We actually believe that people and things are our source. We’ve come to believe that it’s someone else’s job to satisfy our needs and that always leads to disappointment because it’s built on a false premise that your source is external. For too long we’ve believed that the outer world creates the inner world so we need people to be a certain way and say certain things to make us feel certain ways.
I have actually believed that people make me feel different emotions, and if only they would say something else or if only they had done something else, then I would feel differently. That has failed pretty consistently throughout the majority of my adult life. It’s called control; it’s called manipulation; it’s called insanity. But this is what we do! We believe people are causing our inner world, our emotions, how we feel. We believe that they need to change before we do. I’ve finally realized – nope – I’m responsible. It’s going on inside me, it’s mine to own and work with. As the great Reverend Rainbow Johnson said a long time ago, “I may have pressed my buttons, but you didn’t install them.” I’ve never forgotten that saying. It’s a good one to remember.
From the book, "The Confusion Experiment."
A 2020 Winter Solstice Special
A New Big Beginning is Upon Us - Episode 30
The Deconstruction of the Old World Order - Episode 29
Dealing with Change: From Habits to Practices - Episode 28
What COVID is Teaching Us - Episode 27
Chaos, Change and COVID - Episode 26
How to Make a Decision - Episode 25
Living with Uncertainty - Episode 24
Confusion as a Strategy - Episode 23
Confusion is a High State of Consciousness - Episode 22
Inter-generational Racial Healing with Kokayi Nosakhere - Episode 21
Have We Lost Our Minds? - Episode 20
The Findings - #18 Life can be easy.
The Findings - #17 The New Design for Living.
The Findings - #16 There's a new measurement of success.
The Findings - #15 Be willing to change.
The Findings - #14 We've got to do the turnaround.
The Findings - #13 We're afraid to feel.
The Findings - #11 The mind has taken us collectively as far as we can go.
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