it.

And now the earth wisdom goes all the way up to the crown and connects with the light so that we now have a permanent connection from the above all the way down to the below,

But importantly with our heart at the centre.

And remembering when our head,

Our heart and our gut and all the other mind centres are in alignment,

We become unstoppable.

We can walk in grace and peace,

In perfect balance,

With minimal effort and living a charmed and peaceful existence.

So now you can open your eyes slowly,

Come back into the room.

And the next time you experience a mind fall,

Have a listen to this visualisation again.

And after a time,

You will find you will be able to make any of your mind centres go quiescent.

And the best way to do this,

Is any time you find yourself falling into a mind fall,

Is to thank your other mind centres for letting you know there is something you need to pay attention to.

Monarch.

Oha.

We trust.

Reviews

Tom this was a great and incredibly powerful meditation. I will return to it and the mantra again.

Fascinating! I will certainly give this practice a repeat until it becomes a regular ritual for me. 🙏

Beautiful, grounding, comforting… what I needed today. Thank you 🙏🏼✨

Haven’t felt such strong vibrant connection between my mind and body the way this practice had invoked me. Thank you. 🙏

Lovely...I usually don't listen to meditations with .usic but enjoy this one a lot. Thank you

First time listener to you. Loved this practice, visualizations, and your calming voice 😌 Will return to often. Thank you. ☮️

Amazing! I am dealing with some very negative and dark emotions and this practice really helped me see the light and inspired me to be a better person.

Tom, how I love you and your meditations. I do come back to them over and over - it’s like having you right next to me. Divine connection and deep trust. I hope one day we’ll meet in person. Sending so much love and gratitude your way. You are a true gem in this world 🙏🏼💕ॐ

Marvellous and empowering visualisations of combining light and earth wisdom in the body, quieting the mind 🤓🙏🏻

Thank you Tom for once again sharing your astonishing wisdom and insight into your unique perspective of the world. I find it enlightening and soothing. Namaste.

Loved this. Keeping in my favorites to refer to when this happens.

This meditation is one I always go back to. It leaves me feeling grounded and at peace. mona oha 🌸

So interesting to move that energy around. Thank you Tom. ☮️💟🕉☮️

What a wonderful experience … literally felt the earth move and a huge shift of emotions and energy … I will walk taller and lighter what a wonderful way to start a Monday thank you thank you thank you 🧚‍♀️💕🧚‍♀️

What an incredible session. I was transported! Thank you!

Tom this is now one of my absolute favorites. I have listened to many of your lovely works but I think this is one of the best. It’s clarity of heart-mind rings clear. Many 🙏🙏🙏

Powerful!!

Beautiful thank you!

This was THE. MOST. AMAZING. meditation I have ever done on this app, and I’ve done many. I have never had such a profound visualization experience, and I 100 percent credit it to the narration and the music. A true work of art that gave me, for the first time, the experience of personally feeling the innate but largely-unrealized power we humans have when we are connected to the Earth and the universe. This meditation filled me with more hope and peace than I have not had in much too long. Thank you, Tom. You are doing powerful work, and I am so grateful.

Thank you. It has been very didactic! 🙏💓