This month, we are exploring identity - specifically gender identity and its implications on society and on our understanding of the truth of what we are. Identity, or the vision of ourselves that is held psychologically, is the product of an enormous belief system. There is currently a societal wave that has made it very difficult to ask big questions about gender identity, and in some cases, challenging the beliefs about one’s identity is criminalised. 

So in this episode, we are going to explore the psychological construct of identity, what happens when psychological identity overrides biological reality, why organising society around identity constructs is dangerous, and how to seek truth and truthfulness in the conversations around gender identity. 

What is Covered: 

-What is identity and how it’s created

-Why questioning one’s identity is not a threat but an invitation

-The dangers of organising a society around identity constructs

-The implications of gender identity of institutions, laws and society

-Two ways in which gender identity trumps biological reality

-How the entire mental health industry relies on securing one’s identity

-Why it’s crucial for parents and educators to understand identity

-Seeking honesty and considering the reality of existence in the conversations around identity

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This month we’re looking at what kind of difference in perception and experience people should expect as a result of exploring reality in the way in which we are doing it in our programs.

There are three areas that I would expect to change. And if these aren't changing, then there's an obstacle - a fear, more than anything else, of what it means for the mind to go deeply into what is true. In this episode, we’re going to look into what those three areas are. We are going to talk about the misguided pursuit of happiness, how to reverse emotional fixation, and how understanding our behaviour can lead to personal growth, accountability, and realising the infinite potential of our superpowered mind. 

What is Covered: 

-How pursuing happiness and peace as a goal leads to turmoil

-Why emotions should flow freely without any fixation

-What our behaviour reveals about our subconscious patterns and beliefs

-Letting go of believing in an independent chooser in our actions

-Why we must first recognise harmful behaviours and how to do that

-Why true change requires no willpower or control

-What it means to truly and deeply engage with reality

-How a genuine exploration of our wants confronts ego protection

-How to access and enjoy the continuous feedback loop of learning and creation

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In this month’s episode, we're looking at the benefit of problems, and how they can perform an important role within the belief system in which the mind operates. We're going to look at it from two perspectives - the benefit for the identity, and the benefit for a more aligned experience of being.

So we’re going to understand what may be the basis of our persistent problems with relationships or with money, how to discern between different kinds of problems, and how we can shift the mind from projections into reality.   

What We Cover: 

-The same conditioning behind the problems and the identity

-The “job” of our problems and why they resist solutions  

-What we need to ask ourselves when we have a persistent problem

-How to see through problems and understand what is wanted and what is achievable

-Why increasing the capacity for discomfort brings the mind into reality

-Accepting that the mind actually loves problem solving 

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When we are looking to solve a problem, one of the most difficult elements of a problem can be regret. It’s that thought, if only I'd done something differently when I had the chance, then this problem wouldn't be here. If I had or hadn’t done something at a certain moment in time, that would have changed everything about the past from that point on, the present moment that is being experienced right now, and the future. 

Regret is a powerful state of mind for us to look at. In this episode, we’re going to define regret, how it works, what it does, and how to free up the full power of the human mind. 

What is Covered: 

-The definition of regret

-How regret functions in the mind

-The benefits of regret for the ego identity

-What happens when our mind resists the present moment

-What happens when our mind is present in the moment

-The role and value of regret for personal growth

-The questions we can ask ourselves in relation to our regret

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This month’s episode is an introduction to our May programme, which is all about the intelligence of the mind, how it is liberated and how it comes into its full potential as the most miraculous and capable organ on the entire planet. Basically, all our programmes are looking at how the mind becomes more sane. 

One of the ways in which the mind becomes more grounded in reality is through problem solving. Today, we’re going to look at two kinds of problems that our mind is trying to solve, and how that contributes to grounding ourselves into the truth of what we really are. 

What is Covered: 

-How and why the mind creates projections of the reality

-What identity problems are and what they get exacerbated 

-Problems in the world of form and of information

-Why we claim that all problems in this world can be solved

-What stress is telling us when we are solving a problem

-The difference between the identity want and the form want

-Other types of problems that we can look at

Resources:

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“Let go of the outcome” is such a modern mantra, isn't it? Let go of the outcome and just focus on the process. And that mantra gets very confusing, because why would we let go of an outcome that is highly achievable and highly beneficial either to us, or to others, or to the world? Think about the work of surgeons and what would happen if they let go of the outcome. 

