WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.120 --> 00:00:02.100 Well, Hey there. 2 00:00:02.480 --> 00:00:08.900 Welcome back. And, we're going to look at, lesson one here in module four. 3 00:00:09.360 --> 00:00:16.305 And as I mentioned earlier, this is all about how you can focus the mind, how you can discipline the mind. 4 00:00:16.765 --> 00:00:23.585 And this is something I find to be very important because as I mentioned earlier, this is really gonna enable you 5 00:00:23.965 --> 00:00:24.465 to 6 00:00:25.050 --> 00:00:27.470 feel and increase your connection 7 00:00:27.770 --> 00:00:29.310 with your own inner spirit. 8 00:00:30.170 --> 00:00:36.489 So what about lesson one? How are we going to learn about the mind? What's the mind know about? 9 00:00:36.489 --> 00:00:41.825 Does it have different aspects and why do we need to know about the mind? What's the mind about? 10 00:00:41.825 --> 00:00:44.485 Right? What are the different properties of the mind? 11 00:00:45.185 --> 00:00:46.885 So in this first lesson, 12 00:00:47.425 --> 00:00:51.000 what you're going to learn and just different the roles of the mind. 13 00:00:51.240 --> 00:00:55.020 How does it really even interact with you? How do you interact with it? 14 00:00:55.160 --> 00:01:01.420 You're gonna look at the different properties of the mind, the different aspects and characteristics of the mind, how it works, 15 00:01:02.040 --> 00:01:06.855 and how you are perhaps aware of some of the mind but not all of the mind. 16 00:01:07.095 --> 00:01:11.835 We'll also look at the different analytical mind and how that can be so distracting. 17 00:01:12.375 --> 00:01:19.355 And that's gonna be something that I find to be really important because as you're connecting with spirit, you're gonna find that 18 00:01:19.780 --> 00:01:20.280 surprisingly 19 00:01:20.740 --> 00:01:23.560 the analytical mind wants to be in there all the time. 20 00:01:24.420 --> 00:01:24.920 So, 21 00:01:25.700 --> 00:01:27.619 what are the different aspects of the mind? 22 00:01:27.619 --> 00:01:33.000 Now with these different aspects of the mind are all gonna have different roles by themselves. 23 00:01:33.814 --> 00:01:39.755 You can find that the mind itself is going to act like its own person, its own individual. 24 00:01:40.695 --> 00:01:42.215 Just think about your own mind. 25 00:01:42.215 --> 00:01:45.975 You'll probably hear your mind chattering in the background all the time. That's you. 26 00:01:45.975 --> 00:01:47.070 That's that's your mind. 27 00:01:47.790 --> 00:01:49.890 That's your mind saying, hey, I want to be noticed. 28 00:01:50.430 --> 00:01:55.229 That's some people call it the ego mind. Some people call it the subconscious mind. It's always on. 29 00:01:55.229 --> 00:01:59.090 It's always there. So it's always got a whole series of different roles. 30 00:01:59.855 --> 00:02:05.715 Now here's a way to think about the mind. It's got different levels, different aspects, right? 31 00:02:06.735 --> 00:02:17.630 When you look at it, it ranges everywhere from the conscious mind, your awake mind, the mind that you're listening to right now, You're wide awake, you're fully conscious, you're on. 32 00:02:17.630 --> 00:02:18.130 Right? 33 00:02:18.510 --> 00:02:22.849 And that's basically your rational mind. That's your analytical mind. 34 00:02:23.150 --> 00:02:24.930 That's the mind that's logical 35 00:02:25.950 --> 00:02:28.605 and thinking and you're always working with it. 36 00:02:29.724 --> 00:02:31.345 Take one step removed 37 00:02:31.724 --> 00:02:36.545 and that becomes the subconscious mind. That's the mind that's working in the background. 38 00:02:36.605 --> 00:02:38.065 It's not on 39 00:02:38.444 --> 00:02:43.345 the way you are interacting with your conscious mind because it's in the background. 