“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
~Socrates

And I know I’m not alone. I encounter people every day who try to figure things out in their minds by going back and forth, round and round, questioning every single detail. And they define themselves by self-judgment and old, unprocessed confusion from the past.

It’s an endless cycle that doesn’t bring the peace and ease that is possible for all of us.

So here’s the good news—most of this thinking is optional. You don’t have to constantly think to live fully and well. Life doesn’t require our bodies and minds to be on high alert every second.

In fact, without all this stressful thinking, you just might begin to recognize the beauty of what’s available right now. You don’t need to stop your thoughts, but if you don’t go into your mind for information, you will notice a sense that, right now, everything is okay. You realize you can relax, take a breath, and be…

With this fresh way of being, you open to curiosity, wonder, and true intimate connection.

And you might discover that the clarity you’re looking for is here in the reality of how things actually are…and not in the mind’s obsessive thinking.

We assume that we need to think in order to live—but is this true?

I have made a thorough study of thinking, and here’s what I’ve discovered: 99% of thoughts are repetitive, negative, and patently unhelpful. These are thoughts that compare, judge, worry, doubt, assume, and analyze. They don’t support our happiness, and they divert us from the truth of things as they are.

There’s reality—what is actually here and happening—then the mind laying a distorted interpretation onto this reality. Veiled by the mind’s chatter, it’s impossible to see clearly.

We’re living in a fear-infused view of things rather than in reality itself. That’s why we feel separate and uncomfortable in ourselves and in life. We assume we need to stay vigilant of every detail around us so we’re safe—when actually all this thinking leaves us more anxious.

And while we’re busy thinking, what’s happening? Life is unfolding right here and now—in this precious moment—flowing just as it is. No commentary is needed for life to flourish fully.

So what’s the alternative if most thinking isn’t necessary? Don’t pay attention to the swirl of thoughts, and see what happens.

You immediately notice a sense of aliveness that has nothing to do with thoughts…and a deeply felt connection with everything. Staying here and not in your thoughts, maybe you can relax into life and flow without having to figure it all out. Peace and ease are possible, I promise.

Just be here now…free of the mind’s content…fully alive in this beautiful, uncontrollable, mysterious unfolding…