A clear mind is a tranquil mind. Marcus Aurelius, that rare combination of emperor and philosopher, phrased it like this: “By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a well-ordered mind.”
But how do you start each day with a tranquil mind? There is no better way than to ponder these two great universal truths:
o There is a way out;
o Any sincere seeker can find it.
The way out of what?
Out of the psychological prison that almost everyone realises he or she is trapped in. It is a prison with endless rows of cells: fear, anxiety, the feeling of having been cheated out of the best in life, and so on. There is a way out of every one of these cells of desperation.
Take for example the painful feeling of guilt; a purely self-centered emotion which provides an unhealthy thrill of self-condemnation and ill-conceived reflection on your ‘cruel’ self. It is a familiar but totally false idea that guilt is a sign of humility or repentance.
Far from producing humility it creates the exact opposite. Because it is a miserable pressure, a sense of unfounded guilt drives the unfortunate subject into more negativity; such as arrogance, hostility, and even cruelty.
The way out then is to understand the whole process of negativity and avoid it like the plague by starting each day with a tranquil mind.
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