As I considered what to write about this week, I realized that I am persistently working on releasing mental dominance. In astrology, Gemini is ruled by Mercury, the planet of communication and intellect. My astrology chart is full of this mercurial energy, making this topic especially relevant.
Gemini, symbolized by the Twins, represents curiosity, adaptability, and communication. With Mercury’s influence, Gemini brings a sharp, quick mind, always eager to learn and express ideas. However, this mental energy can sometimes lead to overthinking and mental dominance, overshadowing our emotional and intuitive faculties.
By examining Gemini’s traits and Mercury’s influence, we can find ways to balance our intellect with heart and mind coherence, tapping into our deeper wisdom and creativity.
What is Mental Dominance?
Mental dominance refers to our tendency to rely too heavily on our minds to navigate life. We’re often trained to think, analyze, and solve problems, sometimes at the expense of our emotional and intuitive abilities. Although the mind is powerful, it is limited to what it knows and can process. It operates within the confines of past experiences and learned knowledge, which can restrict our ability to tap into deeper, more expansive ways of understanding.
To achieve a balance between the mind and the heart, we need to create harmony between these two centers. This means moving beyond the dominance of the mind and integrating the wisdom of the heart and the intuitive insights from our gut.
Your subconscious mind is processing billions of data points, per second and only relaying information to your conscious mind that it determines is important based on your belief systems. Your mental body is only able to process known information, so you lose the best information that your intuition in emotional guidance provides. Cosmic Consciousness Ascension Deck /Jamye Price/
Why Shift from the Mind to the Heart?
Our imagination is a powerful tool gifted to us, yet we are often conditioned not to tap into this infinite resource. The heart and soul can guide us in ways the mind cannot. By feeling our way into the new and creating from this space, we can access deeper truths and possibilities.
Steps to Move into Heart and Mind Coherence:
- Slowing Down: In our fast-paced world, slowing down is essential. This allows us to tune into the subtle cues from our heart and intuition.
- Meditation: Regular meditation practices help quiet the mind and open the heart, creating a bridge between thinking and feeling.
- Body Check: Pay attention to how your body feels in different situations. Our gut, often called our second brain, holds valuable insights.
Trusting Intuition, A Personal Story…
From a young age, we are taught to control our emotions and rely on logical thinking. However, our gut, located in the solar plexus, is a powerful source of intuition. The solar plexus chakra, or Manipura, is associated with personal power, self-esteem, and decision-making. When balanced, it enhances our confidence and ability to trust our instincts.
I vividly recall being six years old, starting first grade, and experiencing stomach aches every morning before school. I used to complain to my mom about these stomach aches, even though I wasn’t sick. It was a persistent feeling that my teacher didn’t like girls and favored boys. This feeling transformed my love for school and learning into dread, making me feel scared, worried, and uncomfortable. I became insecure and didn’t want to take the bus or go to school.
Thankfully, my mom listened to me. While I couldn’t fully articulate my feelings, I communicated that I wanted to be in the other class where more of my friends were. In my child’s mind, I felt like I was being punished by being in the class with the mean teacher. Everything changed for the better once I was transferred to the other first-grade class. When it was my brother’s turn to go to first grade, he had the same mean teacher but was unaffected. Then, my mom put it all together – the teacher favored boys over girls. My gut feeling – my intuition, had been correct.
Practical Application: The Body Check
When making a significant decision, consider doing a body check. For example, if you’re choosing between travel destinations such as France or Spain, pay attention to how your body reacts. Does one option make you feel lighter and more excited? This simple practice can help bring clarity and connect you with your true desires. Remember, the body is the seat of the soul. You are energy first and then human.
Balancing Masculine and Feminine Energies
We’ve been programmed to operate in a masculine energy of doing and thinking, often neglecting the feminine energy of allowing and feeling. Turning inward for guidance can help us balance these energies. Our brain processes vast amounts of data, but our intuition and emotional guidance offer invaluable insights that the mind cannot.
Fostering heart and mind unity helps us transcend fear and tap into our infinite nature. This perspective shift helps us see ourselves in all creation, ending the illusion of separation. Embrace your emotions as the powerful tools they are.
Trust and Allow
You can tap into the quantum field. Believe in your potential, awaken to your truth, and trust the information you receive from higher realms. Recognize the difference between ego-driven thoughts and higher self-guidance:
- Left Brain Responses: Analytical and gradual, like assembling a car piece by piece.
- Higher Self Insights: Holistic and instantaneous, simultaneously providing complete ideas or concepts.
Gauging Responses
The ego-mind often speaks in a first-person language, emphasizing limitations and self-doubt. Ego-driven responses tend to have a flat or contracted energy, signaling the ego’s involvement.
In contrast, the higher self communicates in the third person or as part of a collective, offering encouragement and aligning with your highest good. Guidance from the higher self feels expansive and inspirational, often accompanied by a rush of excitement.
Embrace your higher truth and the unique gifts you possess. Trust in yourself and allow the transition from mental dominance to heart and mind coherence. Witness the transformative impact this shift can have on your life. This is the essence of being in the flow.
Top Tips to Stimulate Your Right Brain
Breathe Deeply: Regularly check in with your breath to expand your creative center and become more present.
Daydream: Contemplate what would make you feel most alive, allowing your mind to wander and explore possibilities.
See Energy: Imagine the colorful energy fields around living beings and objects connecting with the quantum field.
Capture More Moments: Take more photos to train your eye to see beauty and art in unexpected places, focusing on colors, shapes, and textures.
Picture the Music: Visualize music with colors or images, especially classical music, to stimulate suitable brain activity.
Do Things Differently: Change daily routines, like brushing your teeth with the opposite hand, to spark creativity.
Conversation Between Hemispheres: Write a sentence with your dominant hand, then reply with the other hand to see how different perspectives emerge.
Write Down Your Dreams: Document your dreams to honor your creative soul and think in symbols and metaphors.
Doodle: Freely doodle, scribble, and draw on any available surface to express creativity in everyday life.
Chew Your Food Mindfully: Slow down while eating to fully experience flavors and textures, possibly evoking memories and sensations.
Create ‘My Inspirations List’: Keep a running list of things that inspire you and take action to bring creativity to life.
Move: Engage in physical movement to release tension, enhance creativity, and improve mental clarity. Dance!
Rearrange Your Home: Refresh your living space through creative rearrangements and decor to inspire new energy and perspectives.
Color Therapy: Pay attention to colors around you and use painting as a creative outlet, even without a set plan.
Be Spontaneous: Honor your creative impulses by doing something unexpected or unexpected to spark creativity.
