Robert Adams - Put first things first

 You wonder what to do with the rest of your life.

Should I work? Should I sit home? Should I join the army?

Shall I become a dictator of a country?

All these great thoughts go through your mind.

Do not allow that to happen. Catch your mind.

Catch your mind thinking and stop it.

The mind is necessary as long as you are a human being.

You make decisions. You know what's wrong or right, good and bad.

Your mind creates the world of duality.

But as you progress in the spiritual life you begin to realize that

the mind is a hindrance, not a friend,

for it brings up all the things of the past, and

worries about the things of the future.

Who needs a mind like that?

Therefore take control.

And again, the best time to do this is early in the morning,

as soon as you wake up, for the first thoughts that you think about

will carry you through the day.

And before you fall asleep, the thoughts that you think about

before you go to sleep will continue when you wake up.

So fall asleep understanding that I am pure awareness.