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
Going To The Edge
The edge is just past your comfort zone and going there puts you at the edge of discovery.
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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Going To The Edge
The Grasshopper parceled out this bit of wisdom many years ago: “Living on the edge will sharpen your skills.”
If you listen to the conversations in the deli line, at a local bar, or to the needs of a person in therapy, the common thread seems to be the goal of wanting an unchallenged life. It’s this quest for the middle that dulls our desires.
You can exist in the middle, but you can’t thrive until you visit the edge.
The edge is filled with challenges that keep you alert and alive and at the top of your game. The edge is not recommended as a place to call home, just a place to visit more often than you do.
The edge is just past your comfort zone where new learning is in abundant supply. You will get uncomfortable when learn something new because it’s unfamiliar territory. But the result of staying in your comfort zone is not a learning experience. It’s best described by philosopher Alan Watts in his library metaphor:
“If I think all the time, I won’t have anything to think about except my own thoughts. Now, that would leave me high and dry, and I would become like a library to which the only books being added were books about the books that were already in it.”
The edge is putting yourself out there not knowing what to expect but trusting that you’ll know how to respond. The edge is not thrill seeking but self discovery.
Seeking thrills is a never ending end game like drug or alcohol dependence. With those practices you need to maintain a certain level of saturation to feel like you have an edge.
You won’t discover anything new until you make a commitment to visit the edge. Again, it’s more like an occasional weekend getaway, rather than getting a mortgage.
Our comfort zone is just our conditioned habits on display. We learned from other non-learners that the safe zone is the only zone.
Life’s lessons are learned at the edge. We then get to bring them back to our normal base of operation to enhance our lives and aliveness.
Just like entering the stock market, there's a risk in going to the edge. You don’t always win but you always get an education. And if life ceases to be educational, you have settled for being mired in the mundane.
If you desire to discover more about you, it's simple: travel to the edge more often than you do.
I’m reminded of a tongue twister phrase I learned a long time ago: “A noisy noise annoys an oyster most.”
The reality is that an oyster has to be immersed in and irritated by sand to produce a pearl.
We, too, have to get out of our comfort zone in order to find the edge of discovery.
All the best,
John
