Let your mind wander

Go be­yond the hori­zon of the un­known. With­out a doubt this is a chal­leng­ing ex­pe­ri­ence for most of us. Not just go­ing on a trip, ex­plore new worlds, and coun­tries. Meet­ing other peo­ple and smell the dif­fer­ences within cul­tures. It is also about a mind­set. Open-mindedness is a ne­ces­sity. Not a lux­ury.

To go be­yond all you are fa­mil­iar with and know is chal­leng­ing. For those who call them­selves world trot­ters, ad­ven­tur­ers, trav­el­ers across the oceans and seas, climb­ing the high­est moun­tains this will be easy. They thrive on the chal­lenges and the ex­pe­ri­ences to achieve the goals they have set for them­selves. Oth­ers are happy within the com­fort of their home, their town or vil­lage and are not ea­ger to leave their fa­mil­iar sur­round­ings.

As dif­fer­ent we are as hu­mans is shown in all these sto­ries we know and learn. Test­ing the bound­aries, al­ways want­ing to push it a bit fur­ther. Some­times is al­most ef­fort­less, other times even the small­est step is a vic­tory and dif­fi­cult. Chal­lenged with my jour­ney the past few weeks to cross the big pond and on a long flight, I had more dif­fi­culty to keep my mind open.

The en­ergy be­fore leav­ing was much con­trolled by the un­know­ing, Hence, the way things would play out. So, my thoughts were im­pacted by in­se­cu­ri­ties, like where need I will be, will I be able to find the right gate. Caus­ing me anx­i­ety, be­cause that is what the mind does. It cre­ates emo­tions. Spe­cially when you are not sure about the way things will en­fold. Like my trav­el­ling ad­ven­ture.

I knew I had my tick­ets ready and every­thing else in or­der. The mo­ment I checked in and was off to look for my gate, I still was fo­cused on where to go and where I needed to be. Not en­tirely un­known, yet for me, it has been a long time since I went for an air­plane trip. The mo­ment I was able to read the signs, show­ing me the di­rec­tions, guid­ing me along the way, I was more and more at ease. My mind was only alert on what next step was nec­es­sary to take.

Com­ing up upon my board­ing gate, I no­ticed the seats where I could plug in my phone adapter. Still very early morn­ing, it en­abled me to start with my nor­mal rou­tine. This kind of struc­ture gives me ease of mind and peace of heart as well. En­abling me to come to ease and ab­sorb my sur­round­ings. Let­ting go of the men­tal, it brought me back to my more nor­mal state of ob­ser­va­tion as well no­tice the peo­ple around me.

Let your mind won­der, I know this is the ti­tle of this ar­ti­cle I was set­ting up. Dur­ing my wait­ing time, not only was I able to con­nect with some pas­sen­gers, it also al­lowed me to tune in as well. Sens­ing the en­ergy of the peo­ple around me and pick­ing up who con­nected with me as well. My time on my lap­top also al­lowed me to step into an­other more com­fort­able world to me.

Check­ing on my mes­sages, I could let my mind won­der of into the world of spir­i­tual mes­sages, as well news feeds from so many friends all over the world. Cre­at­ing my own en­ergy flow to dis­tract my­self as well, caus­ing the time to pro­ceed with a dif­fer­ent kind of mind­set. When I am won­der­ing of, my time aware­ness is very dif­fer­ent.

I could write an ar­ti­cle, within my own bub­ble, dur­ing a 2-hour wait, just typ­ing what came up, with­out know­ing what might pop up. That's how the en­ergy works for me. The mo­ment I start writ­ing, I never know where it will go, or what di­rec­tion it will take. My mind won­ders off, al­most like step­ping aside.

The con­nec­tions dur­ing the flight were also mem­o­rable, just through the pas­sen­ger sit­ting be­side me. We caught up in a con­ver­sa­tion and this brought up many top­ics. It can broaden the mind this kind of ex­change, for it brings in a new world of in­for­ma­tion as well. My mind won­dered of af­ter a while again and it brought in the un­known to ex­plore.

Haven't been ever in this part of the world and I was won­der­ing how many sim­i­lar­i­ties I would come across on. There would be dif­fer­ences no doubt, yet I am al­ways cu­ri­ous how many con­nec­tions we have in a more uni­ver­sal way so to speak. So as thrilled as I was on my way to­wards my des­tiny, I most of all was let­ting my mind open up to­wards the events at hand.

Those were new to me as well. Many pas­sen­gers with the same des­ti­na­tion in this early morn­ing hour. The dif­fer­ences in pos­ture, the way peo­ple in­ter­acted or not. It brings up ques­tions some­times, cu­ri­ous about their where­abouts as well des­tiny. Time for the hol­i­days as well.

When you are open-minded and with an open Heart, ex­change be­tween souls hap­pen within a split sec­ond. I have had many along the way, all dif­fer­ent per­son­al­i­ties. Yet all easy go­ing and as if we knew each other al­ready for a long time. This kind of fa­mil­iar­ity feels com­fort­ing dur­ing this long travel, with wait­ing hours to spend as well. My ex­changes were also ex­pand­ing my knowl­edge.

Just be­cause of the con­ver­sa­tions, giv­ing me a peek into the lives of those I met up close. This is what hap­pens when you are set­ting your­self up for an open and in­ter­act­ing con­nec­tion with those sur­round­ing you. Those en­coun­ters with peo­ple who are al­ready ea­ger to con­nect and share time to­gether.

For me, this is what col­ors my ex­pe­ri­ences. I love to in­ter­act and talk with oth­ers, to get to know them as well to ex­change our view on life. Young peo­ple who I got to know, with a syn­chronic­ity that sur­prises me every time.

If you let your mind won­der and just al­low to con­nect with any­one you come across, that feels fa­mil­iar and invit­ing, it is a price­less meet­ing of souls. It al­lows the con­ver­sa­tion take turns to cre­ate a safe space in­stantly. Even sit­ting on a busy air­field, with so many pas­sen­gers rush­ing by.

The buzz and en­ergy of all those who are search­ing for their gate, fam­i­lies with lit­tle chil­dren. El­derly peo­ple and all those dif­fer­ent na­tion­al­i­ties as well. It's loud, it's noisy, yet at one point it was as quiet as if I was alone in my own liv­ing room.

Just to al­low what hap­pens in the know­ing it will work out all well, cre­ates a space within me, that can let go of what if and or what. It just is, in the mo­ment it­self. It is about how to go with the flow, ad­just­ing when needed. Yet open-minded about what is to be, how it will be is an ad­ven­ture where the out­come is not fore­seen.

To me, this is the most pre­cious time and most valu­able as well. Trusting myself, and staying within my cen­ter. Cre­ated by an open mind­set and open heart.

And so it will be

High Self @RheaD­op­mei­jer ©
Heart­felt Mes­sages 9-1-2019

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