40 00:02:44.205 --> 00:02:46.270 It too is always on, 41 00:02:46.970 --> 00:02:56.030 but it's not as loud as the conscious, rational, logical, analytical mind that's just yelling at you all the time. 42 00:02:56.570 --> 00:02:58.670 This is where your psychic abilities 43 00:02:59.045 --> 00:03:02.105 lie. This is where your very subtle senses 44 00:03:02.724 --> 00:03:05.625 are always kind of simmering in the background. 45 00:03:06.325 --> 00:03:08.584 Maybe you've got, you know, great intuition. 46 00:03:08.965 --> 00:03:11.144 That's gut instinct that's telling you, 47 00:03:11.444 --> 00:03:16.370 I don't think I should be doing this or maybe I should be doing this. That's your subconscious mind. 48 00:03:16.370 --> 00:03:17.110 That's really 49 00:03:17.410 --> 00:03:23.750 where the, the the psychic senses start to creep in. And then you've got the superconscious 50 00:03:24.050 --> 00:03:24.550 mind, 51 00:03:25.010 --> 00:03:27.670 your higher self, your soul, your your 52 00:03:28.105 --> 00:03:29.565 spirit being that, 53 00:03:30.265 --> 00:03:30.765 exists 54 00:03:31.465 --> 00:03:31.965 far 55 00:03:32.745 --> 00:03:36.125 above and away and in the non physical plane 56 00:03:36.745 --> 00:03:39.085 because you're ultimately connected both 57 00:03:39.465 --> 00:03:40.125 to your 58 00:03:40.510 --> 00:03:48.370 spirit self, which is existing or trapped in your physical body, and then you've got your higher self, your soul, which is still 59 00:03:48.670 --> 00:03:53.865 far above and and away from you. Perhaps we can get into greater detail about that. 60 00:03:54.825 --> 00:04:03.245 And when you think about the mind, again, there's still about three main levels to consider when we're talking about some of them right now. 61 00:04:04.025 --> 00:04:09.260 The the conscious mind, again, very logical, very analytical, very rational, 62 00:04:09.880 --> 00:04:11.260 and talking about 63 00:04:11.640 --> 00:04:13.260 aspects that you can, 64 00:04:14.040 --> 00:04:15.260 work with tangibly. 65 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:22.620 Think about math. One plus one equals two. Very, very logical. I how do I how do I put a 66 00:04:23.075 --> 00:04:26.935 round peg into a square hole? I can't. That's my analytical mind, right? 67 00:04:27.235 --> 00:04:29.415 And the subconscious mind, the psychic, 68 00:04:30.275 --> 00:04:32.935 aspects, that's really where you are gonna come in. 69 00:04:33.395 --> 00:04:34.615 And again, the superconscious 70 00:04:34.915 --> 00:04:38.890 mind, all the activity that you might start to connect with 71 00:04:39.270 --> 00:04:41.610 if you're connecting with your higher self. 72 00:04:43.030 --> 00:04:47.530 And another aspect I want to talk on is about the different mind properties, 73 00:04:48.134 --> 00:04:52.294 the different characteristics. How do they all interact? Because they do. 74 00:04:52.294 --> 00:04:54.634 They have different qualities under themselves. 75 00:04:55.574 --> 00:05:00.074 And when you begin to think about it, the mind itself has 76 00:05:01.419 --> 00:05:02.160 two categories, 77 00:05:03.340 --> 00:05:04.319 that you can really 78 00:05:05.099 --> 00:05:06.560 put in two different columns. 79 00:05:07.180 --> 00:05:07.680 And 80 00:05:08.060 --> 00:05:11.280 some tend to align with the left hemisphere, 81 00:05:12.300 --> 00:05:15.599 some connect with the right hemisphere. You remember 82 00:05:16.060 --> 00:05:16.800 the the brain 83 00:05:17.155 --> 00:05:19.815 is physically in two hemispheres that 84 00:05:20.354 --> 00:05:21.095 are literally, 85 00:05:22.195 --> 00:05:23.175 merged together. 86 00:05:23.794 --> 00:05:25.975 Now the left brain, left hemisphere, 87 00:05:26.995 --> 00:05:27.895 it has 88 00:05:28.195 --> 00:05:30.615 really more male dominated tendencies. 89 00:05:30.915 --> 00:05:31.415 It's 90 00:05:31.875 --> 00:05:36.360 logical, it's structural, it's very conscious. You're you're it's on, 91 00:05:37.780 --> 00:05:38.280 analytical. 