DECLUTTER THE MIND

 DECLUTTERING THE MIND

Lord Krishna had shown " His Viraat Roop " to  Dhritarastra who could not appreciate it taking the plea of his physical inability to do so  and as he was under the influence of his son.
Krishna appeared in the same way infront of the haughty  Duryodhana who ignored  his Divine View overpowered by his skepticism , ignorance and arrogance  taking it as one of Krishna's gimmicks and magical powers.
Lord Krishna had manifested His Divine form to tell them that He  was All Powerful and was The Only One who could avert a war and  bring about peace between the hostile clans without any bloodshed..Unfortnately He was not understood.
      It was The Chosen One,  Arjun who recognised Krishna's  Divine "Viraat" form when HE appeared in it  and was mesmerised and  overwhelmed .It was Arjun who had the discerning  ability to recognise and receive Divine Grace .
         Receiving is an art in itself. To be able to receive Grace , Blessings,  good wishes requires sensitivity  and a pure heart. When doubts cloud one's mind which is  layered with various complexes and when the mind  is  always searching for logic and reason , accepting anything positive  becomes tedious.
       With an overdose of reasoning ,analysis  and the tendency to probe into the nitty - gritty of everything that has overpowered the human mind , the receptive faculty is waning. Everything is open to questioning and argument .
We are not willing to believe even age-old universal  norms without analysing them. This has had an adverse effect on social standards and  familial bonds too.
       Our minds that are a repository of stored experiences  easily accepts and responds to negative feelings rather than the positive. This creates layers of complexes .The mind  has therefore  become a  cache  of disbelief and doubts. The encumbrance of this unnecessary weighty baggage of complexes is not easy to jettison . Only when and if we are able to shed this clutter can our hearts and minds be liberated to Receive all positive energy .
   Just as a clean , uncluttered habitat always appears elegant emanating positive vibes  similarly once our efforts are directed sincerely in uncluttering the mind  only then will our sensitivity and purity  be manifested in all its sublimity. It is then that this pure mind and the pure heart will be ready to accept and  receive everything beneficial and purposeful.
     Healing for instance entirely depends on the affected person's intention and ability to receive. There are instances of patients  endowed with this receptivity to have  come out of dreaded diseases  , terminal illnesses and dire situations . It is their sincere belief in The Almighty that makes this happen.
         Some long distance healing systems like Reiki depend entirely on the readiness of the patient to receive healing . When we hold back and close our minds  or when doubts  cross our minds it immediately rejects any such power.
             How to unclutter and infuse ourselves with positive receptivity is what we need to work on consistently. Some pure souls are already endowed with it ...they are the great sages and enlightened spiritual  masters . They have controlled and subjugated their Ego   , have rejected skepticism and  have therefore been at the receiving end of The Creator's blessings.
They have realised that the ego trip is a journey that leads to nowhere ! 
             It  is the ego-centric mind that  is replete with disbelief. To be able to surrender the ego ,  unshackle oneself from the labrynthine network of materialism and inculcate some level of right thinking will lead to spirituality. We have to lead parallel lives ....the physical and the spiritual to declutter our minds and reorganise our belief systems. Only  then can we  be empowered to fully receive for that power is also endowed by The Almighty to the fortunate .We all need to strive for it .
           For this we need perseverance and good guidance. A spiritual Guru who can gives us sound guidance as to how to declutter our minds  and prepare it to receive,  is very necessary . Mindfulness  ie the awareness to be fully and consciously in the present helps the mind to receive positivity. Meditation  is   however , the most reliable and infallible method  that can gradually help to imbibe mindfulness , instil peace , think reasonably and thereby declutter  the overactivated mind . This requires constant practice , the motivation to go on persevering till the mind reaches that blessed state where it can openly  receive noble and lofty thoughts. This will bring happiness not only to ourselves but we will radiate that joy and positivity  to others too. This will truly fructify the idiom Handsome is that handsome does.  And then our receptive faculties will be more pronounced providing relief internally and outwardly.
Let us be beginners  always  for then the mind is open to receive and the false notion of "knowing all "does not predominate. Beginners suggests that then we are learners too  , always being ready to receive and assimilate. Healing of the mind and body happens then.
     Receptivity is thus the elixir for all kinds of panacea.