Your mind is a garden.
Your garden can be beautiful, vibrant and intentionally designed.
Or it can be full of weeds, predators and pests.
A big problem is that many people try to understand these weeds, predators, and pests.
They want to have compassion for them.
These people try to study and understand the "nature" of weeds. (let's keep the example only with weeds)
They look at patterns:
- Why did they grow?
- What made them that way?
- Why do they harm other plants?
- What happens during the growth of the plant?
These people go back to the "past", analyze the "past" and "observe the past".
And that's why many people are stuck.
They "re-live" the experiences and trigger the trauma.
They go back, where the pain was, not physically, but mentally.
That's why many people don't heal in psychotherapy. They re-live their trauma, over and over again, especially if they change psychologists multiple times.
Now think about a beautiful garden.
Maybe your neighbour has a beautiful garden or a Renaissance building you visited.
Did this garden happen naturally?
Clearly not.
The garden was intentionally designed, intentionally shaped and intentionally taken care of, through……
"Violence and destruction".
The gardener digs up the earth, pulls out the weeds and "kills" the predators.
Think about these weeds, predators and pests as demons or orcs in The Lord of the Rings.
These orcs are ugly, evil and harmful.
What you want to do is to destroy them. You want to pull out every single weed with its roots, so they can't re-sprout.
Your garden might become a battlefield.
It's dirty, messy, full of "burned" trees, holes and trampled plants.
But now your entire garden is free of weeds.
It might look like a battlefield now, but you know every single weed with its root is pulled out and destroyed.
And now you want to intentionally add rich soil and plant seeds.
(Similar to your computer, the best way is to format the hard drive and install a new Windows system. Or, during a volcanic eruption, it might destroy the entire land, but create rich soil for new plants to emerge.)
Planting The Seeds
It’s always better to start from zero again, instead of taking the burdens with you.
Everything is "eradicated" now.
No more weeds.
No "old data."
Nothing.
Now it's time to plant the seeds in the fresh soil.
Your garden should have structure and an intentional design, and it should suit your way of life, your taste, and your experiences.
- Some people want bamboo in their garden, while others are annoyed by its roots.
- Some like to pick and harvest fruit and make jam from it. Others prefer vegetables or flowers.
You need to know what purpose the garden should serve and a clear mental image of how it should look.
- Where do the leaves move when the tree grows?
- What different vibrant colours should the flowers have?
- What berries do you want to pick and harvest in 2-3 years?
- What structure aligns with your soul and heart?
What is your vision? What is your intention? What is your structure?
Be mindful: you will not harvest the fruits the day you plant them.
You need to have faith and trust, and put in the daily effort so the sprouts open and move freely. But you decide which direction they should take.
You are the gardener. The leader. The designer. The creator.
You shape the garden.
Become The Gardener of Your Mind.
Think of your garden in this way (related to chaos to clarity):
The goal is a sustainable and self-sufficient life for you and your family.
White⚪: Herbs for tea and medicine.
Yellow🟡: Vegetables for cooking and salads
Orange🟠: Fruits for vitamins and dessert.
Red🔴: Eggs for protein and nutrient density.
All of these ingredients should metaphorically serve you as information.
Your house on the top serves the purpose of shelter and combining these ingredients. It is where you craft and combine everything together.
This is your brand, your worldview, your safe space, your diary, your knowledge management, your productivity system, your business and/or your overall life.
It depends on you what you create, how you create it, and what ingredients you use.
You build and design your own garden.
You plant things in organized, quick-to-scan, and simple-to-follow structures, so when you come back, you stop actively thinking and searching. You know where everything is, how it is labelled and coloured, and what purpose it serves.
The more you "work" and take care of your mental garden, the better it serves you, your family, your business, your brand, whatever you want to achieve in life.
It all starts in your mind.
Overall, this is what "Chaos to Clarity" is all about.
Thanks for reading.
I will share more about the chaos-to-clarity system/method after my move to Australia in 2 days. (16. March)
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Jeff
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