Timeful Task : Avoiding Mindfalls

If you have ever had a thought going around and around in your head, this short and sweet #TimefulTask will explain how to escape from what I call a 'mindfall'. What's worse still is if our mindfall affects and infects others. Find out how to stop them in their tracks.

Transcript

Some days,

It's impossible to get a thought out of your head.

Some thoughts just keep going round and round,

Incessantly.

Perhaps you did something to embarrass yourself.

Perhaps someone crossed a boundary and wronged you.

Maybe you've got a not-so-nice conversation looming.

When this happens to us,

We've entered a mindfall.

When we're stuck in one,

It pays havoc with our creative output.

If we do get anything done at all,

It tends not to be our best work.

As soon as there is a lull in our days,

Or a lapse in our concentration,

That nagging thought form comes back to haunt us and plague us.

One of the reasons mindfalls are so persistent is that they often come from outside our heads.

It's now known that our gut,

Or enteric mind,

Has more neurons than a cat's brain,

And that it intercommunicates with our conscious mind all the time.

Our heart is also an active and autonomic mind centre.

If our heart has been weakened or threatened by our actions,

Or the actions of others,

It continually flags this with our brain.

If our gut senses we're in danger,

Or the slightest bit fearful of a situation,

In its role as our gatekeeper,

It tries to warn us.

So breathe in,

And breathe down.

The first step to take when dealing with a mindfall is to recognise you're in one.

This is a bit like repairing a blown tyre when you're travelling at speed down a freeway.

When you've spotted one,

Let the mindfall know,

And thank it for bringing this situation to your attention,

And let it know that you are on the case.

Mindfalls are dangerously contagious.

If you're in one and it's caused by someone else,

Your reaction can easily set one up in them.

They then can pass theirs on to someone else.

This is how conflicts start.

So just for today,

Take the onus upon yourself to free yourself from repetitive thought forms.

You'll be doing yourself,

And the planet,

A big favour.

Reviews

Thank you Tom. Very helpful. When I find myself in one it’s my cue to put the kettle on 🤩

Thank you Tom. I get into mindfalls with just one thought, idea, story that is not true. Never happened, but the thoughts stir up my emotions where I feel fear, insure, and not safe. Then the feeling of not feeling trust if the thought has to do with people. When I get this experience it takes me down fast and I feel I am drowning and cannot get out of it. It takes all my natural energy away. My body, mind feel sick and I just allow all feelings to pass. By the next day I feel better. I know all thoughts are not true, that do not feel good to me. Namaste 🕊🙏❤😊

Great advice 👍🏻 I will definitely try to remember it next time I feel about to start spiraling! 😍