Attack of the Zombie Gremlins!

Attack of the Zombie Gremlins! ©2017 Joan M. Newcomb, CPC

We all have negative voices in our heads. Dr. Daniel Amen calls them Automatic Negative thoughts. Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor says they're a cluster of cells on the left side of our brain responsible for keeping us organized, reminding us to buy milk on the way home from work, or get our taxes done by the 15th. I realize that it's our body's GPS, containing all the programming we've ever received about how to be in this world.

Our GPS' are filled with outdated maps and misinformation. It's set on "avoid highways" and 'fastest route' at the same time. And if you try to vary your method for getting somewhere, it will loudly protest.  This is your inner Gremlin, your Automatic Negative Thought.

Gremlin voices arise Whenever you try something new, and go beyond the programming from your childhood, whether it's family, societal, cultural, religious or whatever.

Gremlins are familiar, they've been in your head all your life. You don't even realize they're not your own thoughts. You just accept them as reality.

They're incredibly limiting. You can't go beyond their boundaries. They dismiss your dreams.

I woke up in the morning with this thought, "Zombie Gremlins". Reflecting on what is going on in the world today, there seems to be so much unconsciousness. So many people running off their Automatic Negative Thoughts.

They're not even questioning their thoughts, they're just letting this dysfunctional GPS steer them off into the bushes, like some jury-rigged self driving car.

It's easy to do, when you think that you *are* your vehicle, and you think your Automatic Negative Thoughts are real.

You feel powerless to these thoughts, and incapable of changing your route, when it seems like *everyone* is driving this way.

However, when you shift your awareness to your Essential Self, you recognize that your hands are on the wheel. You steer where your attention is.

Take your attention off the negative thoughts, and you start to notice so many more possibilities out in the world. (The ANTS get louder at first, but when you don't feed them with your attention, they fade away).

The bigger reason why Zombie Gremlins seem so prevalent in the world today, is that greater Light is more present in the world today.

Greater Consciousness is more present. And your Essential Self is the You that is Greater Consciousness.

You turn on the lights and exposes the dysfunction. You start to drive differently and your ANTS go nuts. Temporarily.

When ANTS show up during the day, squash 'em, feed 'em to your ANTeater, send 'em to the ANT farm.

Put a bowl of sugar outside the garage before you retire at night, beside the Anteater cage (within tongue licking distance).

Or you can just tell yourself you're going to update your GPS when you go to sleep and your inner computer with automatically reorganize.

Play with this for the next 7 days and your life will totally transform.

Who's Doing The Talking? ©2016 Joan M. Newcomb

Who's Doing The Talking? ©2016 Joan M. Newcomb

I've developed the habit of talking to myself in groceries stores (which would look so much better if only I were wearing a bluetooth).  I noticed today that I was offering myself suggestions by calling myself "you".

"You don't really need to get frozen blueberries. You only add them to your oatmeal, and you're not cooking oatmeal in the summer."

The Inner Voice (1920) 

Okay... who's doing the talking?

The other thing I've noticed is that sensitivity has increased everywhere and in everyone. I'm noticing family members' energy with more clarity than ever before. And, I'm also noticing national and global collective growth. Consciousness is coming more into form. People are feeling it.

Our "stuff" is coming up.

How I noticed it in myself was comparing myself to very capable and accomplished women who are being highlighted in the news today.  My resume looks quite different. I started sagging under 'compare and despair'.

So I decided to call on the me that calls me you to be the active voice.

"Oh, please, it's apples and oranges. These women went to law school. You went through mystery school training. You went through coach training.You all have had lives of service, your work has been helping people for 35 years. Just because you work in the unseen realms doesn't mean you haven't had an impact in the world."

That voice is kinda like the coach that tells the player after they've been tackled to "shake it off".

Wow, this is very useful. I'd much rather have *this* aspect of me in charge of my narrative than the whiney me. Really, she shouldn't talk much at all (in public, at any rate). Don't let her answer the phone!!

