Replacing the Old

As far as the mind is concerned, if the old isn’t cleared out there won’t be any room for the new to replace it, but it won’t happen until it’s seen the familiarity of what’s old needs to be replaced…

From the time your life begins in this form, the mind is constantly processing and storing information. The incessant mind never stops this information storing process and constantly draws on its familiarity; this leaves very little room for anything new to become known. This storing foundation would need something close to a miracle to dislodge it, but when the mind is allowed to settle, it creates the room and the world as it is known ceases to exist.

Think of it this way, when a room is to be redesigned in a house, the first thing that needs to be done is to take out the old so the new furniture can fit in. If you had to work around the old furniture it would make placing the new furniture in the room very difficult; it just wouldn’t fit properly and it wouldn’t match either. Seeing the new takes a skill most people don’t naturally possess; usually it has to be taught this is how meditation works.

The process of meditation helps to clear out the mind (the room). If this isn’t done, the mind as it is with the room will remain cluttered with the old. The new although it may be put in will not add any enhancement to the design of the room. After all this is what we are doing, trying to enhance our life. No one changes anything just to change it, we change a philosophy or a belief because the one that’s in place needs to be redesigned because for whatever reason it’s just not working any more. So clear out the old and make room for a redesigning and enhancement that will allow the old familiarity not to be missed…