The Shake To Awake

Sometimes we need a metaphorical shake to wake up. Find out about that personal quake in this mini podcast.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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"The Grasshopper" is the part of you that whispers pearls of wisdom that  seem to pop into your mind from out of the blue. John's essays and blog posts are his interpretations of these "Nips of Nectar." Others have labeled his writings as timeless wisdom. 

Most of the John's writings revolve around self improvement and self help. They address topics like:

• Mindfulness
• Peace of mind
• Creativity
• How to stay in the present moment
• Spirituality
• Behavior improvement

And stories that transform you to a wider sense of awareness that presents more options. And isn't that what we all want, more options? 

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Transcript

The Shake To Awake

Upon awakening one morning, my first visit was from The Grasshopper. He said:

“Most need a shake to become awake.”

He was referring to more than alarm clocks, earthquakes, and pestering.

Awake in this context is noticing that you’ve been asleep.Some of us never notice until we have a startling event happen in our lives – a personal alarm.

The severity of the shock can cause us to become present to that which has remained hidden – our un-glimpsed nature.

We get flashes of it along the way but most of us never seek it out because we're too busy doing “important” things.

It’s not until things become unimportant that we get a real good look at this part of us that is our driving force. You can call it Divinity, God, Animating Intelligence, Mother Nature, or something else. The name is unimportant; the noticing is.

When reality gives you a shake, it’s an opportunity to become awake.

Many, when presented with this crossroads of life, go into a deeper sleep. And we're presented with yet another crossroads if we choose to slumber. We can either hide from the world so it no longer can hurt us, or we can set out to conquer the world and show it who's boss. Both of those options keep us groggy.

A shake can serve as an invitation to go deeper, rather than the urging to seek more control over life. Those who follow the circular path of control keep coming back to the same crossroads.

The sign that you're awakening is when you get the gift of awareness that control is a dead end. Hiding from life is the illusion of control; attempting to capture life in a jar and bending it to our whims is control’s evil stepsister. Both keep us sleepwalking in circles.

The quake to awake is ever present. We just have to notice that it’s a doorway to discovery.

If you've been shaken, it may be time to wake up.

All the best,

John