We are all multifaceted beings. We exist on a spectrum. At any moment, any aspect of ourselves can take charge. And our enjoyment of life is affected by who's doing the talking. As Consciousness, we are wise and all knowing, calm and accepting, amused and lighthearted. Any aspect of you that is moody, emotional, dramatic... ain't your Higher Self.

You are an Infinite Being, you are Consciousness, and yet how often is this greater aspect of you in charge?

What I noticed, when I let myself as Consciousness do most of the talking, is that I feel reassured. I'm glad the part of me that knows what it's doing is leading the way. When I shift my viewpoint that this is me, it shifts my perspective of life.

I feel more confident and capable as Consciousness.

Imagine what your life would be like if you as Consciousness were leading the conversation in your head. What different choices would you be making? What different actions would you be taking?

You can start to do this as easily as having a conversation with your Self in the car. Or journaling as the greater You. You'd be amazed at your own insightfulness!

Try this for the next few days and see what happens!

Who's Doing The Talking? ©2016 Joan M. Newcomb

Who's Doing The Talking? ©2016 Joan M. Newcomb

I've developed the habit of talking to myself in groceries stores (which would look so much better if only I were wearing a bluetooth).  I noticed today that I was offering myself suggestions by calling myself "you".

"You don't really need to get frozen blueberries. You only add them to your oatmeal, and you're not cooking oatmeal in the summer."

The Inner Voice (1920) 

Okay... who's doing the talking?

The other thing I've noticed is that sensitivity has increased everywhere and in everyone. I'm noticing family members' energy with more clarity than ever before. And, I'm also noticing national and global collective growth. Consciousness is coming more into form. People are feeling it.

Our "stuff" is coming up.

How I noticed it in myself was comparing myself to very capable and accomplished women who are being highlighted in the news today.  My resume looks quite different. I started sagging under 'compare and despair'.

So I decided to call on the me that calls me you to be the active voice.

"Oh, please, it's apples and oranges. These women went to law school. You went through mystery school training. You went through coach training.You all have had lives of service, your work has been helping people for 35 years. Just because you work in the unseen realms doesn't mean you haven't had an impact in the world."

That voice is kinda like the coach that tells the player after they've been tackled to "shake it off".

Wow, this is very useful. I'd much rather have *this* aspect of me in charge of my narrative than the whiney me. Really, she shouldn't talk much at all (in public, at any rate). Don't let her answer the phone!!

We are all multifaceted beings. We exist on a spectrum. At any moment, any aspect of ourselves can take charge. And our enjoyment of life is affected by who's doing the talking. As Consciousness, we are wise and all knowing, calm and accepting, amused and lighthearted. Any aspect of you that is moody, emotional, dramatic... ain't your Higher Self.

You are an Infinite Being, you are Consciousness, and yet how often is this greater aspect of you in charge?

What I noticed, when I let myself as Consciousness do most of the talking, is that I feel reassured. I'm glad the part of me that knows what it's doing is leading the way. When I shift my viewpoint that this is me, it shifts my perspective of life.

I feel more confident and capable as Consciousness.

Imagine what your life would be like if you as Consciousness were leading the conversation in your head. What different choices would you be making? What different actions would you be taking?

You can start to do this as easily as having a conversation with your Self in the car. Or journaling as the greater You. You'd be amazed at your own insightfulness!

Try this for the next few days and see what happens!

Who's Doing The Talking? ©2016 Joan M. Newcomb

Who's Doing The Talking? ©2016 Joan M. Newcomb

I've developed the habit of talking to myself in groceries stores (which would look so much better if only I were wearing a bluetooth).  I noticed today that I was offering myself suggestions by calling myself "you".

"You don't really need to get frozen blueberries. You only add them to your oatmeal, and you're not cooking oatmeal in the summer."

The Inner Voice (1920) 

Okay... who's doing the talking?

