Issue #17, Dec.. 20th, 06

The inspiration for my new book, Awakening

I remember about a year ago I was sitting in my Chino office talking to a very dear client about the book that I was then about to write. She had asked what were some of the breakthrough concepts that would be in the new book. I was telling her specifically of my ideas about the voice in our heads that we call "me." At that time, the notion that the internal voice is not our voice seemed a revolution beyond all revolutions in human understanding. It turned out to be true!

The next day a novel thought occurred to me. Maybe I should do some Googling around this voice in the head concept and see if anyone else was thinking about it or writing about it. I found two things that were surprising. First, almost no one was thinking about, writing about, or researching the voice in their heads. Secondly, of those very few who were, they stated that the limbic system of the brain was involved in this "Dialogical Self," the voice in our heads.

During this period of research I was introduced to Walter Freeman's work at Berkley. He was writing extensively about new findings relating to the limbic system. Those of you who know me know that the limbic system has been a focus of my curiosity for a long time. For those of you who are wondering what the heck the limbic system is - well for lack of a better explanation, it is the monkey brain that lives inside of all of us. As a marriage counselor, I can tell you that dealing with couples is definitely a lot like being a monkey tamer.

Anyway, the dialogical self and the limbic system collided in a burst of insight so huge that an entire book was needed to explain the implication of what I was seeing! Suddenly it became obvious why mankind had "fallen." The source of all human misery also was revealed. And, oh my God, I saw that human kind has been tragically mislead. There was something very fundamental about the human mechanism and how it operated that we had mistaken and misunderstood for thousands of years.

A simple change in the way we understand our own brains can release us from a prison that has held generations captive - in slavery. Let me demonstrate to you how simple this actually is.

Let's say you stub your toe. It turns black and blue and makes it difficult to walk and wear proper shoes. Knowing this, you proceed to tell everyone you know, everyone you meet, "I am black and blue. Life sucks because I am in a lot of pain. Life will be so much better when I have become a better toe!" In so many ways we tell ourselves and the world, "I am my toe."

Well of course we know better We would never mistake ourselves for a toe. And yet from time immemorial, we have mistakenly identified ourselves as brain activity.  If we have a thought that says, "I am depressed." We tell everyone, "I am depressed." If we have a thought that says, "It's not my fault." We tell everyone, "You know, it really is not my fault."

It would never occur to us that a thought clears up even faster than a stubbed toe. Tragically we have misunderstood the basic function of the brain and the nervous system. We mistakenly assumed that a self called "me" is generated from the cacophony of thoughts, feelings and emotional reactions that are constantly being served up in our heads.

So our misunderstanding of our function creates an illusion of a "me" who is suffering through life. But "me" is nothing more than a little passing gas. We don't want to hang on to our throbbing toe, but we do insist on hanging on to the story of "me." In doing so we sacrifice one very important thing - life, its overwhelming blessing, aliveness, and Presence.

Awakening: Exposing the Voice of the Mosaic Mind reveals they key to breaking the spell of human misery. It's the voice in your head, silly. That's not you. It never was you. It is a stubbed toe, a little indigestion, erectile dysfunction, something your mother repeated when you were young.

We are in a deep trance. Exposing the Voice is the Awakening that begins the journey to true Self recovery. It also answers the ultimate question, "If I am not the voice, then who or what am I?"

An Invitation

On Sunday February 11th at 1pm, I will be speaking at the Church of Religious Science in Fullerton. I would encourage you to attend. I will be discussing the Lion/Unicorn theory and concepts from my new book, Awakening. This will be an excellent opportunity for you to me (if you haven't already) and to ask me some questions about how all this fits together in the big picture of life.

Also, I would encourage all of you to attend my monthly Awakening meetings. Our last group was large and lively. Everyone wants to know how to begin watching their thoughts!

See you in 07!

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