Preface
Well hear I am sat in front of a computer attempting to put into words that which is beyond words! Over the last 15 years as a Psychotherapist I have developed a process which enables people to break free of their limitations and become more aware of their own part in all of their experiences.
This is a ‘Journal of a Madman’ because historically anyone bucking the trend of what is commonly accepted wisdom was considered mad and my discoveries definately buck the trend of commonly accepted wisdom. So come with me on this journey to find words that convey this uncommon wisdom.
This is a journey into the Psyche, a word defined in the dictionary as ‘human mind or soul’. On this journey we will discover new worlds and meet many different types of experiences, all here to teach us the things that we need to learn so that we can take part in our lives more effectively.
As a child with a stutter from the moment I learned to speak, I developed at a very early age, the ability to ‘witness’ what I was thinking and thus edit words that I knew were particularly difficult. This ‘witness’ which I experienced as a sense of awareness, grew as I paid more attention to it and my thoughts became aware of being watched, which gave me the feeling of being accountable both of my thoughts and my actions. Over time I was able to shift my attention from my thoughts to the ‘witness’ and through this ability I developed a real sense of inner calm, confidence and a real peace of mind.
To quote the Dalai Lama “In the final analysis, the hope of every person is simply peace of mind”. Well this ability to purposely shift my attention away from thought certainly creates peace of mind as well as many other insights.
Throughout my work I have become aware that, within our culture, nowhere are we taught about our own relationship with ourselves, so we give this relationship no attention. If you are in a relationship and you give it no attention, it will begin to disintegrate. We experience this disintegration of our inner relationship as discomfort and seek to rectify it outwardly. Something I often hear myself saying to my clients is “do you feel on the outside or inside?” We need to learn to go to where we FEEL in order to change how we feel!
The ability that I will be teaching here is simple, very simple, but don’t think that means that it will be easy. If it was easy you would already be doing it and would have found your own peace of mind. The reason it is not easy is that it is a field littered with paradoxes and twists, such as ‘that which you are seeking is causing you to seek’.