Thought Pollution

 

Thought Pollution

I am sure you have heard about all kinds of pollution – but thought pollution is most likely to be new for you. Actually, this is the most dangerous kind of pollution, because it pollutes one’s mind. How does this happen? Well, have you observed while travelling in a crowded bus, or waiting at a bus stop, somebody passes by and you get a serious urge to slap that person! This is because that person is generating negative vibes which are emanating from his/her mind. All this happens at a very subtle level. In extremely crowded areas there is no guarantee that thoughts passing through your mind are even your own! You may be thinking along certain lines and suddenly your mind changes track and you start thinking about something else without any rhyme or reason.

All this happens because your mind is subconsciously absorbing someone else’s thought waves. This is the danger – because most people think only negative thoughts, of events of the past and how to respond in the future. When there is excessive thought pollution it is likely that your head starts feeling heavy and you feel stress. When this happens and you do not see any suitable cause – try going to uninhabited places or places with scarce population density.

When you go to hill stations, or set out for a sail in the sea, enter a forest camp – here in the presence of nature you will observe that your mind has suddenly become calm, thoughts are few and far in between! The reason is nature does not think – it just exists. Thus, when you are in nature your nature too changes – you become calm, your mind becomes stable and you find yourself to be at peace.

You can protect yourself from thought pollution even when you stay in crowded cities. The solution is to meditate under the guidance of a realised Master. With regular meditation as you go within, and learn to keep your attention within, you will observe that your thought process has slowed down. This happens because meditation slows down your breathing, your bio-rhythm slows down and with that your thought process also slows down. There is a direct link between your breathing and thinking. When you become angry your pulse rate is high and your mind is racing – that’s why the saying, ‘count slowly to ten’ – this helps your breathing to normalise and your anger to dissipate thus calming your mind. Try holding your breath for a minute and see for yourself whether you get any thoughts – you don’t!

With your journey into your inner world, with the passage of time your energy body or aura becomes strong and forms a protective shield around you – one of the things this helps with is keeping unwanted thoughts away. So, meditate and find that inner peace, then your mind will surely become an ocean of calmness.