No Time

This mini podcast is about the illusion of time and how it hampers you from moving forward.

 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? 

Make sure to order a copy of John's new book: WISDOM OF THE GRASSHOPPER – 21 Days to Creativity. These mini-meditations take you inside where all your creative resources live. And you'll come out not only refreshed but recommitted to creating your future. 

It's only $16.95 and available at BLURB.COM at the link below. https://www.blurb.com/b/10239673-wisd...

Also, download John's FREE book INTER RUPTION: The Magic Key To Lasting Change. It's available at John's website  https://GrasshopperNotes.com

Transcript

No Time

Einstein had no time for time.

I may have no time for Dancing With Has-Beens. You might have no time for watching Flo in a Progressive Insurance TV commercial.

And yet . . . somehow . . .we all seem to make time for a lot of other things.

So what is time, really?

Time, pure and simple, is a mental construct. We take our limited senses and attempt to cram infinity into them and come up with the notion of time. It’s all quite logical, and like all logic it lives in a box that we only perceive the inside of.

Let me come at this another way.

Remember how we learned to conjugate verbs back in grade school? Take the verb happen. Add the letters “ed” and now it’s happened—indicating the past. If you say "will happen" suddenly you’re in the future.

But here’s the raw reality. The only time happening can actually happen . . . is right now.

Think of “right now” as the space where action occurs. It’s the same space where something happened yesterday, and it’s the same space where something will happen tomorrow. The space never changes. Only our labels do.

Here’s one more metaphor—stick with me.

Picture an old-school analog clock. The face of the clock is the space where action happens. The hour, minute, and second hands? That’s time moving through that space. Time is always moving, but the space stays exactly the same.

That space is right now. It's the only time there is.

Everything happens in the space of right now. We just experience it in a sequence because of a mental filter we call time.

Now—before this turns into one of those eyes-glazing-over science lectures—let me ask you something:

What are you doing right now?

Not what you were doing. Not what you plan to do. What are you doing right now?

That question pulls time right out of the equation.

Because the only action that can create change is the action you’re taking right now. The past doesn’t exist here. The future isn’t here yet. The only place anything can shift, adjust, or improve . . . is right now.

So let me ask it again: What are you doing right now?

If there’s something in your life you want to change, this is the only space where that change can begin. You can’t redo yesterday. And tomorrow only changes if you act—right now.

Once you open yourself to the idea that action only happens in the present, you actually get more done in the space we call time.

Notice the question isn’t: “What should I be doing right now? ”And it’s not: “What should I have done back then?”

It’s simply: “What am I doing right now?”

When you ask that—and suspend judgment—you introduce a catalyst. Just noticing what you’re doing creates room for something different to happen.

That awareness will accomplish more than any five- or ten-year plan. Plans focus on what you should be doing. Awareness shows you what you are doing—and that’s where real change lives.

It’s really this simple.

Focusing on right now suspends time and reveals the space where action actually takes place.

This isn’t an argument for throwing away your watch or blowing off appointments. It’s a focusing exercise—one that lets change happen faster.

So I’ll leave you with this:

I wonder how quickly you’ll make time to ask . . .“What am I doing right now?”

All the best,

John