The Mind is a Ship

And you are the captain. But what does that mean? Who are you? Are you the flesh and blood moving through the world? No, those parts are an extension of yourself into the physical.

You are something far more. You are the observer. Beyond time and space, you exist in a spiritual world.

When a ship hits an iceberg, does the captain cry out in pain? Sure, he/she may be perturbed by the damage to his/her vessel, but he/she is not damaged. Instead, the captain gives orders to the ship's crew so that the ship might be saved.

When we are hit by the waves of life, we cannot let ourselves sink into the seas of negativity. We must stay ever-vigilant; mindfully aware of what is happening and focused on how to best stay afloat.

We are the filter of reality. Through us, the objective light is refracted into a subjective rainbow. Everything starts with how we choose to filter our experiences. If something unfortunate happens, then we choose what we think about it. What we think begets our emotional response, which determines how we will behave, which ultimately means that the reality we create starts with the idea seeds we choose to plant.

Analyzing this further, we can say that free will is a skill. Our agency, our ability to actualize our desires to fruition, can be grown just as push-ups will grow one's chest and arms. The more we push our boundaries, the better we will become at handling whatever life throws our way.

In other words, the captain that sails rough seas will find that calm waters are much easier to navigate. If we have trouble in our life that we cannot overcome, then the solution is to grow ourselves. This is the master game.

If you walk down a new street every day, how long until there are no more streets to explore? Incremental progress is still progress, so as long as we avoid having zero days, then we will always be sailing towards our desired horizon.

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