The other thing I've noticed is that sensitivity has increased everywhere and in everyone. I'm noticing family members' energy with more clarity than ever before. And, I'm also noticing national and global collective growth. Consciousness is coming more into form. People are feeling it.

Our "stuff" is coming up.

How I noticed it in myself was comparing myself to very capable and accomplished women who are being highlighted in the news today.  My resume looks quite different. I started sagging under 'compare and despair'.

So I decided to call on the me that calls me you to be the active voice.

"Oh, please, it's apples and oranges. These women went to law school. You went through mystery school training. You went through coach training.You all have had lives of service, your work has been helping people for 35 years. Just because you work in the unseen realms doesn't mean you haven't had an impact in the world."

That voice is kinda like the coach that tells the player after they've been tackled to "shake it off".

Wow, this is very useful. I'd much rather have *this* aspect of me in charge of my narrative than the whiney me. Really, she shouldn't talk much at all (in public, at any rate). Don't let her answer the phone!!

We are all multifaceted beings. We exist on a spectrum. At any moment, any aspect of ourselves can take charge. And our enjoyment of life is affected by who's doing the talking. As Consciousness, we are wise and all knowing, calm and accepting, amused and lighthearted. Any aspect of you that is moody, emotional, dramatic... ain't your Higher Self.

You are an Infinite Being, you are Consciousness, and yet how often is this greater aspect of you in charge?

What I noticed, when I let myself as Consciousness do most of the talking, is that I feel reassured. I'm glad the part of me that knows what it's doing is leading the way. When I shift my viewpoint that this is me, it shifts my perspective of life.

I feel more confident and capable as Consciousness.

Imagine what your life would be like if you as Consciousness were leading the conversation in your head. What different choices would you be making? What different actions would you be taking?

You can start to do this as easily as having a conversation with your Self in the car. Or journaling as the greater You. You'd be amazed at your own insightfulness!

Try this for the next few days and see what happens!

The Truth About Ho'Oponopono

Most people know about Ho'Oponopono from Joe Vitale's book Zero Limits but the popular version is missing an important element.

It's known as a Hawaiian prayer "I'm sorry, Please forgive me, I love you, Thank you," that Dr. Hew Len used to heal an entire locked ward of a state mental hospital, so that within two years the ward was closed.

However, William Bloom traces it further.  Turns out it's an ancient Polynesian prayer, that the entire village would say whenever an individual would do something wrong.  They would address Spirit, saying "We are responsible. We are sorry.  Please forgive us.  There is only love.  Thank you."

I love his take on it.  These key points are important:
1. The group addresses Spirit, not eachother, not the transgressor or the transgressed.
2. The group takes responsibility for the wrongdoing.
3. Sorry is an apology, acknowledging the error.
4. Forgiveness removes the energy so it no longer hurts.
5. Love fills in the space, and heals.
6.Thank you expresses appreciation for the healing, completes the prayer.

Energetically, this is what takes place:
First, the focus is toward Consciousness, not the personalities involved.  The energy is directed upward or inward, depending on how you feel the connection.

Secondly, there is collective ownership of the creation. The group holds energy, anything an individual does within its energy field is a result of all the threads of interaction.  Taking responsibility is taking ownership of the wrongdoing.  You can only make change when you own the action.

Sorry in this case is an action.  It's the response part of taking responsibility. You can only make change when you feel what was done was wrong or caused injury.

Forgiveness is a neutralizing step.  It doesn't make the wrongdoing ok but removes its ability to continue to hurt.  It releases the discordant thread.

Love brings in Spirit, raises the energy, fills in the space created.

Thank you completes the healing, expresses gratitude and appreciation to Spirit.

Imagine if you saw everything in your world as vibrating threads.  Anything you read about or see in the news is a thread through your world.  As a creator of your Universe, you have the power to remove that thread from your experience.  In doing so, you help to de-energize its strength in the collective.

