Grasshopper Notes Podcast
The Grasshopper Notes Podcast is hosted by John Morgan the man who has been billed as America’s Best Known Hypnotherapist.
John’s podcasts are a collection of guided meditations and bite-sized, mini podcasts which open you to new ways of thinking, communicating, and responding. You get a finer appreciation of how your mind works and how to use your internal resources to your best advantage.
See a video of John's background at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbCPd00ok0I
In short, John Morgan is a people helper. Explore this channel and see what he can help you discover.
Grasshopper Notes Podcast
Beliefs Are Irrelevant
How relevant are your beliefs? You may be surprised how irrelevant they are when seen in the light of day. Find out more 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.
Find the written versions of these podcasts on John's podcasting site: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1628038
"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?
John uploads these podcasts on a regular basis. So check back often to hear these podcasts heard around the world. Who wants to be the next person to change?
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Beliefs Are Irrelevant
The Grasshopper was showing his relevance one morning when he said, “What you believe is irrelevant to reality.”
Which of the following statements do you believe?
Nuclear power is safe.
Nuclear power is unsafe.
Your belief is irrelevant to the reality that happened in Japan in 2011. That’s a reality impervious to your belief about it.
Your beliefs may turn out to be accurate on a particular topic, but their track record is paltry in matching up with reality with any regularity.
It’s an amazing feat to witness when we find ourselves defending our beliefs when there's an avalanche of evidence they aren’t working.
What is it that you believe that isn’t working for you?
Just look at what you profess with your whole heart and soul that hasn’t born any fruit. Did you add the word “Yet” to that last sentence? You can believe whatever until the cows come home but the reality is you “Don’t Got Milk.”
Beliefs aren’t going away anytime soon, so it’s in our best interest to manage them, especially the ones that don't line up with reality.
Just like with kitchen junk drawers, you have to clean beliefs out from time to time. That takes some decision making and action on our part. It’s a two step process.
1. Recognize what beliefs just aren’t working for you.
2. Get rid of them.
Believe it or not, Step 1 (recognition) is the harder of the two.
Recognizing what you believe isn’t working meets with lots of resistance. Denial is the main adversary you'll encounter when assessing a belief for the trash heap. Your beliefs will kick and scream to remain relevant. It’s not that their argument is persuasive; it’s just non-stop. They'll wear you down more often than they will convince you.
It’s the reason we don’t clean the overcrowded attic, basement, closet or crawl space. The fun house mirror logic goes like this: “You may need that lei your parents brought back from Hawaii in case you ever have a luau party.” The resistance keeps inertia in place. Your beliefs count on that.
It’s a hard admission to make that many of our beliefs are irrelevant, but look at the evidence.
Once you have full recognition of a belief that’s not working, it’s much easier to outgrow it because Step 2 (getting rid of them) automatically activates when your beliefs are seen in the light of day.
Reality doesn’t care what you believe because your beliefs have no bearing on what reality offers up.
If you’d like to get better at recognizing reality, give up your belief that you know what’s going to happen next – then you’ll find out what really happens. Now that’s something you can believe in.
All the best,
John
