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| What Program is on your Inner TV? | |
By Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
What's playing on your inner TV? Your inner TV is the screen in
your mind upon which you create various scenarios. Perhaps the
channel is "Reliving the Past." Maybe it's "Controlling the Future."
Is your channel on "Obsessive Thinking" where you are
ruminating over and over about a situation or about how you
want to handle something?
Our mind tends to go on and on making up stuff, as if what it is
thinking is always the truth. However, the mind has been deeply
programmed since childhood to think and believe in ways that
often have nothing to do with truth.
Truth is that which comes from the source of truth, which is
Spirit. We are able to access truth when we are present in this
very moment with a deep desire to learn about truth and love.
When we are present to this moment - to our inner experience
and our surroundings - we are present with Spirit, so Spirit is
able to communicate with us. When our deepest desire is to be
present with the truth, love and reality of this moment, we stop
our obsessive or programmed thinking, which is always a way to
control. When we are present in this moment, we have
surrendered to Spirit. We have let go of control and are in faith
that we are being guided and supported in our highest good. We
don't need to put our limited mind in charge because we know
that we will receive whatever messages we need from our
Guidance. Our inner TV is OFF!
So, is your inner TV on or off? How often is your inner TV on the
"Control" channel?
For example, let's say that you know that you need to speak with
your boss about a problem you are having with another
employee. You probably spend some time thinking about what
you're going to say. If you're on the control channel, then your
wounded self has possession of the remote control of your inner
TV. On this channel you are thinking about how to make your
point, how to be heard and understood, how to win, how to be
right, how to convince, and so on. You might be preparing your
defense should your boss disagree. Perhaps you rehearse this
over and over, rerunning the video you have recorded. You want
to make sure you get it right.
If your loving Adult is in charge of the remote control, then your
inner TV is off. Your mind is not coming up with a pre-recorded
video. Instead, you are opening to learning about what is in your
highest good in this particular situation and asking Spirit for
guidance. Is it best to just present the situation and ask for help
or feedback with an intent to learn? Is it best to state the situation
and state what you plan on doing to take care of yourself? Is it
best to try to work it out with the other employee and not go to
your boss at all? When your Adult is in charge, you are relying on
Spirit rather than on your own mind to determine the action that
is in your highest good.
If you do speak with your boss or with the other employee, who is
in charge? Does your wounded self take over out of fear, or are
you loving yourself enough to show up as a loving Adult
connected with your Guidance?
Some of us find ourselves connecting with our Guidance just
fine when we are meditating, dialoguing, creating, working with
others in a supportive capacity. It's very easy for me to stay
connected with Guidance when I'm working with clients or
conducting an intensive. I couldn't work any other way because
my mind doesn't know the answers regarding how to help
others, but Spirit does. Spirit comes through the moment my
intent is to be helpful. The challenge comes in when it's just
about taking care of myself with myself and within my personal
relationships. That's when my wounded self wants to grab the
remote control. She thinks she can figure things out to control
the outcome with people and events. She thinks she's so smart,
and she wants to create scenarios in order to control. I find I
need to be vigilant in terms of who is in charge of the remote
control. The minute my wounded self grabs it and clicks on the
control channel, my joy is gone. The moment I surrender and
allow Spirit to guide me, my inner TV is off and my joy is back. To
me, that's a great motivator, since I love being in joy!
So, is your inner TV on? If so, what program is on? Who has the
remote - your wounded self or your loving Adult? You might want
to start to notice this. The rewards of switching off your inner TV
are really great!
Margaret Paul, Ph.D. is the best-selling author and co-author of
eight books, including "Do I Have To Give Up Me To Be Loved By
You?", "Do I Have To Give Up Me To Be Loved By My Kids?",
"Healing Your Aloneness","Inner Bonding", and "Do I Have To
Give Up Me To Be Loved By God?" Visit her web site for a FREE
Inner Bonding course: http://www.innerbonding.com or
mailto:margaret@i...
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