92 00:05:38.900 --> 00:05:40.520 It's really where the language, 93 00:05:41.300 --> 00:05:42.520 aspects are 94 00:05:42.900 --> 00:05:43.400 mathematics, 95 00:05:43.940 --> 00:05:44.600 are there 96 00:05:45.074 --> 00:05:45.574 Sequential, 97 00:05:46.354 --> 00:05:47.975 but it's single task. 98 00:05:49.794 --> 00:05:56.755 You ladies out there can probably relate to this that, you complain that men can only do one thing at a time. 99 00:05:56.755 --> 00:06:01.270 And that's true because so many men are left brain dominant. 100 00:06:01.729 --> 00:06:03.110 That's their their analytical, 101 00:06:03.490 --> 00:06:04.949 their single task. 102 00:06:05.569 --> 00:06:07.009 And that's really where, 103 00:06:08.289 --> 00:06:08.789 the 104 00:06:09.250 --> 00:06:15.264 the most men seem to be. Most men seem to be on this left column, this left brain. 105 00:06:16.525 --> 00:06:20.225 Now look at the right brain which is much more creative, 106 00:06:21.245 --> 00:06:21.985 much more 107 00:06:22.285 --> 00:06:24.785 in the subconscious, but it's much more 108 00:06:25.245 --> 00:06:27.665 open ended and and receiving. 109 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:31.540 Most women tend to be right 110 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:33.060 brain dominant. 111 00:06:34.400 --> 00:06:34.900 Tremendous 112 00:06:35.200 --> 00:06:35.700 imagination, 113 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:36.660 creativity, 114 00:06:37.040 --> 00:06:38.180 trust, intuition. 115 00:06:38.640 --> 00:06:39.860 Very strong here. 116 00:06:41.035 --> 00:06:42.014 Very artistic. 117 00:06:43.354 --> 00:06:48.495 There are many many women that are in the arts and and again it goes to that creativity 118 00:06:49.194 --> 00:06:50.495 of the right brain. 119 00:06:51.034 --> 00:06:53.375 Look at it very emotions or emotional 120 00:06:53.914 --> 00:06:54.574 or feeling 121 00:06:56.100 --> 00:06:56.920 and allowing 122 00:06:57.540 --> 00:07:00.280 perhaps that's partly society too, but it's also 123 00:07:00.900 --> 00:07:02.600 the right hemisphere of the brain. 124 00:07:03.140 --> 00:07:04.200 Tremendous imagery. 125 00:07:05.220 --> 00:07:06.920 Whether that's coming from, 126 00:07:08.100 --> 00:07:09.000 the clairvoyant 127 00:07:09.300 --> 00:07:11.405 aspect or just the fact that it's 128 00:07:12.104 --> 00:07:13.004 the right hemisphere, 129 00:07:13.465 --> 00:07:17.965 there is tremendous ability to connect with images and pictures. 130 00:07:18.905 --> 00:07:19.405 Instinct, 131 00:07:20.185 --> 00:07:21.485 intuition. Again, 132 00:07:22.345 --> 00:07:24.430 big picture thinking as opposed 133 00:07:25.050 --> 00:07:27.469 to nitty gritty little details in the left brain. 134 00:07:27.770 --> 00:07:31.550 And you women will love this one and I'm sure you know this 135 00:07:32.009 --> 00:07:32.509 multitasking. 136 00:07:32.889 --> 00:07:34.509 Women are famous at multitasking. 137 00:07:35.210 --> 00:07:35.949 For example, 138 00:07:36.969 --> 00:07:39.685 I know my wife can do five things at once. 139 00:07:39.685 --> 00:07:43.145 Maybe she'll be on the phone doing dishes, putting away things and 140 00:07:43.925 --> 00:07:47.305 feeding the dog or my son or whatever it is. And she's 141 00:07:47.925 --> 00:07:48.425 amazingly 142 00:07:49.125 --> 00:07:52.940 able to do all these things at once. I'd just be dropping everything. I 143 00:07:53.400 --> 00:07:58.060 can only do one thing at a time. And I think that's true with most men. So you can see how, 144 00:07:58.840 --> 00:08:02.540 the the male brain and the female brain tend to be different. 145 00:08:02.840 --> 00:08:05.420 And that's just the mind. And that's how we 146 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:10.165 typically work. And when you think of mediums, for example, why are mediums 147 00:08:11.585 --> 00:08:12.085 typically 148 00:08:12.945 --> 00:08:14.885 female? Why are they mostly women? 