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Category: Transforming Pain

Inner Answers

Published on March 12, 2023

Deep within us there lies a guide who is exceptionally wise and who knows the answers to most (if not all) of the life challenges we’re currently facing.

But, most of us never consult this deep inner wisdom.

We bury ourselves with busywork, hide behind distractions, and absorb passive entertainment like it’s our job.

Before you go Google searching, impulse buying, or friend venting… try consulting the inner wisdom that’s already there… Deep within you… by closing your eyes… blocking out distractions… and asking your deepest self… the very questions you’ve been avoiding.

And remember, inward travel takes time—so be patient.

It’s also important to remember that the messages you’ll receive won’t come in the form of words, but in the form of symbols and feelings. Learn this language and interpret it intuitively (or get help from a book like this)—it was created by you after all. Herein lies the answers that you so deeply crave, yet so consciously avoid because of the implicit work.

This is where the life changing choice is made.

Keep running, hiding, and burying? Or veer onto the path less traveled and turn towards, confront, and face. Deep down, you know what you need to do. The only question is, will you listen?

P.s. In case you missed it, you can read the best of what I posted to MoveMe Quotes last week, here.

The Language Of The Inner

Published on March 8, 2023

Do NOT underestimate the power of:

  • Dreams
  • Daydreaming
  • Visualizing
  • Play
  • Art

One of the primary ways our deepest self communicates with our conscious self is via symbolism/ abstraction/ art.

What I’ve been taking for granted for most of my life, I’m slowly learning, are key insights encoded as symbolic messages from deep within.

Balancing Up And Down

Published on March 6, 2023

Our roots entrench themselves deeper through inner work.

Our branches extend themselves out further through outer engagement.

If you find yourself uneasy, ridden with anxiety, like your standing on unstable ground…

It’s root work that’s needed.

Don’t fool yourself into thinking that something more is needed from the outer (money, status, travel, etc). It’ll only end up making you feel more unstable by further extending out your branches without having any effect on the depth of your roots.

Proportional is what makes the tree stand firm.

We move up by going down. And the more we go down… the higher up we can go. Go too high without enough down… and we’ll tip and crash. Find the balance in up and down and stable, calm, secure, is where we’ll be found.

P.s. Know someone who may enjoy reading these? This is me kindly asking if you’d forward it to them :)

YOU TV

Published on March 5, 2023

Our self-worth increases proportionally to the amount of time spent doing inner work.

If we never prioritize our SELF… how can we expect to realize all that we are?

Like modern media, what garners the most attention proportionally holds the most worth.

Make YOU the channel you spend the most time on.

P.s. In case you missed it, you can read the best of what I posted to MoveMe Quotes last week, here.

Where’s the best place to start with inner work?

Published on March 2, 2023

Good questions.

…Not good question. My answer is: with good questions. Although it is a good question.

Okay moving on.

Here’s a great starting formula:

A good question + a good block of uninterrupted time + honest attempts at answering = excellent inner work.

It doesn’t have to be any more complicated than that.

Going on meditation retreats, taking intense treks through nature, doing intensive therapy sessions are undoubtedly powerful and worth every ounce of effort that you invest into them.

But, the barrier to actually doing those things is quite high. And anything that’s hard to do will get avoided and confronted with a proportional amount of resistance.

This is why we need to simplify our process. We need to meet ourselves where we are. We need to invest in little steps, start with small inquisitions, and explore our inner caves one piece of tunnel at a time.

Step by step, question by question, day by day is the way forward that fits into the busy person’s life. You just have to decide and commit.

Questions you might consider starting with:

  • If you burned away everything you knew about yourself… what would remain?
  • What/Who makes being yourself easier? Harder? Why? What might you do with this insight?
  • What have been the defining events in your life—events that have impacted you the most both positively and negatively as a person? How have they shaped you into who you’ve become? What events might you pursue that could shape you into the person who you most want to become?

P.s. Each question above was pulled from my guide: The Art of Forward (Direction > Speed). More info here.

Optimize For Boredom

Published on February 16, 2023

One thing the most prolific among us do differently is they optimize for boredom.

See, in today’s world, there seems to be two default states for the modern person: busy or bored.

And those who are bored, most often, find ways they can quickly make themselves busy—typically through unimportant busywork, passive entertainment, and social media.

But, those who can reprogram their mind to see boredom as something different… something to be sought out… something to be carefully guarded… something to be planned for…

Get to spend more time in that non-busy state… undistracted and unbothered… uninfluenced and unhindered… un-marketed to and unprodded…

So they can more freely explore ideas on their own…

So they can sort through the infinite depth of what’s already there…

So they can imaginatively play as they once did when they were at their creative height(s)…

So they can become a prolific example of what it means to be an independent, uniquely capable, creatively abundant, infinitely potentialed human in a world of ever present and ever increasing carbon copies and AI regurgitations.

Those who are too busy flooding their minds with everything else never get a chance to sort through it all and actually decide.

P.s. I asked: Do you create better in tension or relaxation? I found the answers to be quite interesting…