Waking Up to Wisdom Podcast

Us human beings have been gifted with an amazing ability to imagine. However, this gift mismanaged can lead to fear and anxiety. It is not practical to try and stop feeling something but knowing we will feel what we focus on, we can turn our attention to something of our choosing. No thought lasts forever. Our imaginations can paint horror movies on the screens of our experience. If you don’t like the feeling, get up and take yourself to another theater.

Our system is wonderfully designed to make our experience into a full blown special effects masterpiece. We are conscious, meaning that we have senses that experience the outside world and we make meaning out of all of it. The experience we create inside of us is completely compelling. That is the gift of consciousness. That is all well and good if what is being created is enjoyable. However, if what we are creating is fear, worry, frustration, depression (fill in the blank) which can seem so compelling we don’t realize we are indulging in our unfortunate creation. We can choose to not yield freely to our imaginations therefore not taking ourselves so seriously and perhaps enjoying the full contact sport of living.

“Circumstances don’t make you; they reveal you”. Human beings are innately creative. We are made of pure creative energy. It can seem like circumstances outside of ourselves create our experience of life. This is a misunderstanding. Circumstances are neutral and it is our power of Thought that determines our experience. That means that we don’t have to believe our thoughts, as they are not pure reality. We are free to tap into our creative nature and choose what we want our circumstances to be revealing within us. Think of your toughest circumstance that you are facing and ask yourself what you would like to be revealed in you, by the situation.

When we think about creating something new in our lives we can be prematurely practical and kill off possibility before we even try. It is so easy to go into all the reasons why something won’t work and focus on the potential for failure. This will slow us down or keep us from moving forward with our creative idea. Allow yourself to move in the direction of making a change and suspend the need to be overly practical. Your wisdom will show up for you and respond to what is needed in the moment. We don’t need to be prematurely practical.

Michael Neill’s Genius Catalyst

Crazy Good by Steve Chandler