Closing is a habit, and just like any other habit, it can be broken.Here’s a simple method for staying open: All you have to do is decide whether you are willing to stay open, or whether you think it’s worth closing. Opening allows energy in, and closing blocks it out.What it needs is openness and receptivity. You should know about this energy because it’s yours. Although various energy centers exist within you, the one you intuitively know the most about opening and closing is your heart.All the great spiritual traditions talk about your spiritual energy they just give it different names. In ancient Chinese medicine, it is called Chi. This flow of energy comes from the depth of your being. The yogis call energy centers chakras.Come to know the one who watches the voice, and you will come to know one of the great mysteries of creation. If used properly, the same mental voice that has been a source of worry, distraction, and general neurosis can become the launching ground for true spiritual awakening. To be aware that you are watching the voice talk is to stand on the threshold of a fantastic inner journey.People go through so many changes in the name of ‘trying to find myself.’ They want to discover which of these voices, which of these aspects of their personality, is who they really are.If you don’t understand this, you will try to figure out which of the many things the voice says is really you. True growth is the realization that you are not the voice of the mind-you are the one who hears it.It doesn’t make any difference what it is saying, you are the one who is aware of it. This is also true of hearing the voice inside. It doesn’t matter what you put in front of me, it’s always going to be me looking at it.” It’s an act of a subject perceiving various objects. You would reply, “None of them! I’m the one who’s looking at what you’re putting in front of me.Suppose that you’re looking at three objects a flowerpot, a photograph, and a book-and were then asked, “Which of these objects is you?”.This is the essential difference between a spiritually minded person and a worldly person. This act of maintaining objective awareness of the inner problem is always better than losing yourself in the outer situation.The very fact that you can see the disturbance means that you are not it. Once you clearly see the disturbed part, then ask, “Who is it that sees this? Who notices this inner disturbance?” Asking this is the solution to your every problem.If you’re feeling jealousy, instead of trying to see how you can protect yourself, just ask, “What part of me is jealous?” That will cause you to look inside and see that there’s a part of you that’s having a problem with jealousy.
If you want to achieve peace in the face of your problems, you must understand why you perceive a particular situation as a problem.
The bottom line is, you’ll never be free of problems until you are free from the part within that has so many problems.There is absolutely nothing that voice can say that is more you than anything else it says. Just view the voice as a vocalizing mechanism that is capable of making it appear like someone is in there talking to you. The best way to free yourself from this incessant chatter is to step back and view it objectively.If you spend some time observing this mental voice, the first thing you will notice is that it never shuts up. It doesn’t care which side it takes, just as long as it gets to keep on talking. Notice that the voice takes both sides of the conversation.You have to step way back and watch it converse. The problem is, you’re too close to be objective. If you’re smart, you’ll take the time to step back, examine this voice, and get to know it better.Have you ever wondered why it talks in there? In case you haven’t noticed, you have a mental dialogue going on inside your head that never stops.