{"id":26966,"date":"2025-11-14T00:39:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T06:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mistressjessica.net\/blog\/?p=26966"},"modified":"2025-11-14T00:39:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T06:39:57","slug":"the-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mistressjessica.net\/blog\/2025\/11\/14\/the-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mind."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been meditating daily for the last 4, almost 5 years now. I used to meditate years ago but I was never consistent with it.\u00a0 And since they now have apps for *everything*, I wanted to try again.<\/p>\n<p>At first I was really into it. But some days sitting still for just 5-10 minutes felt like a LOT. Some days My mind was buzzing and other days I could easily get into it.\u00a0 And now I look forward to it. Taking a little mental break from this crazy busy world of ours and the constant barrage of information.<\/p>\n<p>Meditation has brought such a wonderful peace and calm into My life. (Not that I have a terribly stressful life, mind you.)\u00a0 But it just gave Me a beautiful clarity to My thoughts and more mindfulness to the present moment.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26967\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mistressjessica.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mistress-meditating.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mistressjessica.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mistress-meditating.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mistressjessica.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mistress-meditating-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mistressjessica.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mistress-meditating-768x607.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mistressjessica.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mistress-meditating-379x300.jpg 379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just taking the time every day to shut out all distractions, sit and close My eyes and focus on My breath&#8230;. that simple practice is transformative.<\/p>\n<p>And here is where I segue into why I brought this up&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>The mind is where everything begins. With the right mindset, anything is possible. With the wrong mindset, nothing is. Everything starts with a thought.<\/p>\n<p>And My content over the years has focused on the visual aspect of things. But these days, I&#8217;m more interested in focusing on what&#8217;s in-between your ears.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine My voice and My words guiding you to a relaxed state where your mind drifts off and you forget everything else for a little while. There is so much to explore&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been meditating daily for the last 4, almost 5 years now. I used to meditate years ago but I was never consistent with it.\u00a0 And since they now have apps for *everything*, I wanted to try again. At &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mistressjessica.net\/blog\/2025\/11\/14\/the-mind\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mistressjessica.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mistressjessica.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mistressjessica.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mistressjessica.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mistressjessica.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26966"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mistressjessica.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26970,"href":"https:\/\/www.mistressjessica.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26966\/revisions\/26970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mistressjessica.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mistressjessica.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mistressjessica.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}