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Scott Kiloby: The Voice In Your Head – Is That You?
The first time you notice the voice in your head chatting away endlessly can be a monumental moment!
At that moment, you have a choice. You can go on just believing whatever that voice says throughout the day. Or you can watch that voice and whenever you notice it, take a brief moment—just a few seconds—letting the voice come to rest. In that few seconds, you get a taste of a peaceful, quiet mind. Even if it is only one taste, it is revealing something interesting about our experience as humans.
Most of our lives the voice just arises and falls, commenting on everything—the self, others, work, family, the world. We believe every word of that voice because we believe, at the most basic level, that the voice itself is our real self.
Is that what you are—this voice? If so, if you believe that you are that voice, then you are at the mercy of whatever it says. If that voice comments on how the day is awful, then you are likely to have an awful day. If the voice comments on how angry you are at your boss, then you are likely to experience some really awful emotions about your boss whenever you see him or her.