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How to Approach your Mind (Hello Test Follow Up)

Released Friday, 4th August 2023
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How to Approach your Mind (Hello Test Follow Up)

How to Approach your Mind (Hello Test Follow Up)

Friday, 4th August 2023
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0:01

Back in action here on Waking

0:03

Gods . So

0:06

this follow-up a to the Hello

0:09

experiment number one , the Hello

0:11

Test . What happened

0:13

I'm going to say right now

0:15

? Let me just clear one thing If

0:19

you don't get anything in

0:21

other words , if you get nothing then

0:24

that's your answer and nothing is

0:27

something . So

0:30

if you are looking into nothing

0:32

, what do you see ? Don't

0:35

say nothing . You see a void , you

0:38

see blankness . What

0:41

do you hear ? Don't say nothing

0:43

. You hear quiet . What

0:47

do you feel ? Maybe you feel numb . So

0:51

nothing is something . And

0:53

so let's say that

0:55

you get quiet

0:58

back . I

1:00

personally would say thank you , my

1:04

mind isn't quiet enough . I had thank you . I'm

1:07

going to sit here and enjoy the quiet with you

1:09

for a second . What

1:11

happens next ? So

1:13

you may not get the answer back

1:16

you're expecting . In fact , chances

1:19

are higher . I think you won't get the

1:21

answer back that you're expecting

1:23

because you are talking

1:26

to your mind that

1:30

thinks for itself . You

1:34

don't know what you're going to get . So curiosity is a

1:36

really great , really

1:38

great state of mind to be in while

1:42

we're doing this . But

1:44

let's talk about this as let's assume

1:46

that you got a standard

1:48

hello in return

1:51

. You said hello and then you hear a

1:53

hello in return . What

1:56

kind of big deal is that ? Is that anything

1:58

to write home about ? Are you going to

2:00

go around work going ? Hey , you're

2:02

not going to believe what

2:04

happened . Part of me said hello

2:06

to me . You're not going to do that

2:09

, although

2:12

it's such a miraculous event

2:15

that it warrants some

2:17

celebration . We follow

2:19

our thoughts through life

2:21

. Suppose there's no

2:23

way not to take how our

2:26

mind works for granted , but

2:29

we're going to try to appreciate what's going on

2:31

here . So you say hello , you

2:34

get a hello back . The

2:36

first thing I would do is say thank you for

2:38

responding . So

2:42

let's talk about the rules of engagement on

2:44

the inside , because

2:47

your mind , if

2:49

there's one thing your mind demands

2:52

from you , it's respect

2:55

. If you don't respect

2:57

your mind , then and

3:00

you know it's a little slanted I

3:02

think we have to offer the

3:04

respect First . By the time we come to

3:06

an age of consciousness where we go

3:09

, oh , I have a mind . And

3:12

then we start like , no , I have an unconscious mind

3:14

. We cannot

3:16

always control our

3:18

minds . In fact , really

3:21

, the only option that I think we

3:23

have is to learn to cooperate with

3:26

our minds . We don't

3:28

understand everything it's doing . We don't

3:30

understand all of our own needs

3:32

. We don't understand

3:34

what's going on and what we may be processing

3:37

in other dimensions of our

3:39

thinking . So , like

3:42

we talked about in an earlier episode , the

3:44

first step forward is a humble

3:46

one . Talking

3:49

to our inner world

3:51

is sort of like visiting

3:54

another culture . The rules are a

3:56

little bit different and

3:58

we are a guest there

4:01

. We should consider ourselves a guest there

4:03

. When you go to another culture , if

4:07

you go into that culture not

4:09

really thinking about it , sort of expecting everybody

4:12

to act like they

4:14

act in your culture , you're

4:16

going to find it frustrating . You don't

4:18

understand everything that's going on

4:20

around you , nor the meaning of those

4:23

things , and

4:25

it can be frustrating . And

4:28

so you know , I guess you could double down

4:30

and still insist that this unfamiliar

4:33

culture suddenly be familiar to

4:35

you , but it's not . And

4:39

over time you can learn to expand

4:41

and adapt and accommodate

4:44

and so on and

4:46

so forth to

4:49

a new culture , but it's going

4:51

to take some time

4:53

. And so why don't we complete

4:56

entering

4:58

and communicating with our

5:00

minds ? The

5:02

same way , let's be respectful

5:05

tourists . Let's

5:08

not assume we understand . Let's

5:12

not order our parts

5:15

around . You know , most of us have parts

5:17

which we just want to kill . Just

5:20

get rid of this thing , just get rid of it . Well

5:23

, that's part of you that you can't get rid

5:26

of . Anyways

5:28

