Our level of consciousness decides the types of thoughts we harness. People with higher consciousness always harness constructive, useful, and realistic thoughts. On the contrary, people with lower consciousness always harness destructive, useless, and delusional thoughts.
The efficiency of our sensory perceptions, such as vision, hearing, smell, taste, and touch, in relation to the activities, objectives, or roles we engage in with our external environments significantly influences the state of our mind.
The state of our mind emerges from the interconnection and integration of various elements: our sensory inputs, thoughts, beliefs, emotions, trust, love, empathy, sympathy, mercy, kindness, compassion, sacrifice, memories, character, maturity, willpower, determination, commitment, gratitude, ideas, imagination, inspiration, motivation, enthusiasm, ambition, feelings, fear, perception, hope, experiences, intellect, and our internal and external environments. This, altogether, is controlled and regulated by our level of consciousness.
While our state of mind is the closest most of us come to experiencing the Mind, the Mind’s existence extends beyond our state of mind. Through the evolution of consciousness, we gain the ability to control and regulate our thoughts. Through commanding our thoughts, we are then able to reach the state of thoughtlessness (Samadhi). It is in this silence that we can experience the true nature of the Mind. This is possible after attaining Enlightenment.
What is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness is the expression of a happy and healthy mind. It is the highest state of alertness and awareness about our surroundings, our internal environment, our thoughts, our feelings, and finally the interaction between us and our surroundings, without distraction or overwhelm. To be mindful is not to live in the past or in the future, but to live in the present moment where God lives with us.