Moment 139: "Your Inner Voice Is Limiting You!" How To Control The Negative Inner Thoughts: Mo Gowdat

Dec 8, 2023 14m 34s 10 insights
This episode explores how unexamined thoughts and beliefs create "illusions" that shape our lives. It discusses identifying contradictions between thoughts, actions, and feelings to find personal equilibrium and prioritize life's "pendulums" for focused improvement.
Actionable Insights

1. Question Your Core Beliefs

Actively investigate and reflect on all your beliefs, from values to daily assumptions, to ensure they are genuinely your own and not unexamined “illusions” implanted by external sources. This helps you live true to yourself.

2. Understand Thought’s Impact

Recognize that deeply held thoughts, even if subconscious, act as “resilient parasites” that profoundly shape your entire life and actions. Identifying these foundational thoughts is crucial for self-awareness and change.

3. Eradicate Limiting Thoughts

Actively search for and identify the deep-seated thoughts and beliefs that are not serving you, as these “implanted” ideas prevent you from living authentically. The goal is to eradicate them to align with your true self.

4. Compare Thoughts, Actions, Feelings

Engage in a “moment of truth” by honestly comparing what you think, what you do, and what you feel. Inconsistencies reveal areas where you might be living under an illusion or not aligned with your true self.

5. Acknowledge Your True State

If your stated identity or belief (e.g., “I am vegan”) contradicts your cravings or feelings, acknowledge that you are not truly that identity but rather “striving” or “wanting to be.” This honest self-assessment is the first step to resolving internal conflicts.

6. Mark Unresolved Issues

Identify areas in your life where your thoughts, feelings, and actions are not aligned, and consciously label them as “compartment two” issues. This acknowledges their unresolved status without immediate pressure to fix them, ensuring you return to them later.

7. Seek Life’s Equilibrium

Understand that true life equilibrium is a state of minimal effort, where you are not constantly struggling or applying force to maintain an unnatural position. Aim to identify and move towards this natural balance in different areas of your life.

8. Acknowledge Chosen Imbalance

If you choose to live in a state that is not your natural equilibrium, do so with full awareness that you are applying effort and understand the specific utility or benefits that this temporary deviation provides. This prevents unconscious struggle.

9. Plan Return to Balance

When consciously deviating from equilibrium, establish a clear plan for how and when you will return to balance, whether through a long-term commitment to start later or by taking small, consistent steps daily.

10. Prioritize Life Areas Serially

Instead of trying to balance all aspects of your life simultaneously, identify your most important “pendulums” (e.g., work, relationships, health) and address them in series, focusing on bringing one to equilibrium before moving to the next. Acknowledge any imbalances without complaint.