I was listening to the Wicked soundtrack the other day, and a line jumped out at me:
“Life is more painless for the brainless.”
It made me laugh — because in a way, it’s true.
There are plenty of people who don’t overthink.
They follow the steps laid out:
Go to school. Get the job. Pay the bills. Do the daily human things society says you should do — work, family time, meals, sleep, watch the news, watch the movies, take the kids to extracurriculars.
It’s a cycle of sameness.
They don’t stop to ask too many questions about who they are or why they’re here.
And when they don’t, they often end up creating a life that isn’t truly theirs — one that shapes their chemistry in ways they may not even notice.
On the surface they can look lighter.
They sleep. They laugh.
But that lightness is often shallow.
Because living someone else’s script always comes with biochemical consequences.
They may not spiral down obvious rabbit holes of cortisol and adrenaline.
But they’re still quietly shaping their internal environment by ignoring what’s true for them.
These scripted lives come with consequences too — they just go unnoticed.
The body still pays a price for living out of alignment, even if it looks calm on the surface.
At the same time, avoiding deep questioning does protect them from the spiral of overthinking — at least as long as they don’t hunger for more.
Some people are content with the scripted life: work it, live it, and die with it.
Others catch flickers of intuition that something isn’t right — that their happiness is thin.
But when those moments arrive, many either don’t realize they have the power to choose differently…
or they know they do, but decide it would be too disruptive — too much of an overhaul — to change everything.
But then there are people who’ve moved through all those phases — and still chose to follow their calling, no matter what.
I am one of them. I have to examine life. I can’t not.
Expansion, curiosity, going deeper — that’s oxygen to me.
Without it, I’d wither. The slow death of living blindly on autopilot would be worse than any disease.
And yet — knowing and thinking too much can also turn toxic.
Every charged thought shifts your biochemistry: cortisol spikes, glucose dumps, adrenaline fires.
Stay in that state long enough and the body starts to break down.
That’s how stress hardens into chronic conditions.
Knowledge without pause becomes poison.
This is where I’ve been experimenting. I’ve spent years meditating, breathing, studying.
Lately, with HeartMath, I’ve been running my own little experiments.
And what I’ve found is wild: the moment I place my attention in my heart, breathe in and out of it, and slip into that void between thoughts — my coherence shoots sky‑high.
I’ve seen the graphs. I’ve watched it happen in real time.
In the void, my whole system clears. Cortisol flushes. My nervous system resets. Cognition sharpens. Trust in myself deepens. Connection opens.
That’s what “brainless” means at its best.
Not numb, not shallow — but free.
Free from the constant chatter that tricks us into thinking we’re in control.
Free from the noise that burns us out.
I will never stop learning, reaching, expanding.
That’s who I am.
But expansion doesn’t require overdrive.
It requires knowing when to let the physical mind rest and let the higher mind steer.
Physical mind = executor. It handles details, solves immediate problems, and takes action.
Higher mind = navigator. It carries vision, intuition, and long‑range guidance.
When the physical mind tries to do both jobs, it burns out.
When the higher mind sets the direction and the physical mind simply carries out what’s needed, everything flows.
That is where creation actually happens.
Where ideas form. Where reality takes shape.
This is the sustainable, effective, healthy way to move life forward:
Not by forcing outcomes with worry and control.
Not by exhausting the physical mind with trying to solve every problem.
But by letting the higher mind guide.
The truth is: there’s no way to know every step required to reach a goal.
The physical mind can’t possibly devise all the solutions.
When you let the higher mind lead — when you drop into the present moment, into the space between thoughts — intuition feeds the physical mind exactly what it needs.
And in that space, the physical mind saves energy.
It stays clear, sharp, and clean.
And to remember this: the only real control I have is over my inputs.
My focus. My energy. The activities I choose to do with passion.
The way I show up for what matters to me.
Outcomes will always move as they move.
But the inputs — they’re mine.
And in that space, I feel the most alive I’ve ever felt.
Passionate. Clear. On fire.
And actually enjoying my life, moment by moment.
It’s fucking amazing.
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