The Stone Bathtub
The Flow of Life
My gorgeous friend, living on the other side of the world, has this beautiful stone bath. Despite the distance, we are deeply connected—celebrating the beauty of life while supporting each other through its challenges. Because of our time zones, as we chat, she often enjoys her evening soak while the sun shines brightly here.
I often think about her stone bathtub—how it supports the water by holding it, keeping it warm for hours, providing her comfort and love. As someone who loves water, I understand the cleansing power of a warm soak. There’s something about being submerged—how the water softens the body and invites a deeper release from the day.
It got me thinking—how can I create that same calm release without a beautiful stone bath? How do I allow myself to unwind—not just from the day, but from the constant chatter of my mind?
This thought reminded me of something a healer once told me. She said I designed my brain to take in a lot of information, but my struggle lies in overthinking rather than simply storing and retrieving knowledge—the brain’s true job. I remember thinking, What? I designed my brain?!
Before I could process that, she dropped one of those deep-truth phrases—words that instantly downloaded an entire story into my being: “You use your intelligence to get yourself out of trouble just as much as you use it to get into trouble—and you think that’s a good thing.”
WOW. I understood this on a deep level, a knowingness, as flashes of my life ran through my mind. I appreciate when things are given to me bluntly—especially when the news isn't exactly good. My mind hears it more clearly that way. It pushes me out of habitual thinking and into a new perspective, leaving me feeling expansive.
And right. . . the brain’s true job is like a computer storing data—not the one telling me what to see, think, and do, as I had been letting it. I had never heard that before, but I knew it was true. Instantly I could see it clearly:
Brain = computer storing and retrieving data
Mind = processing and interpreting data based on my level of consciousness and belief systems
All information comes from me, but not all of it is truth—it’s shaped by my level of consciousness and inherited beliefs, some of which I may not actually agree with. And this is true for everyone. Nobody is wrong, and nobody is right.
THIS IS WHY YOU TRUST YOUR HEART!
So naturally, I thought: How do I shift from being ruled by my mind’s intelligence to being guided by my heart’s intelligence—the all-loving, all-knowing source within me? My experience is that when I hear my heart’s intelligence (Spirit), it feels like guidance from a kinder, deeper place where I don’t judge or need to rationalize, it just is, rather than the usual noisy overthinking of my mind bouncing me around leaving me more confused. That’s why her words felt so profound—time stood still as they sank in without judgment, revealing a truth I had never considered.
This brings me back to the stone bathtub—a haven of warmth and stillness that supports the body and quiets the mind. Isn’t that what the heart does, too? It gently holds us, offers comfort, brings us a higher perspective, and reminds us that we don’t have to carry everything alone.
That is love—so how can I choose it in my moments? Just as a warm bath holds and soothes the body, I can let my heart hold and guide me. I don’t need to chase or believe every thought—I can let them settle instead of rule me, like water growing still after movement.
In that quiet, I remember I am not my thoughts. I am the one who observes them, the awareness that decides which ones to follow. I am the presence within me, connected to everything around me, like a drop of water in a warm bath, held and carried by the vastness of the stone.
Sincerely Searching💓