When the Thought Circles are Making You Dizzy - Time to Straighten Out.

Get out of your head and get into your heart. Think less, feel more.” ~Osho

Have you ever felt attached to your thoughts, like you knew you were thinking yourself in circles. But a part of you felt that it proved you were responsible, even if a little dizzy? You may even set aside time in the morning or evening to clear your head with a walk, yoga, prayer or meditation. But sometimes, when we get to the end of the day, particularly when our minds are circling, we feel resistant.

We have so much on our minds that we don't feel like doing anything else.

But that’s a compelling reason to do your thing. So why are we against clearing our heads, and getting out of the clouds of thoughts, and into our feelings and heart?

For me, I think I am creating solutions, and making mental progress. If I took a break to clear my head, I thought, I might miss out on discovering something useful. I begin to believe that analyzing, assessing, and plotting was somehow more productive than getting out and energizing my mind and body.

What a misguided notion.

While there’s something to be said for thinking things through, sometimes it’s far more useful to let everything go, create some space, and then see what ideas and feelings emerge in that new place of clarity and stillness. Taking a break in any fashion can feel like losing control - at least, it can be for me. But releasing control often feels far better than we imagine it will. And when we feel good, we increase our odds of doing good, through our work and hobbies.

If we want to create and inspire, we need to create room to access inspiration.

It doesn’t come from a sheer mental will. It’s from enabling a flow between our heads and our hearts so that we don’t just know our answers, we feel them, with every ounce of our being.

Inside, outside, all around us.

So get out of your head, and expand your heart.

Cheers.