The importance of being open-minded is grounded in the acceptance of ourselves and others. Open-mindedness allows us to develop essential skills such as empathy, better communication, and peace of mind. The ability to think open-mindedly can be aided by guided meditation, helping to broaden perspectives and provide clarity to the way we associate thoughts and emotions, as well as why we believe in specific patterns. By establishing this, we can learn to open our minds to new ideas, whether we agree with them or not.
Which of our treatments can help you to open your mind?
- Guided meditation: can help develop a more open, empathetic, and understanding mindset, enabling us to see things through others’ perspectives.
- Self-development programme: we can help you take practical steps in your journey towards an open mind and an open heart.
While undoing dangerous or harmful teaching is a difficult task, and one not taken lightly, it is imperative that we understand that each of us as an individual has the responsibility to educate and open minds through communication and discussion with those who are different from us. Through willingness, we can find strength in our differences and learn to go beyond what we have been taught to understand others. How can we be more open-minded? Open-mindedness is better considered a journey than a destination. Seeking through curiosity to understand those with varying differences from yourself is a feat that few are willing to partake in, but it is certainly worthwhile. In seeking out differences and aiming to understand more, we may face difficulty or adversity, but what is most important is that we try to act without judgement and with respect because everybody has different experiences and a different worldview. Learning to communicate is essential to growing a healthy dialogue about differences. It helps to gain perspective on others, but first, we must understand that hostility and the feeling of being threatened will not make others feel ready and willing to communicate. The ability to communicate in a way that invites others is a skill that can be developed through self-knowledge.
What stops us from being open-minded?
Many things can affect our worldview and limit our understanding of others. It is often gratified by narrow-minded teaching that restricts us as individuals and inhibits our ability to understand or resonate with those who are not the same as us. Increasingly, fundamentalism and nationalism, ideologies that purport one identity as superior to others, have infiltrated mindsets and created close-mindedness in various communities around the world today.
