Casting No Shadows

You are a shadow of yourself when you buy into who you think you are. Find out how to get out from the shadows 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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• How to stay in the present moment
• Spirituality
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Transcript

Casting No Shadows

Have you ever heard the expression, “Beyond the shadow of doubt”? It indicates in crystal clear terms that which is being asserted is not a mere shadow of the truth.

Such is the case when we discover that we aren’t who we “think” we are. I’m of the opinion that if we distance ourselves from our thoughts about ourselves, most of our perceived problems will fade into the shadows.

Coming to the realization that we aren’t who we “made up and got comfortable with” is the passageway to becoming more authentic.

There isn’t a person among us who wouldn’t benefit by getting out from the shadows of our made up self.

The process starts by un-labeling yourself. “I’m a mother, father, doctor, lawyer, Indian chief, or pole dancer” are assertions that need to be peeled away. 

Once you stop describing yourself with nouns, you come closer to the you that can’t be named, yet is deeply felt. 

Digging deep into the Tao te Ching – a 2500 year old Chinese philosophy – we find this:

The tao that can be told

is not the eternal Tao

The name that can be named

is not the eternal Name

The unnamable is the eternally real

Naming is the origin

of all particular things

I guess in modern terms this philosophy can be reduced to this: Don’t take yourself so seriously, otherwise you’ll become a shadow of yourself.

All the best,

John