Your Mind isn't broken, it's Just Crowded

Your Mind Isn't Broken, It's Just Crowded: Clearing the Clutter of Lifetimes

Does your brain feel like an internet browser with 75 tabs open? You know music is playing from one of them, but you can’t find it, and your processor is overheating.

That is mental clutter. It’s the loop of worry about the future, the replay of regret from the past, and the constant hum of "I’m not doing enough."

When clients come to me feeling overwhelmed, their first instinct is usually self-judgment. They say, "I just need to focus better," or "I’m bad at meditating because my mind won't shut up."

I want to stop you right there.

As someone who studies the journey of the soul across time(as an Astrologer), I need you to understand something crucial: That noise in your head? It’s not all yours. And it certainly didn't all start in this lifetime.

The Psychic Backpack You Didn’t Pack

We tend to think our mental clutter is just a result of today’s emails, yesterday’s arguments, and tomorrow’s to-do list.

But if we look deeper, through the lens of karma and the soul’s evolution, we realize the clutter is much older. You are walking around carrying a psychic backpack filled with unfinished business, unresolved fears, and deep-seated patterns (called samskaras in Sanskrit) from lifetimes ago.

Some of this clutter is ancestral—worries your grandmother carried that got passed down in your DNA. Some of it is karmic—lessons your soul hasn't quite mastered yet.

This is why we must start with radical kindness.

If you saw someone struggling up a mountain with a 100-pound pack, would you yell at them to run faster? No. You’d offer them water.

Please, stop yelling at your own mind for being cluttered. You are carrying eons of data. It’s okay to be tired. It’s okay that it’s loud in there. The first step to clearing the noise is having compassion for the one carrying it.

Why Silent Meditation Often Fails the Cluttered Mind

When your mind is a whirlwind of ancient noise, standard advice like "just sit in silence and watch your thoughts" can feel like torture.

Silence doesn't clear the clutter; silence just turns up the volume on the chaos. When the noise is too thick, you cannot think your way out of it. You need a tool that can cut through it.

You need sound. You need Mantra.

Mantra: The Sonic Detangler

Think of your mental clutter like a giant, knotted ball of yarn. If you just pull at the threads in frustration (worrying), the knots get tighter.

A Mantra is a specific sound vibration. It is a sacred utterance that has been charged with energy for thousands of years.

When you chant a mantra, you are introducing a new, high-frequency vibration into your mental field. It’s like taking that knotted ball of yarn and gently vibrating it. The vibration causes the threads to loosen. It creates space between the thoughts.

Mantra works because it gives your "monkey mind" a job. The part of your brain that loves to chatter gets occupied with the repetition of the sound. While the monkey is busy with the mantra, your deeper self can finally breathe.

It doesn't repress the clutter; it untangles it, sound wave by sound wave.

How to Start Untangling (Gently)

You don't need to be a monk, and you don't need perfect pronunciation to start.

1. Pick Your Tool. Start simple. The sound "Om" (Aum) is the universal vibration of peace. Or perhaps "Om Namah Shivaya," which is excellent for dissolving old patterns. Don't overthink it; pick one that feels soothing.

2. The 5-Minute Commitment. Sit somewhere comfortable. Close your eyes. Set a timer for just five minutes.

3. The Practice. Start chanting the mantra out loud, softly. Let your own ears hear your own voice. When (not if) your mind wanders to your grocery list or an ancient regret, gently shepherd it back to the sound.

Don't judge the wandering. The magic isn't in unbroken focus; the magic is in the act of returning to the sound, over and over again.

A Cleaner House

Be patient with yourself. You are cleaning a mental house that hasn't been properly dusted in centuries.

At first, chanting might seem mechanical. But stick with it. One day, you’ll finish your five minutes and realize that for just a few seconds, the browser tabs closed. The music stopped. And you touched the silence that was underneath the noise all along.