I used to be so proud of myself for my great thinking abilities!  Several years ago when I owned a Medical Sales Recruiting business I was always thinking - thinking about what I would do next, how many things I could put on my to do list, thinking about how many things I could get done.  While driving home from work I would think about all the things I had to do at home and how all of this marvelous thinking and organizing in my mind would help me get it all done!

Well, I turned into a thinking mess!  All I did was think and plan and do!  Even when I was in essentially down time I was thinking about all I thought should get done.

As you might guess, all this thinking and planning and doing made me crazy.  I was on a spinning wheel and it never stopped!  Things didn't get done and I never saw the light at the end of the tunnel.  I finally burned out and sold my business to get away from it all.

Through my spiritual studies I started realizing that our ego mind is not who we really are.  It's our beingness, the Divine Presence - that's who we are!  The mind was created to get us from point A to point B, not to dominate us!  The mind is not you!!!

Divine Openings was a great gift to me in the thinking department.  To become a Divine Openings Giver and Healer I had to (got to) go to a 5-day silent intensive.  When I told friends that I would spend 5 days in silence they thought I was crazy.  They couldn't imagine not thinking even for a few minutes.

Well, that 5-day intensive has definitely been the most important gift I have ever given myself!  It turned out to be easy.  The Divine Presence at Lola Jones' ranch was so pervasive that I easily melted into the silence.

Divine Openings actually quiets the mind, making it  easier to silence the mind and meditate.  After 5 days there, I wasn't sure I ever wanted to start thinking again!

Because of that saturated communion with the Divine Presence I returned to Colorado a different person.  When you change within, your outer world changes as well.  Things I'd been worrying over or trying to figure out just worked themselves out on their own.  A relationship I had wanted to end without hurting my partner ended in a natural and easy way for both of us, allowing us to part but still be good friends.  Other things that had bothered me before just didn't seem to matter any more.

Divine Openings is a spiritual enlightenment process.  It quiets the mind so that you can give your life over to Spirit.  The doesn't mean that you don't live fully in a physical world.  I live more fully than I ever have and have more fun!  You just stop being ruled by your monkey mind.

Does the mind still want to take over?  Sometimes.  I just remind myself to stop, and meditiate or be still, even if only for a few seconds - and feel the delicious, all loving presence within me and all around me.

When I don't know how to handle something I just delegate it to the Divine and the way will be shown to me or the problem will just be eliminated altogether.

When I'm in play or relaxation mode, I make a conscious decision to let go of the mind and be fully present and enjoy what I'm doing.

When you give constant thought to problems, you're really just creating more problems since the Universe mirrors back to you what you most think about.

If I must think, I think about what my life will look like in the positive future - what it will look like, who I'll be, who will be with me, what I'll be doing and what feelings I'll have.  That's creating, not thinking!

So, if you're looking for freedom, ease and peace and joy in your life, give Divine Openings a full shot by purchasing the book that enlightens you "Things are Going Great in My Absence, How to Let Go and Let The Divine Do the Heavy Lifting."  The book also serves as a manifesting guide.  Click Here to purchase or learn more.

If you've already bought the book, do the simple processes in the book, spend more time in the silence - really feel, be it and merge with it.  There are no problems it can't solve!

Infinite Peace and Joy,

Pat Thorpe