The Higher Mind System
The Higher Mind System brings together the best lessons from personal development, mindfulness, psychology, and meditation into a cohesive and practical framework. The purpose of this work is to give you the complete roadmap needed for you to fulfill your aspirations and grow into your full potential.
At the core of the system is the idea that we all have a higher mind and a lower mind.
- The higher mind is responsible for our values, virtues, and aspirations. It has wisdom, awareness, and willpower. It can shape ourselves and our life as per our vision.
- The lower mind is responsible for our impulses, emotions, and triggers. It is our reactive self, which thinks short-term and is deeply shaped by our environment and external events.
Borrowing from an ancient metaphor found in the sacred book Upanishads, we can say that the higher mind is the charioteer, the body is the chariot, and the lower mind is the horses.
You as the charioteer need to love your horses (lower mind), treat them well, and give them space to be—for sure. The stronger they are, the more horse power you have. Yet the horses must be actively guided by the charioteer (higher mind) ; otherwise they will run wild and break the chariot, and the passenger won’t arrive at its destination.
The Higher Mind System is all about cultivating your higher mind, and taming the lower mind, so that you can arrive at your desired destination. It does this by training you across seven areas or disciplines:
- Aspire → Focus on what really matters
- Plan → Create empowering structures in your life
- Act → Act as who you want to be
- Reflect → Grow your awareness and make wiser choices
- Meditate → Master your mind, emotions, and impulses
- Overcome → Persevere despite all challenges
- Accelerate → Gain momentum and become unstoppable
Getting Started
To get started with these disciplines, read the introduction of each of them by clicking the links below. Then go explore the articles and videos for the areas you want to focus on first.
To dive deeper into the system, get the books and try the Higher Mind app, which contains courses, tools, and guided meditations for all aspects of the system.