149 00:08:15.264 --> 00:08:16.485 Look at the right brain. 150 00:08:17.905 --> 00:08:23.720 Mediums are very intuitive, very sensitive. They can feel the emotions. They can 151 00:08:24.020 --> 00:08:28.200 see images, they're very creative, they're very open, they're very allowing. 152 00:08:29.140 --> 00:08:30.360 Whereas most men 153 00:08:30.740 --> 00:08:31.240 are 154 00:08:31.620 --> 00:08:32.120 typically, 155 00:08:32.820 --> 00:08:37.400 again, maybe society, I don't know, but typically very logical and 156 00:08:37.915 --> 00:08:41.615 analytical and closed off and they don't show their emotions. 157 00:08:42.155 --> 00:08:45.775 So you're not gonna see a lot of men who are mediums. 158 00:08:46.155 --> 00:08:50.895 And the more men that are mediums tend to have many more of the 159 00:08:51.590 --> 00:08:53.210 female oriented style 160 00:08:54.470 --> 00:08:58.630 of the brain. They're more creative. They're more open. They're more sensitive. 161 00:08:58.630 --> 00:08:59.770 They're more emotional. 162 00:09:00.230 --> 00:09:04.250 So you have those properties. So you can see how the right brain and the left brain 163 00:09:04.550 --> 00:09:05.690 are two aspects 164 00:09:05.995 --> 00:09:09.535 of the brain that actually influence how the mind works. 165 00:09:09.995 --> 00:09:12.015 So just consider that for a moment. 166 00:09:12.875 --> 00:09:15.455 Now we're talking about this, about the analytical 167 00:09:15.915 --> 00:09:20.415 mind. The analytical mind, the logical mind, that's typically going to interfere 168 00:09:21.230 --> 00:09:21.730 with 169 00:09:22.110 --> 00:09:26.769 mind discipline because it's the chatter in the mind. It's the analysis. 170 00:09:26.990 --> 00:09:29.009 It's the mind that's constantly going 171 00:09:29.310 --> 00:09:29.810 saying, 172 00:09:30.190 --> 00:09:33.730 well what about this? What about that? It's the questioning aspect. 173 00:09:34.535 --> 00:09:37.435 Say for example, a medium might be in a reading 174 00:09:37.894 --> 00:09:38.394 and 175 00:09:39.014 --> 00:09:43.035 if if you're a guy for example and you're typically more analytical, 176 00:09:43.574 --> 00:09:53.110 you might be receiving information whether it's from your own spirit or a spirit without and your analytical mind might be questioning every single piece of information that comes in. 177 00:09:53.110 --> 00:09:56.630 You're like, well what does that mean? Is that right? It doesn't make any sense. 178 00:09:56.630 --> 00:10:00.889 How can that possibly be? I don't understand it. And it's the analysis 179 00:10:01.395 --> 00:10:05.735 which constantly interferes with the information that's being received. 180 00:10:06.755 --> 00:10:15.735 And that's true with just a person who wants to connect for example just even with their own inner spirit or maybe they're in meditation. 181 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:18.700 And if you're focusing 182 00:10:20.040 --> 00:10:20.779 on the 183 00:10:21.320 --> 00:10:26.060 logic of the scenes you're thinking about or you're analyzing 184 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:39.365 what you're supposed to be doing and you're so rational about I have to do this and I have to do that and I have to do the other thing rather than just being allowing and letting it go and enjoying the experience of the meditation. 185 00:10:39.905 --> 00:10:41.845 You can see how there is gonna be 186 00:10:42.760 --> 00:10:44.060 a difference between 187 00:10:45.080 --> 00:10:53.640 allowing the meditation to be as joyous experience, as creative experience as opposed to I've got to do a, I gotta do b, I gotta do c, and I gotta do d. 188 00:10:53.640 --> 00:10:56.745 And oh by the way I gotta pay bills. No got it by the way I gotta take 189 00:10:57.464 --> 00:10:59.245 out the trash. It's the analytical minds is constantly 190 00:11:00.025 --> 00:11:01.964 on. If you can shut off that analytical 191 00:11:02.265 --> 00:11:03.885 logical rational mind 192 00:11:04.585 --> 00:11:06.605 then you can be that much more 193 00:11:07.945 --> 00:11:11.404 in tune with your own spirit, your own energy 194 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:14.220 and allow yourself just to connect with even 195 00:11:14.760 --> 00:11:15.260 meditations. 