April 14th, 2010 by SaltySailorMan
I met Rob two years ago through a business acquaintance who told me; “You have to meet this guy Rob, he is a high energy business man and spiritual-guy type.” I was immediately skeptical. “Spiritual guy” hmmm… Not my type. I’m what you might call a hardened New Englander. An old Yankee who thinks spiritual thinking belongs on the ‘Left’ Coast. One who values self reliance, pragmatism and intellect. I thought ‘Spiritual’ was anathema to my East Coast upbringing. Well, after meeting Rob, I was surprised to see that we clicked. I found Rob’s philosophy to not only be pragmatic but in essence in line with my values. When Rob told me; “If it aint practical, it aint spiritual” I knew I was awakening to a new conversation. Rob has taught me a lot and has given me a platform to express what I have learned. I’m still a work in progress — but trust me; I’ve come a long way.
I can’t take it!
Do you know what I do if I can’t take it?
I turn to a higher power = my objective mind!
I let the light of objective reasoning take the place of my usual emotional reactions.
Regardless of how baffled I may feel about a problem, there is always an available answer, if I am willing to get my emotions out of the way.
Has that ever happened to you? You couldn’t come up with an answer and later on, the solution was so obvious that it blew you over?
Real answers are only found when we look where they truly exist – in our objective mind (not the subjective mind where we say ‘woe is me’ to everything). I stole this ‘woe is me’ phrase from rob’s book – thanks, for that, rob. It is a great reminder that I have more resources than I am can ever imagine when I get emotionally involved and upset. What has baffled you, that later became an easy fix?
You are a tough old salt indeed. At the end of the day it comes down to self-reliance. Nobody out there is going magically help us. Often in crises or moments of truth I am able to call upon my higher power. I often think of near miss car crashes — I’m a hell of driver in a “do or die” situation. I can think of one particular instance when my car was spinning out in the snow and I was able to maneuver to avoid a serious wreck. Non-thinking just reacting from within — If I tried to think my through it would have been a disaster.
Hmmm… I used to hate paying my rent every month and would often forget when the rent is due. So what I did was write out 12 pre-dated checks for the year and gave them to my land lord. Now she just cashes them on the first of the month. Voila!
I loveit – “I can’t take it” … that statement comes out of my mouth too often. I hated math (couldn’t take it) until I decided to give it a second look. Math is easy if you pay attention!
I’m not buying the Math thing — I’ve never been able to “Take it.” One thing that used to baffle me was having a consistent workout routine. I used to force myself to go to the gym and never enjoyed it. Then I realized I could walk to work. Now I walk daily and I’m outside in nature, which I love. 2+ miles there and 2+ back and I’m fit as fiddle!
Hi Salty Sailor,
One very effective way that I have found to be more objective is to get away from the problem and then revisit it when I am much more relaxed. It is just so difficult to come up with a creative solution when there are too many negative emotions.
I would recommend doing something that is really fun to get your mind in a more positive state. And then the answer might just come to you without even trying.
Hey Greg, I like your tip …. change the mind first …. and everything else seems to change much more easily. That is because with a changed mind – we see things differently. There are always answers!
Is the objective mind a higher power, or does it give us access to a higher power?