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Take a moment to reflect on the many tools you have used in your lifetime. Tools for cooking, cleaning, yardwork, woodwork, creative expression, demolition, and construction. The list goes on and on. Each of these tools has a specific purpose, and when kept clean, sharp, and organized, they are ready when needed.
Clearing energetic and emotional obstacles from the path also require tools, but keeping visualized tools clean, sharp, and ready is a different process. For example, review the method you use to empty your thoughts. When they enter your mental command center, do they arrive in flurries like swirling snow, like slanting rain, in random or organized patterns? How do you go about catching or containing them? What kind of container do you use? A bucket, a pot, a butterfly net, or something else? Where is this tool kept? Is it on your person at all times, hanging from your belt, or slung across your back? Maybe you keep it in a handy tool shed or your trusty toolbox.
Thoughts are diverse, from mild to toxic. Eventually, you will discern which thoughts to sort and file and which to dump. Dumping all of them at first interrupts habitual thinking patterns, and as the thoughts resume, you will be able to see them more clearly for what they are. The tool you use to contain and empty them becomes dull after a while from thought residue. One way to clean it is to use your dishwashing time. Instead of a cup or a plate or silverware, visualize scrubbing and polishing your empty thoughts container. When you sweep the floor, visualize sweeping…