196 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:22.620 So think about the logical mind, for example. It's constantly on. It's 197 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:25.500 hyper. You're you're thinking twenty, thirty 198 00:11:25.824 --> 00:11:27.524 thoughts a second in some cases. 199 00:11:28.225 --> 00:11:30.384 It's the monkey mind. You're you're always on. 200 00:11:31.064 --> 00:11:36.005 And can you identify with the concept that your mind is always thinking different thoughts 201 00:11:36.464 --> 00:11:37.285 every second? 202 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:38.820 You might be 203 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:40.660 thinking even in a meditation 204 00:11:41.040 --> 00:11:42.500 you might be trying to meditate 205 00:11:42.959 --> 00:11:47.540 and all these thoughts keep on cycling through your head. That's your analytical 206 00:11:48.560 --> 00:11:52.019 mind. It's always on. It's always hyper. It's always interfering. 207 00:11:53.325 --> 00:11:56.865 And the thoughts are bouncing around your head in a constant basis. 208 00:11:58.125 --> 00:12:01.425 So that's why the discipline is so important here. 209 00:12:02.365 --> 00:12:05.745 And it's really something that these constant 210 00:12:06.400 --> 00:12:08.260 thoughts, these random thoughts 211 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:12.180 are gonna interfere with you. If you're sitting in a meditation 212 00:12:12.880 --> 00:12:15.220 trying to relax, trying to, 213 00:12:15.680 --> 00:12:18.020 you know, imagine this beautiful state 214 00:12:18.745 --> 00:12:21.945 and you're constantly thinking all these different thoughts that are cropping in. 215 00:12:21.945 --> 00:12:26.025 You're allowing your analytical mind to, you know, keep chattering away. 216 00:12:26.025 --> 00:12:27.805 You're just like, how can I relax? 217 00:12:28.105 --> 00:12:28.605 Right? 218 00:12:28.985 --> 00:12:31.005 So it's the problem of 219 00:12:31.785 --> 00:12:32.925 trying to squelch 220 00:12:34.180 --> 00:12:34.680 quiet 221 00:12:35.140 --> 00:12:36.279 or push aside 222 00:12:36.660 --> 00:12:39.459 the analytical logical mind. How can you do that? 223 00:12:39.459 --> 00:12:41.720 That's what we're going to look at throughout this whole module. 224 00:12:42.899 --> 00:12:49.185 So my caution to you would be beware of your conscious mind. Beware of your analytical mind. 225 00:12:49.825 --> 00:12:50.325 Because 226 00:12:51.025 --> 00:12:52.005 when you think about 227 00:12:52.385 --> 00:12:53.745 it, ever since mankind, 228 00:12:55.425 --> 00:12:57.445 really was walking upright, 229 00:12:59.505 --> 00:13:06.720 mankind was in a hyper vigilant state. Mankind was always trying to make sure that he would survive. 230 00:13:06.860 --> 00:13:10.720 He's kinda watching out for the saber tooth tiger, 231 00:13:11.100 --> 00:13:15.199 you know, went over hundreds of thousands of years ago. And that's how mankind 232 00:13:15.500 --> 00:13:16.000 evolved. 233 00:13:16.575 --> 00:13:17.715 Because if mankind 234 00:13:18.335 --> 00:13:19.235 for a second 235 00:13:20.015 --> 00:13:21.635 just turned off his 236 00:13:22.655 --> 00:13:23.155 hyperactive 237 00:13:23.775 --> 00:13:26.435 conscious mind and wasn't paying attention, 238 00:13:26.735 --> 00:13:32.899 maybe that cyber saber tooth tiger would have snuck up on him and devoured him and mankind wouldn't have lived. 