{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F4d183748-1db7-48d4-b3df-b4920be0585c","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Our Need For Mind Training","description":"Recently I was watching a mini-series with actor, musician and now author, Will Smith and he was talking about the process of filming this documentary and writing his memoir. So as a creative person, I was doubly curious and fascinated. \n\nSomething that Will\u2019s father said on the show (you\u2019ll have to listen to find out what it was) got me ruminating about what A Course in Miracles calls \u201cour need for mind training\u201d.\n\nNow, I\u2019ve been a student and guide of A Course in Miracles for about 30 years and there are some lines that still just stop me right in my tracks, every time I read it. This is one of them: \u201cAn untrained mind can accomplish nothing\u201d. \n\nThis is so powerful because if we do not have the capacity to place our mind where we want it, which also means, if we can\u2019t recognize that we\u2019re having an insane, ego thought, and if we can\u2019t rein those suckers in, if we don\u2019t have any kind of discipline or training of our mind, then we\u2019re often going to find ourselves in positions where either we are suffering, or we are inflicting suffering on others. \n\nAnd if we\u2019re not careful, we\u2019ll end up creating chaos and leaving a path of emotional trauma and or physical destruction in our wake.\n\nToday on The Karen Kenney Show, we\u2019re talking about the importance of being able to observe our thoughts and observe our feelings with, what I call, curiosity, instead of compulsion.\n\nBeing able to slow down enough to contemplate, regulate and choose the quality of thoughts that will lead us to our desired outcome. So we can start to train our minds and discipline ourselves to understand that \u201ceven though I thought it\u201d, doesn\u2019t mean I have to react or do anything about it. I can pause, reflect and still choose differently, I could choose again, I could choose better, I could choose peace.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/22c50850-e75c-4734-b25e-87faf90de9ff/2026-Podcast-Artwork-512KB.jpg"}