Blue Sky Mind
- Megan Haldane
- Jun 28, 2017
- 2 min read
Our mind is like the blue sky.... all of the time. Did you ever lie on your back as a child and watch the sky? I did, often. I had a big question in my mind regarding space and time. Where does the sky end? I loved the fact that if I stared for long enough and kept my concentration whilst pondering where the sky might end, I would always gaze beyond the beyond and find out that it never ends. I liked the feeling of the never ending part. It made me relaxed and happy… and so I came to believe in infinity, of a kind.
Today I have a new depth to my understanding. Infinity doesn't matter so much but what does matter is that I see all human minds are just like the sky on a bright clear sun filled blue sky day. I discovered this because I found my own blue sky mind. I believe my mind is like the blue sky.
However, I also know that I can easily lose sight of my bright peaceful, tranquil blue sky mind. This is when I am emotional, worried or perturbed. Just as the blue sky is there so is the time of stormy weather, grey clouds, black sky, rain pouring from the clouds, even lightning bolts and thunder cracks or rumbles. As I become consumed by my negative thoughts and emotions I believe only in them. I believe only in what is presenting itself just as in watching a scary storm loom across the sky. The blue sky ceases to exist. I become consumed by the atmosphere of the storm or even a grey sky. I choose this. I forget my blue sky mind totally and begin to see and feel only the darkness. I used to just wait for the storm to pass. I did not know I could do something about it.
Now, for some years though, I have trained myself to remember that the storm will pass. More and more often I can remember this while the storm is still there. It took some training and now it works. It works so well that I can now avoid the stormy grey black clouds most of the time. I know how to dismantle them as the atmosphere changes and the cloud wisps begin to appear. What has helped most is that during my blue sky mind times I remember that the grey days will come again but I am aware, equipped and ready for them. When they come I can more readily remember that they too will pass and I am left with my blue sky mind.
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