239 00:13:32.959 --> 00:13:35.220 So that's kind of how we've evolved. Of course, 240 00:13:36.240 --> 00:13:39.060 modern day saber tooth tigers are 241 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:43.459 bills or your boss or work or 242 00:13:44.365 --> 00:13:46.145 any stressor that's out there. 243 00:13:46.605 --> 00:13:51.745 It's just a different type of stress, a different type of worry, a different type of concern. 244 00:13:53.165 --> 00:13:59.700 When man couldn't even speak, there was a saber tooth tiger Today it's, you know, modern culture. 245 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:08.480 So as a result, we're all working on what the sensory inputs are and that's really what the conscious mind is all about. 246 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:10.020 That's what we're trying to do. 247 00:14:10.695 --> 00:14:13.435 So because of its training, because of those, 248 00:14:14.455 --> 00:14:15.755 historic threats 249 00:14:16.135 --> 00:14:21.755 that the mind is always trying to detect, the mind is always trying to find 250 00:14:22.850 --> 00:14:25.110 what can I do to protect 251 00:14:26.050 --> 00:14:28.070 this person? It's the mind's 252 00:14:28.370 --> 00:14:28.870 job 253 00:14:29.250 --> 00:14:30.390 to protect you. 254 00:14:30.770 --> 00:14:33.430 That's why the conscious mind is constantly 255 00:14:34.210 --> 00:14:39.095 vigilant. It's like your guard. You're always on guard. You've been trained. 256 00:14:39.095 --> 00:14:40.394 The mind has been trained 257 00:14:40.855 --> 00:14:45.195 ever since you were little baby. Always be on guard for threats. 258 00:14:46.214 --> 00:14:47.355 So the more 259 00:14:47.735 --> 00:14:48.235 that 260 00:14:48.935 --> 00:14:49.435 you're 261 00:14:50.855 --> 00:14:51.355 feeling 262 00:14:51.815 --> 00:14:53.035 and just allowing 263 00:14:54.590 --> 00:14:56.990 the less you're going to be focused on threats. 264 00:14:56.990 --> 00:15:03.150 But if you're focusing on threats and allowing that conscious mind to constantly be on the less you're gonna be feeling. 265 00:15:03.150 --> 00:15:04.690 So which one do you want? 266 00:15:04.750 --> 00:15:09.035 Of course, we're now we're in the state where we're trying to learn how we can release 267 00:15:09.654 --> 00:15:14.875 our, threats. Release that analytical mind. You wanna increase your awareness. 268 00:15:16.855 --> 00:15:19.595 So this raises the whole concept 269 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:25.180 that when you're trying to connect with your own spirit and connect with spirit without 270 00:15:25.640 --> 00:15:29.899 you've got to get to that state of mind where you're just trusting. 271 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:31.820 You're just receiving. 272 00:15:32.615 --> 00:15:38.714 And the only way you can do that is by removing the analytical mind from the entire equation. 273 00:15:39.895 --> 00:15:41.195 Because if you're analyzing, 274 00:15:41.735 --> 00:15:42.795 you can't trust. 275 00:15:43.255 --> 00:15:44.235 If you're analyzing, 276 00:15:44.935 --> 00:15:46.235 you can't receive. 277 00:15:46.970 --> 00:15:48.910 So it's either trust and receive 278 00:15:49.530 --> 00:15:50.030 or 279 00:15:50.650 --> 00:15:52.270 analyze and be logical. 280 00:15:52.970 --> 00:15:59.470 Again, it can't really be both states. So try to get now your mind to that state of just receiving, 281 00:16:00.170 --> 00:16:01.205 be trusting. 282 00:16:02.945 --> 00:16:03.525 A baby 283 00:16:04.465 --> 00:16:05.765 in swaddling clothes 284 00:16:06.145 --> 00:16:09.205 is very trusting of its parents, very trusting of its environment. 285 00:16:09.665 --> 00:16:11.365 But soon after that, 286 00:16:11.825 --> 00:16:14.460 as it starts to become more aware of its 287 00:16:15.340 --> 00:16:17.440 environment, it starts to think. 