Traveling Through our Inner World
The Land of Monsters and Dignities. A trail map.
5 items- Big PictureTo shift what our thoughts and beliefs are made of, from fear to loving-kindness, we journey through the inner world along specific trails and by different modes of travel. Outer struggles that look different, like loneliness or weight, share one inner root, not knowing we are basically good, and this work is how to consciously create new identities closer to the truth.
- Trail 1: From knowledge to experienceA trail map from information-seeking to practising: from seeking external answers to discovering and choosing from internal wisdom and experience. It lists the symptoms of being stuck, the key of willingness, practices such as running experiments and self-trust cultivation, typical obstacles, and outcomes like trust, resilience and friendliness.
Trail 2: From Shame to JoyA trail map from ignorance of basic goodness to complete knowing of it. It names the symptoms of shame and the inner critic, the key of discipline in its true sense of inviting what helps us thrive, practices like metta, basic goodness meditation and noticing what we make things mean about ourselves, and outcomes of self-worth, joy, dignity and belonging.
- Trail 3: From competition to consciousness (self-awareness)A trail map from competition to consciousness and self-awareness: from grasping to renunciation, lack to abundance, need to want, defensiveness to curiosity. Its key is vulnerability and honesty, its practices include metta, tonglen, just-like-me and seeing our obstacles in what we judge in others, and its outcomes are generosity, connection and community.
Trail 4: From Escaping Reality to Creating RealityA trail map from escaping reality to creating it: from the victim/bully dynamic to your own power, from have-to to get-to, from unconscious to conscious creation. Its key is focus, placing your attention, and its practices include What Do You Want, Be, Do, Have, the Reality Creation Loop, So What, Now What and fearlessness practice.