The 6th KnowComplaints Inspiration

The 6th KnowComplaints Inspiration.

I want to inspire some questions if you haven't come up with them already. I point them out because I want you to know they will all be addressed. I really do plan on trying to cover all the angles so you aren't left missing anything.

After what seems like countless zillion hours inside my head practicing this and asking myself questions, these are a few of the things that were important to me to know, that I asked myself.

So I'm role-playing here...

You mentioned the inner critic. Are the shadow, inner critic, complaining, and critical and condemning voice all the same thing?

If I am not the voice in my head, who am I?

Why is this voice I don't like or agree with even there?

What do you mean we can judge without condemning or punishing?

If I don't trust my feelings, what do I base my decisions and actions on?

Is there ever a time when my feelings are right and should be trusted?

If I am always watching myself, won't I lose the spontaneity in my life?

How can my mind and me not be the same thing?

To doubt or distrust my feelings just feels wrong no matter what I tell myself. What now?

If we could have 80% of our minds to refill, what would we fill them with and how would we do it? It doesn't seem easy.

Can I truly take the power away from a negative thought just by disbelieving it?

Am I really in relationship with myself?

Hopelessness can feel so real. How do I know it's a lie?

What is an unloving self-mechanism?

How are we changing our future by not complaining?

How come my self-view is so distorted?

I didn't think I punished myself but now I see I can be brutal. What do I do when this happens?

I don't want to replace my fears with false hope. I know we can't predict the future. So now what?

If a story is true, is it still a story?

But for now, I invite you to try this: Next time you hear a complaint come across your inner airwaves, see if you can re-direct your attention to tell yourself a grateful story instead. It doesn't even have to be about the same thing. Just grab anything that comes to mind that you can create a grateful story about. A complaining story and a grateful one come from very different places. It's a nice shift.

Wishing you peace, Bryan