, we're going to get into how do you work with difficult

5:31

parts , but

5:33

we're just getting to the point

5:35

of entry . So

5:38

what are the rules ? Well , one , be humble

5:41

. Two always

5:43

act respectfully . So , even

5:46

if you get a part that

5:48

berates , you , act respectfully

5:51

. You don't understand why

5:53

, and then we have the added

5:55

benefit on the inside of it , being our own

5:57

mind , even though we're not familiar with it

6:00

, and we've learned all kinds

6:02

of things in life that suggest we can't trust

6:04

it , and

6:06

we've learned , in a way , systematically

6:09

to ignore it . Okay

6:11

, so we're going to get started again , but , my

6:13

gosh , let's not act like we know

6:16

anything about it . Okay , remember

6:18

your manners . Say please , say

6:21

thank you , say you're welcome , be

6:25

polite , act like

6:27

you're walking into a room

6:29

full of strangers

6:31

who

6:33

, if they recognized

6:36

you and some will

6:38

, some won't they will

6:40

love and respect and

6:42

do everything within their

6:44

power to serve you Incredible

6:51

resources , but often when we meet them

6:53

, they're like who they're . You know what

6:57

are you doing here . You get out I mean oftentimes

7:00

our mind , because we've been rejecting

7:02

it forever . It rejects

7:04

us and then as

7:06

humble , respectful tourists

7:09

who don't really understand

7:11

what's going on . What are we going to do when

7:13

our mind rejects us ? We're going

7:15

to say you know what ? I don't understand

7:18

why you're doing that . I'm sorry if I have

7:20

offended you . Could you tell me what happened

7:23

? Okay

7:27

, so this if there's

7:29

any place anywhere

7:32

to be mature

7:35

and open-minded and

7:37

reasonable , it's when we

7:39

are navigating

7:42

our own inner world . Now

7:46

we often call this navigating

7:49

from your core

7:51

self , the part

7:53

of you that naturally

7:55

is . It's just you , it's calm

7:57

, and when you're

7:59

in your core self , it's sort of like

8:01

a little point of consciousness . In there somewhere

8:04

it's

8:07

the most familiar , safe , wonderful

8:09

place on earth . It

8:12

was the place we were born into and

8:15

it's still intact , even though things

8:19

have been splintered off and we have all these parts

8:21

and so on and so forth . It's still intact

8:24

, no matter what you went through because

8:27

of the defense mechanisms

8:29

, because our

8:32

mind creates parts and

8:35

attitudes and feelings that block

8:37

pain and so on and

8:39

so forth . So our core

8:41

is intact . It's just that , if

8:43

we've been through a lot

8:45

in life , our core self , that

8:48

little point of consciousness

8:50

, that is

8:52

the true you . That

8:55

hasn't changed much since

8:58

you can remember , and

9:01

it's just you when you're feeling

9:03

safe and calm and every

9:06

part of you knows

9:08

this core self . Every

9:10

part of you knows you

9:13

. They may not recognize

9:15

you , but

9:17

as soon as they do , they

9:20

offer you the same

9:22

respect in return . So

9:26

you're not going to show up at a foreign

9:28

country and expect everyone

9:31

to know you and treat you wonderfully

9:33

, no matter what , like you're the king or queen

9:35

showing up . But

9:38

that is how your parts will treat you

9:40

if you give them the opportunity

9:43

and you , specifically , don't

9:45

act like a tyrant in

9:48

your own mind . A tyrant in your own

9:50

mind is just like you're squeezing jelly

9:52

, just going to make

9:55

a mess . Now it's also important

9:58

that you go in there with some sort of a plan

10:00

, because if you get in there and say hello and you

10:02

get a hello back or anything back , then it's

10:04

like , okay , now what do you do ? Well

10:07

, it could be . There's a few options

10:10

, so write these down . Maybe

10:12

One you

10:14

could just say I'm

10:16

here to listen and

10:20

it's like I'm coming in , I don't know who you

10:22

are , I'm new around here

10:25

. What

10:27

do you say to visitors ? Right

10:29

, those kinds of things . You're just going

10:31

to say I'm here to listen and

10:34

then listen without

10:36

interrupting until

10:39

this part is said what it has to

10:41

say , then say thank you . You can close off

10:44

and go about your day . So

10:48

just listening is a

10:50

pretty good way

10:53

to go . But also

10:55

it might be important to

10:58

you and I think it's a very , very

11:00

good idea to

11:02

figure out the relationship

11:05

between you and this part . You

11:07

can sort of be wondering what kind

11:09

of relationship do you want to have with

11:12

this part and , in general

11:14

, all of this material

11:16

is all about ? What kind

11:18

