Twenty years ago a counselor told me
he would hypnotize me but my curious self,
my analytical mind, could remain conscious,
aware. He called it a lifeguard, keeping watch.
Today a wise woman said my pain body —
the feel-sorry-for-me child — and my thinking part
don't have to control, that a detached part of me,
that part aligned with the universe,
could observe the pain body and the thought body
without entering the fray, without demanding
some course of action.
I need not take action on each thought, experience,
disappointment, resentment. There is another me,
a watchful, natural, aligned with the Power me,
who can stop my foolish urges, who can pull me up,
who can make mature decisions when the rest of me
would prefer to rebel.
The Big Book says We may not be able to determine
which course to take. Here we ask God for inspiration,
an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy.
We don’t struggle. We are often surprised
how the right answers come after we have tried this for a while.
What used to be the hunch or the occasional inspiration
gradually becomes a working part of the mind.A lifeguard, our higher self, intuition, inspiration,
a God as we understand ... the name is not important.
Taking time to hear, to do, is imperative for our sanity.
he would hypnotize me but my curious self,
my analytical mind, could remain conscious,
aware. He called it a lifeguard, keeping watch.
Today a wise woman said my pain body —
the feel-sorry-for-me child — and my thinking part
don't have to control, that a detached part of me,
that part aligned with the universe,
could observe the pain body and the thought body
without entering the fray, without demanding
some course of action.
I need not take action on each thought, experience,
disappointment, resentment. There is another me,
a watchful, natural, aligned with the Power me,
who can stop my foolish urges, who can pull me up,
who can make mature decisions when the rest of me
would prefer to rebel.
The Big Book says We may not be able to determine
which course to take. Here we ask God for inspiration,
an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy.
We don’t struggle. We are often surprised
how the right answers come after we have tried this for a while.
What used to be the hunch or the occasional inspiration
gradually becomes a working part of the mind.A lifeguard, our higher self, intuition, inspiration,
a God as we understand ... the name is not important.
Taking time to hear, to do, is imperative for our sanity.
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