What is the mind, is the topic of this letter.
Let’s dive into it.
“The ability to observe without evaluating
Is the highest form of intelligence.”
~ J. Krishnamurti
Evaluating is one of the activities of the mind.
But BEFORE I thought ‘I’ was the one evaluating.
That ‘I’ was this inner voice.
You see?
By the way, if you’re new here, I am Jordan, 23 years old, making videos on YouTube since 2012,
have done over $4M in Revenue, hired over 50 people, and found out that these things actually do not matter at all.
What matters to me is finding the truth about real problems and questions in my life.
I do this through my unique writing process and share them here with you.
I share this because you have been conditioned to care about numbers and appearance.
But the truth is that it is effectiveness > appearance what works.
So an effective question is:
“Can you separate yourself from the activities of your mind?”
Yes, IF you can see for yourself that YOU are not your mind.
You are unserious if you believe me.
You are serious if you ask yourself.
Think about it, when you walk outside, do you experience nature directly?
Or do you THINK about the things you see?
This thinking is another activity of the mind.
You experience nature through the thoughts of the mind.
You don’t look at the tree without thought, right?
You look at it and think, “owh this one is ugly, almost no leaves”.
The mind is like an invisible filter.
Invisible because you think YOU are the one saying one tree looks better than another.
But it is not YOU.
Your mind and YOU are separate.
Do you understand this?
It’s a crucial part…
Nothing else really matters if you continue to BELIEVE that you are your inner voice.
Thoughts are a product of the mind.
Emotions come from these thoughts of the mind.
Stress is the mind.
Anger is the mind.
Joy is the mind.
Almost everyone’s days look the same from an emotional point of view.
90% unwanted emotions
10% desired emotions
You don’t feel happy often, right?
Most of your day is filled with a somewhat negative emotion, correct?
Irritated…
Stressed…
Unclarity…
Pressured…
So how is this possible if we don’t want to feel this way?
Possibly because we consider them a normal part of life.
After all, everyone feels this way, right?
Maybe more importantly is that we believe that we ARE that voice inside of our head.
That it is YOU speaking.
But is it?
Or is it a ‘belief’?
As long as you believe that YOU are the mind, you will FEEL all the emotions that come from it’s thoughts.
“To the mind that is still,
The whole universe surrenders.”
~Lao Tzu
And I have not found 1 person in the self improvement space who gives nothing but practices to IMPROVE your state of mind.
But do you see that this will always keep your mind alive?
The only thing you are doing is ‘improving’.
After years of ‘improving your mindset’, your days may look like this:
60% unwanted emotions
40% desired emotions
You see?
If this is what you want, by all means, stop reading…
No judgment, it’s just not what I want.
So naturally not something I will talk about.
If you want to know why I see my own self improvement journey as wasted years, you may find more understanding about your own here.
The premise of my findings can be summarized in 4 points:
- I did not know what I REALLY wanted.
- I BELIEVED self-improvement was good for me.
- So I implemented all the so-called success habits, WITHOUT QUESTION.
- And I did not look at the RESULTS that I got from all these habits such as reading, meditating, journaling, vision boards, visualizing, affirmations, ice baths, sunlight exposure, … all of it.
So I wasted my time.
Back to the mind…
Instead of improving our mind, can we eliminate it?
Is there a way of living where we no longer hear this inner voice?
I say ‘no longer HEAR’, because when you don’t hear something you don’t have to IGNORE it.
And when there is no activity involved such as ignoring, it becomes EFFORTLESS, which is the perfect solution, is it not?
To no longer feel the emotions that are the consequences of thoughts.
Before I continue, do you what I just implied?
That feelings arise from thoughts…
Just ask yourself:
“Do I feel something when I have no thoughts?”
“Do I have an emotion when I am simply looking through the window with complete silence inside my head?”
If you only feel an emotion when there are thoughts.
And if thoughts are coming from the mind.
Then to not feel all these emotions any longer, we must silence the mind, right?
So how to do this?
How can we catch the mind and put duck tape on it?
Well we must know where it is, right?
And the mind is very good at hiding because you believe it is YOU.
This voice…
So you must understand that it is not YOU.
UNDERSTANDING is the way.
So do you understand that YOU are not this voice inside your head?
When you understand, you start to recognize it’s voice more often.
Because so far, you often weren’t aware of this voice, right? It’s just there.
But not anymore.
You start to become AWARE more often when it speaks.
And when you do, you can try to find the place where the sound is coming from.
You can get closer and closer the more you understand.
And the most effective way to understand more, is to WANT to understand.
I mean, how much did you remember from school lectures the day after…?
Or even a week after…?
Because you DID NOT CARE, right?
So do you care?
That is my question to you.
If you do, you may follow me to hear more about my understanding of my mind.
So you can understand yours better.
Talk soon.
Jordan
PS: Here’s my poem about the essence of it all.
Because you love to be entertained & distracted while not asking yourself the important questions, don’t you?
What is this thing: ‘mind’? (a poem)
Emotions come and go,
From thoughts that ebb and flow.
To question these thoughts that flow,
And the emotions they bestow.
Are they just a habit to break,
To see the truth they cannot make?
This voice talking inside our head,
Isn’t THAT what makes us feeling bad?
What if we are no longer this inner voice?
Unlike before, I’ve made this choice.
To be at peace, new, pure and free,
Beyond our mind’s captivity.
You can watch the full video here:
PS: If you try to find the truth in a specific situation in your own life, but can’t seem to find it. Feel free to send me an email at [email protected] or DM me on social. I don’t ask for money but only respond to serious people.