288 00:16:17.820 --> 00:16:21.440 I've got to start taking care of my own 289 00:16:21.980 --> 00:16:27.040 world, my own body, my own existence. I better start, you know, 290 00:16:27.980 --> 00:16:31.405 thinking about what's out there because there are threats there. 291 00:16:31.465 --> 00:16:34.205 So try to get yourself to a point of being, 292 00:16:35.225 --> 00:16:36.845 receiving and being trusting. 293 00:16:38.825 --> 00:16:44.280 Ignore that logical mind. You gotta really get to the point where you're just saying forget it. 294 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:45.660 Okay, logical mind. 295 00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:48.700 I'm turning you off. And I'm just going 296 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:51.180 to trust every single thing I get. 297 00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:55.660 I don't care if you think it's wrong. I don't care 298 00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:57.180 if it sounds 299 00:16:57.504 --> 00:16:58.324 completely preposterous. 300 00:16:58.625 --> 00:17:03.425 I don't care if this seems way too good to be true. I'm just gonna enjoy it. 301 00:17:03.425 --> 00:17:09.444 I'm gonna trust it and I'm just gonna receive it. Because I surrender. I give up. 302 00:17:09.769 --> 00:17:14.669 I don't even want to think about it. I'm just gonna enjoy it. I'm going along for the ride. 303 00:17:15.529 --> 00:17:18.510 So give it up. Surrender. Trust. Just receive. 304 00:17:19.849 --> 00:17:24.649 So in this first lesson, these are some of the things we covered. We covered the role of the mind. 305 00:17:24.649 --> 00:17:30.885 We covered the different properties of the mind, remember the left and right side of the brain as well. 306 00:17:31.025 --> 00:17:35.525 We also looked at how distracting that analytical mind can actually be, 307 00:17:35.905 --> 00:17:41.420 and why it came to be and what you need to do to step away from there. 308 00:17:41.420 --> 00:17:44.880 And it's how important it is for you to really focus on 309 00:17:45.180 --> 00:17:47.840 trusting and receiving trusting and surrendering. 310 00:17:48.940 --> 00:17:54.235 That's kind of the big deal here. So here's some things I want you to do right now. 311 00:17:54.934 --> 00:18:01.515 Think about any time in your life that you've gone way too far down that rabbit hole, right? 312 00:18:01.735 --> 00:18:06.330 You got way too analytical. You couldn't even see the forest of the trees, right? Because you got 313 00:18:07.370 --> 00:18:08.429 so detailed 314 00:18:08.730 --> 00:18:10.110 it just got to be ridiculously 315 00:18:11.049 --> 00:18:11.549 intense 316 00:18:12.090 --> 00:18:13.630 and logical and analytical. 317 00:18:14.970 --> 00:18:19.789 Did you miss a lot of information as a result of that because you couldn't see the big picture? 318 00:18:21.185 --> 00:18:25.365 Did you start to say, whoops I got so detailed and so analytical 319 00:18:25.665 --> 00:18:31.925 I just couldn't really see what was going on in, you know, the the the bigger framework of things. 320 00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:34.519 And was there subtle information 321 00:18:34.980 --> 00:18:36.840 that as a result of your 322 00:18:37.460 --> 00:18:39.720 analytical mind that you just completely ignored? 323 00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:41.880 Did you miss information? 324 00:18:42.500 --> 00:18:43.240 Did you, 325 00:18:44.100 --> 00:18:46.759 completely forget it? Did you completely ignore stuff? 326 00:18:47.125 --> 00:18:48.885 So start thinking about these, 327 00:18:49.284 --> 00:18:49.784 things. 328 00:18:50.164 --> 00:18:52.345 And I'll bet you you're gonna think and 329 00:18:52.645 --> 00:18:55.705 start finding out that there's a lot of information you've actually 330 00:18:56.485 --> 00:18:57.304 not been, 331 00:18:58.164 --> 00:18:58.664 grasping 332 00:18:59.620 --> 00:19:02.120 because you've been getting so detailed and so analytical. 