Good Morning Garden

Another of the great mental laws is the Law of Relaxation. In all mental working effort defeats itself. This is just the opposite of what we find on the physical plane, but it will not surprise us because we know that in many cases the laws of mind are the reverse of the laws of matter.

On the physical plane, the harder you press a drill the faster will it go through a plank. The harder you hammer a nail the sooner does it go into the wall. But any attempt at mental pressure is foredoomed to failure because the moment tension begins, the mind stops working creatively. When you try to force things mentally, when you try to hurry mentally, you simply stop your creative power.

In all mental working be relaxed, gentle, and unhurried for effort defeats itself.

In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. (Isaiah 30:15).

Before beginning any mental work, prayer, meditation, visualization or working through issues of any kind, one should begin with a period of relaxation. One of the simplest methods to achieve a relaxed state is deep breathing. If one takes just three full, slow deep breaths in through the nose and exhales slowly, fully fully and deeply through the mouth, they would be amazed at the relaxing effects of it. This short exercise works well in any situations when one needs to calm themselves such as when they have to speak publicly. Repeating this ten times will change one’s entire metabolism and release much stress and tension. The next step is to close one’s eyes and clear their minds of all worldly concerns and thoughts: just let go and give the mind a few moments off work. Then, relax your physical body from head to toe by flexing and releasing the muscles starting with the face working down. It is in this quiet state that one then is ready to accomplish their mental work.

Letting go,
Z gardener