Who Won?

There are no winners with internal arguments. Find out how to stop arguing with yourself 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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• Mindfulness
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• Creativity
• How to stay in the present moment
• Spirituality
• Behavior improvement

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Transcript

Who Won?

In the last argument you had with yourself, who won?

There are no winners of an internal argument, just constant back and forth. They only delay you from reaching a solution.

The more often you have an internal “Good Cop/Bad Cop” or a“Devil/Angel” debate, the longer you delay any action.

It’s a universal law that we continually ignore.

We're conditioned that if we have a “Knock down/drag out,” back and forth argument inside our mind that we have done something towards solving our dilemma.

Let’s look at the practice logically for a moment. Most of us are smart enough to understand both sides of an argument the first or second time it goes around inside our head.

What’s the benefit having it come around for the 23rd time? That’s self-flagellation of the highest order and the only thing that dispute delivers is delay.

Suspending the argument is a much quicker way to a solution.

So, how do we suspend the argument? Notice that it’s going on. Observe the argument as an uninvolved bystander. It’ll go on without your participation.

Have you ever noticed these internal debates take on a life of their own? They take over all your intellectual real estate allowing no room for a solution to pop in.

When you notice an internal argument in progress and you just observe it without taking sides, the wind goes out of each windbag. This practice opens space for a solution to present itself.

I think the real wisdom of Solomon is getting ourselves back into neutral so we don’t have to split ourselves in half ad nauseam.

It’s the cease fire that delivers the room for real reflection. There is a part of us that acts in our best interest. It’s in our best interest to make room for it to operate.

If you’re an attorney prepping for a trial, it may make sense to go back and forth over the opposing arguments, but even then, at some point, the debate must stop in order to come up with a strategy that works.

Noticing and observing that you're arguing with yourself is a powerful practice that delivers the pause that refreshes, and prevents you from getting forty more lashes.

All the best,

John