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Gregg Sanderson<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI am continually\u00a0calming\u00a0the\u00a0restless\u00a0scanning of my rational mind in order to perceive the finer energies that enable me to unitively merge with everything around me.\u201d ~ Ken Keyes, Jr.<\/em><\/p>\n ********<\/p>\n This is a pathway I get to travel often, and it relates to the past and future\u2014 guilt and worry.<\/p>\n \u201cBlah Blah Blah\u201d goes the mind after that argument when you think of what you should have said.<\/p>\n \u201cChuckle Chuckle Chuckle\u201d goes the mind when you think of getting even with the one who done you wrong.<\/p>\n \u201cWah Wah Wah\u201d goes the mind as you realize the consequences from a choice you made or something you did..<\/p>\n On and on and on goes the mind chatter in response to the thousands of stimuli it gets each day, often without any connection at all. It isn\u2019t necessarily a bad thing, but it\u2019s usually irrelevant.<\/p>\n The idea of \u201cunitively merging\u201d is part of the state Ken calls \u201cCosmic Consciousness\u201d. In a nutshell, we\u2019re all one\u2014everybody and everything\u2014 because we\u2019re made of the stuff of the Universe. I don\u2019t know how long it will take to perceive it, but your chances increase as your rational mind slows down.<\/p>\n Think of your rational mind as a symphony orchestra, and the musicians in the brass section have their music upside down.<\/p>\n \u201cI am continually calming\u2026\u201d \u2014 It\u2019s not just occasionally, continually. \u201c\u2026that enable me to unitively merge with everything around me.\u201d \u2014 that carry the melody of love and happiness.<\/p>\n To carry the metaphor further, the brass is playing fortissimo while the rest of the orchestra is pianissimo, and the conductor has left the podium.<\/p>\n So how do we \u201ccalm the restless scanning\u2026\u201d? One way is to focus on something in the moment. Consider a tree.<\/p>\n Most of the time we see a tree as part of the scenery. Instead, find just one and think of it as yours for the moment. Notice the whole tree, then the branches and leaves in constant motion. Hear them rustle in the breeze, and perhaps even feel the roughness of the bark. Does it have a fragrance? If it\u2019s a fruit tree, can you taste the fruit?<\/p>\n Consider the context. Think of its age, and all that may have changed around it over the years. How might you interact with it? What would happen if you chop it down? Will it become part of somebody\u2019s house? \u2014 or in a fireplace keep a family warm?<\/p>\n As you do the tree exercise, your mind chatter slows down. Occupy yourself with something of the moment, and the chatter fades. Now try it with people.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gregg Sanderson “I am continually\u00a0calming\u00a0the\u00a0restless\u00a0scanning of my rational mind in order to perceive the finer energies that enable me to unitively merge with everything around me.” ~ Ken Keyes, Jr. ******** This is a pathway I get to travel often, and it relates to the past and future\u2014 guilt and worry. \u201cBlah Blah Blah\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[9,12,17,26],"class_list":["post-2025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-the-love-collection","tag-emotions","tag-freedom","tag-love","tag-release","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritwithasmile.com\/MS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritwithasmile.com\/MS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritwithasmile.com\/MS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritwithasmile.com\/MS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritwithasmile.com\/MS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2025"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spiritwithasmile.com\/MS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2028,"href":"https:\/\/spiritwithasmile.com\/MS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025\/revisions\/2028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritwithasmile.com\/MS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritwithasmile.com\/MS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritwithasmile.com\/MS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201c\u2026the restless scanning of my rational mind\u2026\u201d \u2014 the noisy brass section. \u201c\u2026in order to perceive the finer energies\u2026\u201d \u2014 the strings and woodwinds\u2026<\/p>\n
\nThis gives you the chance to \u201cunitively merge\u201d. Give your tree a hug and hold it for a full minute. You might just get a taste of merging.<\/p>\n