INTRO

In this episode, we look at how our mind fuses thoughts, feelings and reality so that it can cause us some challenges in how we see things, and what we believe. People who want to develop greater mastery in their lives, realise the key is to separate out the elements of a situation, and see things more clearly.

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WHAT WE TALK ABOUT

• The principle of the thing vs the thought
• How our brain fuses together elements of a situation
• We are sense-making machines and how that affects our perceptions
• How judgements colour our experience
• Learning to recognise our tendencies and choose how we feel
• The freedom that comes from reality-based living
• How to be more tolerant and accept differences
• “There is no such things as bad weather, just bad clothing.” (Anon)
• How to have more free attention and energy
• Breaking through to a more present awareness
• Meditation is a great way to increase presence and reality
• You are thinking a lot, and your brain can’t help it
• Exercising better choices
• Using the ‘right-hand’ and ‘left-hand’ technique to seperate thoughts from things
• Reactive behaviour versus proactive.

HOW TO WORK THIS INTO YOUR LIFE

• Cultivate the ability to notice yourself making unnecessary judgements
• When you hear yourself, or feel yourself being negative (or overly positive) pause.
• Hold out your left hand and in your imagination place the thing/person/event into your hand
• Say something like, “OK, this is the (insert the object/subject) and it is as it is.”
• Hold out your right hand and in your imagination place the thing/person/event into that hand
• Say something like, “And this is what I’m adding to the reality. I am thinking/saying/feeling (insert). However, that is seperate to the reality.”
• This will help you become more aware of what you’re adding to the ‘thing.’
• Then you have put yourself in a position whereby you are aware of the two elements.
• You can then alter whether, and what, you add.
• You’ll notice a gradual ability to hold something without judging it any further.
• You’ll notice you’ll become more tolerant, less reactive, more real.

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