Learn How to Tame the Negative Voice
That
negative voice or Gremlin is the narrator in your head, influencing you since
you came into this world and accompanies you throughout your entire existence.
He wants you
to accept his interruptions as reality, and his only goal is to squelch the
natural, vibrant you within.
Even though
your body and personality changes over time, the gremlin keeps playing the old
tapes – some of which may have been helpful in the past, but most if not all no
longer work for us today.
In the book “Taming
Your Gremlin”, author Rick Carson’s wonderful book of lessons
assists the reader to get out of your own way and tap into a clearer vision of
those gremlins – those inner voices.
When I
worked on some lessons I got stuck to avoid the exercise that took me back to
my childhood homes and identify the feelings and memories. My avoidance
was a Gremlin trying to stay in a victim mindset until I realized that I was
still living a good part of my life with those limiting beliefs. Those
recollections were not who I am or was. They were the makings of someone
else and their choices.
I discovered
that I was an actor in the play being written by my family – not a very good
play, UNTIL NOW. I am the producer of my own new play, and have cancelled
my part in the previous drama.
What I
learned is you can make choices as whether you want to play with the negative
voice or Gremlin, ignore them, or simply observe them. After reading the book,
I am making better choices, having more victories. The confidence
starts flowing back in abundance when you take out the filters in what you can
receive.
Lao Tzu’s
philosophy is to simply notice the natural order of things. Work with it rather
than against it. For to try to change what is, only sets up resistance.
Simply
notice involves simply noticing. When you watch a movie you allow yourself to
be entertained – you don’t work on enjoying the movie.
The Zen
theory of Change states, I free myself not by trying to be free, but by simply
noticing how I am imprisoning myself in the very moment I am imprisoning
myself.
Some
Tips:
- Ultimately become the observer
of your thoughts and those of the Gremlin.
- Simply notice. Choose and play
with options. Be in the process.
- Your breathing is the gauge and
regulator of your level of contentment.
- Remember to fully inhale and
exhale.
- Stay aware of your body and the
world.
- Your past is not attached to
you.
- Importantly creating a ‘feel
good’ feeling is an internal mechanism.
- It is up to you to create the
world you want.
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your head influencing you since you came into this world and accompanies you
throughout your entire existence.