In Yoga, they talk about opening your heart centre. In many positions, that is one of the most important things to be conscious of. In terms of Chakras, they talk about opening up your 7 Chakra centres, and in other forms of energy healing, they mention opening your energy channels.
All of that means little and has no relevance if you do not have an open mind. Everything I have written the past few weeks means little if you are not open to new ideas or new ways of thinking. Opening up to people is a great way to make connections that otherwise wouldn’t be possible.
Never say never. I used to think I would be a meat eater for life. Like, I was the king of eating meat. I rolled with some of the finest carnivores in the country, and eating meat was basically how we bonded. The thought of not eating meat never even entered my reality. When I thought of vegetarians, I actually thought of tree hugging hippies who never showered or brushed their teeth. And then I read The China Study, and was fascinated. I had to learn more, so I spent hours googling as much information as I could on the subject. I ended up reading a slew of countless other books, and I was convinced to give it a try. It was an open mind that allowed me to make this transition. It was an open mind that brought me to God, then away from him, then back to him again. And the list goes on.
Having an open mind is key because all of us live with a map in our brain. Beliefs that when go unexamined, basically direct you through life unconciously. That’s your map, and you aren’t even sure how you got the map. It just sort of unfolded itself as time went on and you grew up. The problem with maps is that the map is not the territory. How can you know what something is like if you’ve never been there? The map could be completely wrong and you could get lost in the woods! Over time, you can refine the map by being open to new experiences. It might not ever be fully accurate, as most maps never are, but you can get pretty darn close.