Ideas of the spirit do not leave the mind that thinks them, nor can they conflict with each other. However, ideas of the ego can conflict because they occur at different levels and also include opposite thoughts at the same level. It is impossible to share opposing thoughts. You can share only the thoughts that are of God and that He keeps for you. And of such is the Kingdom of Heaven. The rest remains with you until the Holy Spirit has reinterpreted them in the light of the Kingdom, making them, too, worthy of being shared. When they have been sufficiently purified He lets you give them away. The decision to share them is their purification. T-5.IV.3:5-12
A Course in Miracles . Foundation for Inner Peace. Kindle Edition.
In Buddhism the swirling thoughts of the ego are called, “monkey mind.” In psychology the overthinking is called “rumination.” It would be nice if the monkey mind, the rumination, were transmitted on an electronic device that could just be turned off.
It is difficult to share the thoughts which are the product of this obsessive thinking until we relax and let them settle and arrive at a place of more peace and clarity. This settling down is facilitated by meditation during which we let the frantic thoughts of the ego go. We intend to purify our mind so we arrive at an experience of peace and joy.
In Unitarian Universalism we join together to affirm and promote the free and responsible search for truth and meaning. This truth and meaning is to be found in serenity not in business.
Today, it is suggested that we calm our monkey mind and allow the peace and serenity of nothingness take us to the experience of the Oneness.
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