You can do this with family dysfunctional patterns, removing your participation in its travel through time.  You create the possibility for others to be free of it's effects as well.

Practicing Ho'Oponopono, in this full and encompassing way, declares your independance from the 'ties that bind', the unharmonious cords.

This world is a playground, a fishtank, a model railroad layout, created by Consciousness for the joy and wonder of it.  It is created by Love, and created with Love.  The energy it is manufactured with is Love.

When there is anything that is not-love, it's like poop on the playground.  It muddies the water.  It affects the structural integrity of the model.

As creators of our reality when we see this, we can go "Oops! My bad!"  (An effortless way to say I'm sorry and take ownership).  The poop may not have come out of our physical body, but we can still take a compostable "doggie doo" bag and pick it up (and effortless way to respond).

Love resets the diagram. Love restores the working order.

Thank You appreciates Consciousness beyond the personality level.  Thank U, thank U(niverse), thank You (your Higher Self).

And, thank You for reading this!

Confusing Personality for Consciousness

This week on our Radio Show Janet and I discussed a topic send in by a listener.  She wondered how much of life was consciously created, and how much was that 'sh*t happens'.   Two people she knew had died recently, one had committed suicide, the other overdosed.

The suicide had been an energy worker, and was discouraged that her techniques seemed to no longer be working.  She said her Higher Self had planned for her to 'leave early'.

The overdose may have been accidental, but an aunt had foreseen when she was a child that there was a 'dark cloud in her future'.

I've long said that nothing is pre-determined in that nothing is set in stone.  We create our future through our choses and actions.  We have free will to change lanes on the freeway of life.  If that's so, how could the aunt see a dark cloud ten or twenty years into a child's future?

It's like a long term weather forecast.  Meteorologists can see a weather pattern happening in Guam and know that there will probably be snow in Oregon six weeks later.  When looking at futures, you're looking at possibilities.  You may be seeing some influence by family patterns, just as a Meteorlogist knows weather currents and storm seasons.

And within that, an individual can make shifts, go into recovery, turn from 'bad' to 'good' simply by changing their beliefs about themselves.

However, there's still weather.  It still may rain or snow.  And within that weather, there are choices how to respond.

Now an energy worker can fall into the belief that they can (and must) control their reality.  That if something is happening that they don't like, there's something wrong.  That thought alone, that something is 'wrong', is personality based.  Consciousness in neutral, amused, and non-judgemental.  Nothing is every wrong.  All is very, very well.

That bodies get sick, and bodies age, is fascinating to Consciousness, which is eternal and ever joyous.
If you're viewing something with black-and-white, life-or-death thinking, it's your personality lens you're looking through.

Jerry Hicks, husband of Esther who channels "Abraham-Hicks", developed cancer and died.  Why did he do that, aren't they so enlightened that they'll live forever?  Well, yes, and he is living forever.  But it was time to trade in the old body.

The energy worker committed suicide, that was another way to go.  But she could have also stuck around to see what else would unfold.  Old techniques stop working when you're transforming into a new state, opening to new possibilities.

I used to say that we signed up for life lessons before we were born.  The more capable we are (I'd say) the harder lessons we'd take on.  We'd enroll in 8 honors classes, two afternoon clubs, varsity sports, and a weekend job and when we incarnated discover that it was college, not high school.  Or I'd use the example of actors in movies.  The more talented actor takes on the most dramatic and painful role.

Now I realize it's not so linear. We're simultaneously Consciousness and personality-form.  Embodiment, incarnation, is continuously happening.  We're bringing in Awareness, and releasing unconscious patterns.  We inhale a new experience with each breath.

Higher Self is not separate from Us, unless you're viewing it through your personalities eyes.  You Are Essence moving into form.

When you shift to that awareness, you make different choices, you relax into whatever is happening.  And if storm clouds are brewing, you put on your yellow slicker and rubber boots and jump up and down with excitement, waiting for it to come!