of relationship do you want to have with your

11:20

own mind and with my

11:22

mind ? I want a free ticket

11:24

, all access pass

11:27

to

11:29

go everywhere and do everything and ask

11:31

any question , ask

11:33

for any help , whatever

11:36

I need , and if it's within the bounds

11:39

of respect , it's

11:42

okay . But

11:45

we're just getting started here . So what you

11:47

might want to do is go in with

11:49

the intention of just getting

11:52

to know a part of you . It's

11:54

like there's lots

11:56

of questions that we could ask

11:58

, and these are not mysterious

12:01

questions . Just ask yourself

12:03

if you're me , the stranger on a bus

12:05

bench , and you want to get to know

12:07

them because they seem interesting . What

12:10

are you going to say ? What are you going to

12:12

ask ? What's your name ? With

12:14

parts , I always like to ask

12:16

how old are you ? And sometimes

12:19

you get an inner child part , sometimes you get

12:21

an adult , sometimes you get an ageless

12:23

part . Ageless

12:26

parts are often a clue

12:28

that they're an archetypal part , at

12:32

any rate . Maybe the first

12:34

goal really is

12:37

to establish who we both

12:39

are . And if the

12:41

part says , well , who are you ? You say I

12:44

am , I'm

12:47

just the original self , I'm the core

12:49

self , I'm just me . Now

12:52

, at that point the part might say , no

12:54

, you're not . We don't know what's going to happen

12:56

, and it actually can get complicated

12:59

at this point , and

13:01

so it's often . This is why

13:03

the community aspect is so important . In

13:07

the Waking Gods community we

13:09

are going to have a weekly discussion

13:12

group in which I'll

13:14

do some Q&A with

13:16

people , hopefully some demonstrating

13:18

how , the techniques with volunteers

13:20

and and so on and so forth , because

13:23

it's really hard to navigate the

13:25

complexities here over

13:28

, you know , over a , over a podcast

13:30

. So we'll have that community

13:33

to join . We're kind of wrapping

13:35

up the final stages of getting it ready to

13:37

launch . At any

13:39

rate , if everything

13:43

, if you just end up totally

13:45

and completely confused and

13:48

you don't know which way to go with it , consider

13:51

joining the community and getting some help through

13:53

through the process

13:55

. Beyond

13:59

that , once you've said hello and get a response

14:01

, you have a line of communication and

14:04

it's not a write your own rules

14:06

. Do anything you want , because this

14:08

is your mind and you're no . No , no , no

14:10

, no , no . It's humbly

14:13

. Learn how

14:16

to communicate with

14:18

your parts , with

14:20

the thoughts and feelings that come up in

14:23

response to you . Learn

14:25

to communicate while

14:28

holding your own space and

14:30

being respectful , and

14:33

your mind will just open

14:35

right up to you . So , most

14:38

of all , have fun . Have

14:40

fun with it . Take your journal , you know

14:42

. Open up your journal . Close your eyes , say

14:44

hello , uh , get

14:47

the hello back . Ask

14:50

your question . It could just

14:52

be what are you going to say to someone ? No

14:54

, you can say , hey , how you doing , I

14:56

don't know . But the whole idea

14:59

is to begin a process

15:01

of getting to know your

15:03

mind , specifically through

15:05

one part of your mind , which is whichever

15:07

part answered the hello test . And

15:11

, by the way , if you get a deluge in response

15:14

, you

15:16

might just say look , thank you all

15:18

so very much . However , I'd like to

15:20

talk to just one of

15:22

you . Can you appoint

15:25

a spokesperson ? Can

15:27

we narrow this down ? Because I'm learning , just

15:30

learning , how to do this . I don't know what the priorities

15:32

are , and so on and so forth . Just

15:36

like to talk to one of you , if that's okay . In

15:39

other words , this is your

15:41

mind and you

15:43

can't go in and order around , but there's

15:45

a good chance it will cooperate with

15:47

you . What do you know ? If

15:49

you ask , if you enter

15:52

in the right mindset

15:54

. So have

15:56

fun with it , play around with it . The

15:58

community , if you're interested in it , is

16:00

wakinggodsinstitute

16:03

. Wakinggodsinstitute

16:06

it's free to join

16:08

. The discussion group is going to be

16:10

a paid program , but

16:13

the prices are all going to be very , very

16:15

affordable . But go to Wakinggodsinstitute

16:19

and click Request to

16:21

Join and I look forward to meeting

16:23

you there . In the meantime , keep

16:25

going working on your parts . Alright

16:27

, guys , see you in the next episode .

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