Right thought is mastery

Yesterday at around 5:00 p.m. I heard a boom sound and then the power in my house went out. We were not having a storm of any kind. 

First things first, check around outside and make sure there are no downed hydro lines that may cause more issues. None. Check the website of the power company to find that they posted an unexpected outage for several blocks that had an approximate time of 8:30 p.m. to be repaired.

Thankfully it is spring and there will be natural light until then. I put extra ice packs in my fridge to make sure the food remains chilled. I had already eaten supper so no further thought needed about that. 

Time to enjoy the beautiful sound of silence. There was a time in my life that being alone with my own thoughts made me feel anxious. I could never put my finger on exactly why there was apprehension. I felt like I'd effectively managed anything a textbook would consider to be trauma related. 

What came clear to me when I started to visit my mind was the uncovering of the truth that I am the watcher of the activities of my mind. With more digging I realized that I have the ability to control the thoughts in my mind. After that came the ability to be free of the thoughts in my mind and enjoy peace and love that cannot be found in the physical world. 

Coming to that moment isn't an overnight process. The ego isn't going to go quietly. The beginning step is to accept that there is no past, there is no future, there is only ever this moment right now. When this is understood its a journey of reconciliation with one's soul about what is real and what is not real. Then comes the permission from your true self to just be. You will know you have successfully found your soul when you eagerly look forward to the beautiful sound of silence so you can just be. 

Wherever you are on your journey to finding your soul, I wish you nothing but awe and wonderment as you finally come to understand that "right thought is mastery". <3