Deep Brain Fishing

 

Deep Brain Fishing

 

Deep sea fisher folk go out in their trawlers dragging huge nets behind them with the intention of catching large amounts of cod, haddock, herring or other fish. Their nets have hole sizes specific to the kind of fish they want to catch.

Once those nets are hauled aboard the fish still need to be sorted out as there will be many species which are not wanted and others not big enough, these get chucked back into the sea. Only the best fish are processed and kept and brought to shore for sale.

We are bombarded by vast amounts of information, and thoughts relating to the info, on a conscious level and, as we can’t process it all, they need sorting out. Those that don’t make the grade are chucked back into the ‘sea’, ignored.

In that sense our brains are like the trawler folk dragging all this netted info in and need to process/ separate the best and chuck back the unwanted. Trouble is our brains can get swamped and we can become distracted easily and we end up with a boat load of rubbish. The trick is to keep an eye on the info we allow in, the related thoughts and make sure only the best get brought ashore, our subconscious, and ‘sold’.  

Namaste,

J Sadler-Scott

And The Ego Is...?

 Here's an Extract of my upcoming book "PUNC Living, How You Can Cultivate Peace, Unity, Nurturing and Cooperation and Experience Life Differently in an Awakening World." (Working Title). In the book I refer to the Ego as "Earth Guide Only" because it isn't our "worst enemy" but actually a very useful Friend.😀

And The Ego Is…

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If you’ve ever watched the Peter Pan film where Peter is trying to recapture his shadow which has somehow become detached, you’ll remember he chased his shadow all the way into the Real World from “Never-Never Land” and ended up in Wendy’s bedroom. Wendy helped Peter to recapture his shadow and sewed it back on so it couldn’t escape again after which Wendy and her brothers also ended up in “Never-Never Land”.

Fortunately for us, our shadows tend to stay where they are and don’t try to escape! The point is, though, we can’t do without our shadow, can we? Wherever there is light there our shadow is also. This, I feel, was what JM Barrie, Peter Pan’s author, was trying to tell us. Where we go, our shadow-selves go also. Does that put you in mind of something else we can’t seemingly get rid of? If you said the Ego then you are spot on.

Do you remember in cartoons when someone is faced with a decision such as whether to eat chocolate or drink another beer or tell a lie and so forth, and up pops a little Angel and a little Devil on their shoulders? Remember that? You still see it from time to time, not as often as you used to. They represented our Conscious, didn’t they? The Angel would be saying something like “Don’t do it, you know how bad you’ll feel when you next weigh yourself.” The little impish Devil, on the other hand, would be saying something like “What total rubbish! It’s tastes so good it would be a shame not to have at least a little nibble. C’mom, what harm can that do? You know you want to!” The cartoon character would be agreeing with both in turn and end up completely confused so it would go on until the Angel’s advice would be taken and all would end well.

Now, I don’t know if you ever noticed, but the Angel was usually on the right shoulder and the Devil on the left. Notice anything about that? Think of Critical and Intuitive Minds, where are they said to be? If you said Left Brain, Right Brain you are correct! Now isn’t that interesting that the Angel should be on the right shoulder, or Intuitive and Creative side, whilst the Devil is over on the left where Critical Analytical or the so-called Monkey Mind resides?

OK, you might be thinking, that’s interesting but what’s your point? My point is this, when we are connected to or interacting with Spirit it’s usually via our Creative Intuitive Mind or Right Brain, right? So, if that’s the Right Brain sorted, who’s in charge of or who are we communicating with via our Right Brain? The Devil perhaps? Ah, but who or what is the Devil?

The word Satan literally means Liar, so it’s not a name. Lucifer is only used in the Latin Vulgate as far as the Bible is concerned, otherwise the term Satan is used or, as in the Greek Septuagint, Morning Star or Shining One is how it’s translated. Let’s not forget that the whole Bible was translated into Latin in the Fourth Century and stayed that way for centuries. In fact, there wasn’t even a depiction of this so-called Satan until Dante painted his Inferno in 1472 which, incidentally, gave the Catholic Church a new revenue stream in the form of being paid by worshipers to avoid Purgatory!

