For so many the title brings a straight line in Tetris moment, par excellence, as previous blockages just melt and they comprehend they are no longer living hostages to the voice in their head which seems to either change its whims like a madman or never have anything decent to say as it constantly whips the wind from your sails with its caustic comments that torment one from within.
Negative thoughts are there to challenge.
Their makeup, when traced by one doing the Knowledge, is often quite interesting as a lot may hear the tone in their own voice but reps a hyper critical parent or some other standard they Thunk they should be keeping. Let me give you an example:
“All of my life, since school, really, I’ve had great answers and concepts but had always been scared to share them. The moment I’d raise my hand or want to volunteer for something the voice within would comment and sneer like:
“You’re stupid and worthless. Nobody wants to hear your mess. Shut your lip. Its probably incorrect anyway. Then you’ll make us both look dim so just be quiet and blend in. Play the background. Be invisible”.
And such things. Because you can’t imagine not being “you” you kind of take it for granted that this is how it is. It takes me back to what you said about learned helplessness and elephants that don’t know their strength because when you told me I could challenge the thoughts with a “Stop lying!” and then, almost to spite it, do the opposite I felt such an immense thrill. It was like my inner child came roaring into focus and said:
“We don’t take that mess anymore” and proceed to curb stomp my demons. I have to admit, it was super liberating as I never truly clicked the immense amount of tension I’ve lived with because, once again, you can’t imagine being what you are. Until you aren’t. Then you wonder why the hell you ever tolerated it. This is insane. We are insane, really.
Before this if you’d said I was living hostage of a predator of awareness I’d have thought you a tad weird because whilst it hit the nail on the head it was still a bit abstract, in a sense, because its my head, they’re my thoughts, I’m that voice so where does the monster fit in? That simple thing of doing what I’d never did and talking back made me realize that I can’t be it and now the rest makes so much sense. You should lead with this as your pitch as its really simple and effective because the rest seems a tad out there to those plugged in but now I have to resist screaming and yelling to the rest about whats really happening because people truly are miserable but won’t dare admit it.
What a strange situation. Thanks again!” she said, with a grin, after having liberated her Self from the Mind Made Prison she detested but equally refused to acknowledge as life without it didn’t exist when safely ensconced in its iron grip via a fist draped in velvet.
To me this was a poignant case that showed Warriors come in all styles and fashions and how an a gram of show is worth an ounce of tell. Its interesting as others have had similar hits that felt like mainlining the secret truth of the universe from an article or vid as well as conversations because you never really know what the frequency is to help another unlock their Self because, in the end, its all done from within and you are the one that makes it happen. Back on topic:
Next time that chatterbox in your head that pretends to be you says something you don’t like, challenge it. Face it down like a bully that ran up on the wrong school kid and tried to tax em for milk and flush their head down the toilet instead. See what happens. For some it can be instantly effective, others need to build the muscle via repetition. Either way its presents a new option that Opponent would never, ever let slip because he needs you to live his script in order to keep ruling your consciousness. Its a very elaborate scheme but the trick is quite simple because most people have a low resolution image of their Self and thus its missing the details needed for discernment and this is akin to realizing your own strength as a giant after having been trained to scrape and beg as you kneel at the feet of midgets. It really is quite a powerful tool for liberation. Lets make it more practical with some steps:
Take a thought that often kicks around in your head. For example:
“You are stupid and worthless”.
Now, scan through the life you’ve lived and find three concrete examples that refute this:
“I came top of the class in that multiple choice test, back when”.
“My favorite teacher called me her little ray of sunshine that was always beaming”.
“The head of department recently said that my conscientious is a credit to the firm”.
Keep doing this and you are, in effect, sneaking a file in a cake to the (false) self in the cell as you plan liberation. The funny thing is when they click that there is no lock holding them in and they could’ve walked out at any moment. Its a tragic comedy, in a sense. Thats what the Game of Souls is, in the end, and it is what you make it from moment to moment. The girl in the example wasn’t interested in the rest of the metaphysics etc as she was perfectly content to finally have the incessant nag in her head she thought was standard equipment resting in its grave, dead. Life took on a new lease of joy and she bounds around with a spring in step, looking for a challenge when before she was more of your shrinking violet. I guess the old adage of “Whether you think you can or not – you’re correct” highlights well the true nature of the challenge because, for example, there are women who have been beaten by a man for quite a while and they put up with it but the day he raised a hand to her kid she got up and left, in an instant, as she simply would not tolerate this.
Frogs in the kitchen illustrate this well as your Opponent knows you better than you Know thy Self in this unequal deal all kinds of wrongs can be sold with a bill of rights that cost you not only your money and time but also the life you could’ve lived by realizing the challenge. Its why I say there are no accidents, only opportunities in this realm as that type of mindset sees you take an L and stack it with the next to make a W instead because failure is the way to success and the means by which its achieved if you see it as a lesson and apply the feedback it brings. It really is about interpretation, in the end, and one should attempt to get as free as possible because nothing exceeds like excess when it comes to mental flex as I assure you its the gift that keeps on giving and it sure beats the alternative of being huddled over with a stick which is testament to a life lived with ever decreasing options and yet we call it “aging” when, in reality, its no such thing as there are cultures and civilizations in which the so called elderly are smart as a whip, full of vim and able to move as they wish. Granted they don’t have office desks, standardized education and the rest of the tools of the psychosocial treadmill but they stand as testament to what I said because the flesh reflects the mind as they of the same design expressing via two stems like electricity and magnetism as we are, in the end, energetic beings that ignorantly accumulate resistance and believe a lack of current as we progress is standard equipment when its actually the fingerprints of the predator of consciousness which nibbles on the glowing coat of a child so that around six they start to dim and after a couple of decades the lights aren’t on but someone is sitting in the darkness being handed labels in lieu of imperience as they are totally divorced from the present moment via a really slick form of mind control hypnosis that, at this moment, holds 81% of the planet in its grip and if you point it out to them they’ll gnash, wail and bare their teeth with rage at daring to suggest they’ve been fooled and caged via what they Thunking.
How few of them click that what motivates these actions is exactly what I said is rushing to defend its investment in your ignorance hence the reactions which are proof positive. On the flip, this girl would never have said a thing to anyone but when the thunderbolt of options hit and she realized she did have a voice and could raise it the false god of her inner realms slinked off into the distance because bullies only like to pick on those they know won’t slice and dice em as its simply too much effort for the return on their investment hence you are either the Victim or Opponent of this process as there are no other options on this level of the Game we’re all playing by inserting our Souls as credits. Once you’ve got to grips with your inner realms and wish to ascend to another level of practice, try this:
Close your eyes and speak, inside your head, as a wilful statement and notice the energetic imprint. From whence it came? Where is it placed? Most report this state is near their lips. Now, next time you feel a negative thought start to kick close your eyes and shift back to this neutral resonance and query its presence. Many will attest that its off to the right or left of their head, slightly in front or behind. Wherever it is, it is not them. Play with a bit. Interesting things can happen.
One of the best things the girl said bears repeating:
“I finally feel like a grown up. All of my life I’ve been treat like a kid, mainly because thats what I expected and now I get that that tone stems from back when and I, in effect, reparented it by first challenging the tantrums and stress it projects then showing it something else from my life and accomplishments which totally changed the relationship as I am now at the helm of my consciousness instead of playing second fiddle to a voice in my head that I put to rest with a different way of thinking“.
Till we meet again