The problem is that letting go of the outcome can start to imply to not even try, not think about it, it almost becomes an opt-out from effort. So in this episode, we’re going to bin “let go of the outcome” and start thinking about achievable and unachievable wants instead. 

What is Covered: 

-Why focusing on the outcome creates so much stress 

-Learning to understand unachievable wants 

-What happens when “I” is both the subject and the object of a want

-How to avoid wanting outcomes that are impossible to pin down

-Why sometimes the wanted outcome is unrelated to the action being taken

-The impossibility of resisting or fixing certain emotion in place

-The value of putting all the research, effort and hard work only into achievable outcomes 

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The direct path is a spiritual approach which considers that the content of experience is a creation of the mind. And for the mind to be in truth, we should turn away from that content to what lies behind all of the experience of being, which is consciousness, intelligence, love. 

The direct path is completely solid and grounded, and that’s awesome. But the thing is, the mind is still operating in a world where we work, we have family, mortgages to pay or problems with our boss. So if the only truth is what is prior to the mind's creations, what do we do now with this reality? That’s what we are exploring in this episode. 

What is Covered: 

-Explanation of the direct path

-The problem with a lot of spiritual teachings of the direct path

-How the direct path grounds us deeper into reality

-Expanding the emotional capacity vs. denying the pain

-How the direct path reveals itself in the midst of the confrontation

-Why “What do you want?” is the crucial question to ask ourselves

Resources:

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“Find your why” is a very common phrase that we hear in self-help circles. It's the idea that there is a higher purpose, a bigger meaning we can find, a deeper motivation that will inspire us, and that will keep us going through tiredness and frustrations. 

It’s a very powerful argument, and that power is incredibly problematic. Because, if our why relates to securing the ego identity, then that whole thing is completely insane. So in this episode, we’re going to explore why finding our why can lead us to chaos, and how we can understand it in a way that brings joy, relief and great experiences. 

What is covered: 

-Why “Find your why” is such a compelling invite

-The problem with finding your why and the belief system it relies on

-How our problematic why’s can lead to burnout and health problems

-The risks of finding our why in being a great parent or in helping others

-How we can reverse Find your why to learn more about our wants

-How finding your why can be fulfilled with excitement, joy and learning 

Resources:

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Today, we’re going to explore the gift of the fun house. The title of this episode came about as I remembered how my son experienced the fun house at a yearly fair in our town. For two years in a row he was scared, running into the same mirror and getting bumps on his head, and then the third year he just thought it was boring. 

Boring is such a good word when it comes to what the mind creates, the enormous roller coaster that the experience of being can go on in the grip of total identification. But then it gets really interesting when that experience starts to become boring, and that’s what we are going to talk about in this episode.  

What is Covered: 

-The grip that the identified mind holds over our existence

-Why we almost feel possessed in the moments of a perceived survival threat 

-How the tension and the drama we’re experiencing can become boring

-What boredom signalises to our body-mind

-How we can shift from focusing on securing the identity to solving problems

-How boredom frees the mind to fully participate in the world

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Welcome to our 50th episode! With almost 50,000 downloads so far, inspired by those fives, today we’re going to discuss five of my favourite quotes for life. Tune in to hear why I’ve chosen them and how they inspire and connect with the conversation around our Superpowered Mind. I hope they give you as much to reflect on as they give to me.

"The real you is a field of intelligence in which the person you have identified yourself with, all other persons, as well as the environment in which they exist, all co-arise and co-evolve as a result of your own self interactions." - Deepak Chopra

"Our parents, our children, our spouses and our friends will continue to press every button we have, until we realise what it is that we don't want to know about ourselves yet. They will point us to our freedom every time." - Byron Katie

"It is slavery to live in the mind unless it has become part of the body." - Khalil Gibran

"I go down to the shore in the morning

and depending on the hour the waves

are rolling in or moving out,

and I say, oh, I am miserable,

what shall—

what should I do? And the sea says

in its lovely voice:

Excuse me, I have work to do."

- Mary Oliver

"You believe that you live in the universe, when in reality the universe lives in you." - Steve Chandler

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