Our Egos are an integral part of who and what we are whilst we are here on this Earth, or University of Life as I like to call it. I mentioned in the introduction how I use EGO to mean Earth Guide Only and how that makes total sense, but that’s ok for me to say. Therefore, in this chapter I’m going to explain how it all comes together and how I reach that conclusion, starting with what the Ego is. Don’t worry, what follows isn’t some dry and dusty academic definition from a Psychoanalytic point of view, I don’t have those qualifications. I do have a healthy interest in how people tick and tock and have gleaned a few things over the past six and half plus decades, but they’re not totally relevant for what I’m about to share. Although they have helped.

My intention is to help you view your Ego in a new way, a different way from all the negative stuff surrounding it which is propagated by psychiatrists, religious teachings, inspirational speakers and even by spiritual teachers all around this world. Our Ego gets a bad Rap, exactly in the same way Eve, she of Eden fame, also gets the blame for all the ills and negative stuff in the world. That sounds like a bit of a correlation, don’t you think? Eve Bad, Ego Bad, Adam Good, Spirit Good. Stuff like that gets my little cogs a-whirring and I probe deeper, mainly through meditation and conversing with my Guides, and I get Insights.

Everything Is A Choice

 

Everything Is A Choice

In his book “Only 10s”, Mark J Silverman says:

“You are never a victim. You always have a choice.”

Now while he was referring to prioritising our lives so that we know the difference between what Needs to be done from what Should be done, the principle applies to all areas of our lives.

Every single thing we do or say is based on a choice, there are no exceptions. The question is, will we choose to become Victims or Victors? The choice is ours.

 “You and your results are the product of somebody else’s habitual thinking.”

Bob Proctor

Bob also said that our results are never as a consequence of events taking place beyond our minds but are down to events taking place inside our heads, they are an external expression of how our minds have been conditioned.

“Your behaviour is causing your results” he said, “your conditioning is coming from your behaviour.”

By accepting responsibility for our results, it helps us make the right decisions leading to the right actions to gain the right results and we are able, then, to alter the conditioning within the subconscious mind which is both genetic and environmental.

“The ability to choose is your greatest power.” - Bob Proctor

 

I’m Right and You’re Wrong

So, are you right? Am I right? Who’s right and who’s wrong? The answer is no-one is right or wrong. Now I’m sure that will be a bit of a shock for some of you, but the fact of the matter is, for anything and everything there is no right or wrong way. There is, however, always a better way, no matter what.

For example, if I were to say that my method for controlling your thoughts and achieving your goals is the right way, the right and, therefore, only way, I would be discounting all other possibilities and calling them wrong and I wouldn’t be making allowances for future discoveries. Do I have the right to do that?

If, on the other hand, I said that the method I’m offering is a better way, then I would be acknowledging all other methods and suggesting mine as an improvement. It also leaves the way open for someone else to make improvements on my method. That’s how evolution works. There is no definitive Right or Wrong way, only a Better, improved way.

You can say something is correct or incorrect, is that not the same? No, not exactly.

For example, when you learn to drive a car, every driving instructor has what they perceive to be the correct way to drive – mirror, indicate, manoeuvre, mirror or indicate, mirror, manoeuvre, mirror and so on. Every country also has regulations regulating what they consider to be the correct way to drive within their borders and the etiquette to follow. These are correct but can be updated and changed.

At one time, back in the early days of motoring, it was correct to stick your arm out to indicate that you were about to turn left or right. With the advancement of technology that has changed and all we need to do is move a lever on our steering columns – although it would appear many have forgotten how to use it!

However, the correct and only way to drive a vehicle is to keep it safely on the road in the direction you’re travelling in and use the correct etiquette for the time and country you’re driving in.

The point I’m making is this: To say something is right is to say that you ‘Have’ to do it that way. As Bob Proctor said, “you don’t have to do anything, it’s a choice.”

Wait a minute, you might say, what about breathing? You Have to breathe, don’t you? Actually no, you can choose not to. Obviously that wouldn’t be very beneficial and would cause extreme discomfort, but it would be your choice.

Everything is a choice.