333 00:19:04.100 --> 00:19:05.240 So right now 334 00:19:06.260 --> 00:19:13.799 in your meditation practice, remember I've been encouraging you to be, meditating on a frequent basis, a regular basis, ideally 335 00:19:14.284 --> 00:19:18.304 every day, if not every day then several times a week at least. 336 00:19:19.565 --> 00:19:21.424 Ignore what that logical mind, 337 00:19:21.725 --> 00:19:23.585 that's going on inside you 338 00:19:23.965 --> 00:19:27.804 is telling you because that's gonna be something that's always chattering in the background. 339 00:19:27.804 --> 00:19:29.904 That analytical mind is always going on. 340 00:19:30.260 --> 00:19:32.360 Start to open up. Start to receive. 341 00:19:32.420 --> 00:19:36.920 Start to just allow everything that you are perceiving and experiencing 342 00:19:37.380 --> 00:19:38.100 to come in. 343 00:19:38.100 --> 00:19:44.440 Because when you allow and you trust and you receive, you open up and that's when the magic happens. 344 00:19:45.674 --> 00:19:46.174 So 345 00:19:46.955 --> 00:19:47.934 start to think 346 00:19:49.115 --> 00:19:50.014 what am I feeling? 347 00:19:50.554 --> 00:19:51.615 What am I sensing? 348 00:19:51.995 --> 00:19:53.134 What am I hearing? 349 00:19:53.914 --> 00:19:55.054 What am I seeing? 350 00:19:55.914 --> 00:19:57.054 What am I smelling? 351 00:19:58.159 --> 00:19:59.700 Go for the experience. 352 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:03.940 Don't question what you're receiving. 353 00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:06.500 Ever. Never question what you're receiving. 354 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:08.340 Just allow. 355 00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:12.715 Go along for the ride. Have fun. Okay. 356 00:20:13.255 --> 00:20:19.575 Just receive. Be that big dish that I showed you before. Just be the big receiver, right? 357 00:20:19.575 --> 00:20:22.475 Think that you're receiving information from the universe 358 00:20:23.255 --> 00:20:25.195 and you're receiving all this information. 359 00:20:25.655 --> 00:20:27.035 Don't analyze it. 360 00:20:27.620 --> 00:20:31.000 Let somebody else analyze it. You're just the big dish. 361 00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:34.920 Play your role. Play your part. Just receive. 362 00:20:35.220 --> 00:20:37.540 Because that's what the universe is trying to do. 363 00:20:37.540 --> 00:20:39.880 The universe is trying to send you the information. 364 00:20:39.940 --> 00:20:43.125 If you start filtering it out, you're not going to get the right picture. 365 00:20:44.065 --> 00:20:48.805 So here's what we're going to look at in lesson two. We're going to look at different distractions. 366 00:20:49.185 --> 00:20:50.465 Different things are going to, 367 00:20:51.425 --> 00:20:52.305 distract your mind. 368 00:20:52.305 --> 00:20:57.300 Whether it's the environment, whether it's your thoughts, we're going to look at the different things that are going to distract your mind. 369 00:20:57.780 --> 00:21:03.480 We're also going to look at how the environment in which you live interferes with your mind. 370 00:21:04.340 --> 00:21:08.520 How can you overcome that? We'll take a look at that. And we'll also 371 00:21:08.820 --> 00:21:09.320 explore 372 00:21:10.155 --> 00:21:10.895 different distractions 373 00:21:11.195 --> 00:21:15.295 that you should be aware of how to get around it and what to think about. 374 00:21:15.675 --> 00:21:16.655 So with that, 375 00:21:17.115 --> 00:21:18.415 I just want you to 376 00:21:18.955 --> 00:21:23.375 start going back to your last exercise that we were just talking about and start perceiving 377 00:21:23.915 --> 00:21:27.870 what it is that we're gonna start to look at for lesson two. 378 00:21:27.870 --> 00:21:30.210 So I'll see you in lesson two coming up next.