24 Channel of the Thinker 61

From the Mind to the Crown

The French would call you Le Penseur, a person carved out of bronze and marble and captured in deep thought in the Musee Rodin in Paris.

And just like that famous sculpture, you seem to be frozen in time in intense contemplation, mentally refining everything and anything to find truth.

Auguste Rodin's stunning work was intended to depict a man in sober concentration with an internal mental struggle, just like people with this channel.

You are a deep, intellectual thinker who can exhaust yourself, and others, by trying to rationalize everything in life.

The antennae of the Crown are always detecting new inspirations and you want to work it all out in a tireless pursuit of knowledge.

I get exhausted just thinking about what goes around your head, over and over in constant review.

You think so hard that people can almost hear the wheels turning!

There is a pressure to capture an inner truth, but this mental exertion can send you into a maddening whirl.

Yet you find it impossible to release your thoughts from the revolving door that traps them inside your head.

You have glimpses of truth and knowing, but these rarely become absolute realizations because you insist on return­ing to the start to review it all over again.

It's why you find it hard to switch off at night.

The first thing you must realize is that this is your nature.

That accep­tance by itself can ease frustration.

The second is to practice not be­coming a slave to your mind.

Enjoy times of silence and quiet reverie.

Immerse yourself in soothing music.

When the Crown's wheels start spinning, step back from racing thoughts, allowing the Mind to chatter away without your direct participation.

This is the first step toward med­itation and it's where you'll find great refuge and solace.

There is no point believing that the more you think about something, the sooner "the ultimate answer" will dawn.

Instead, divert your attention onto the challenges in the lives of other people, or society itself.

Your con­stant reviewing and rationalizing are a great gift when they inspire other minds to join you in thinking outside the box.

~ Chetan Parkyn - Human Design: Discover the Person You Were Born to Be