I Don't Understand

This mini podcast is about the difference between understanding and trust.

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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"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? 

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Transcript

I Don't Understand

The Grasshopper hit me with this in the middle of the night:

"You don't have to understand how it works. Just trust that it does."

At first, the practical application seemed obvious.

Think about your car. You don't have to understand how an engine, transmission, or pistons work to drive to work every morning. You simply turn the key, put it in gear, and trust it'll get you there.

But I had a feeling this middle-of-the-night message was pointing to something bigger. So I let it sit for a while, trusting that the deeper meaning would eventually show up.

And eventually . . . it did.

There's a part of us that genuinely has our best interests at heart. The problem is, we often ignore it.

When we're facing a dilemma and honestly have no idea which way to go, there's still a part of us that does know.

Call it whatever you like: intuition, instinct, a gut feeling, a sixth sense, even divine intervention. The label really doesn't matter. What matters is how often it's right.

If you think back over your life, you've probably had too many of those spot-on experiences to dismiss it as coincidence.

Yet when life gets difficult, we tend to do the exact opposite. We lean harder on our intellect. We analyze. We calculate. We try to think our way to an answer.

And oddly enough, that's often when the answer refuses to appear.

Sometimes our intellect simply needs a break—a timeout, if you will.

When the internal chatter quiets down, something else finally has room to speak.

Find whatever helps you quiet your mind. There are countless ways to do it. Just choose one . . . and practice it.

You may never understand exactly how the answer arrived.

You simply quieted your mind, cleared away the mental pollution, and trusted the ally within you to provide the solution.

You don't have to understand how it works.

Just trust that it does.

All the best,

John