Episode 155 – Stuart Lichtman – Mastering Emotions, Achieving the Impossible, The Art of Success

Ideas worth returning to

Quotes

Five substantial excerpts from the published transcript, lightly edited for clarity without changing their meaning.

1. “The work is about consciously managing the unconscious mind. I came to see the conscious mind primarily as an observer, while the unconscious performs the action. Decades later, functional MRI research began showing that processes we experience as conscious decisions are already underway before we become consciously aware of them.”

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2. “The unconscious is not limited to the brain; the body’s other organs are involved as well. It is matched to the complexity of the world, which means it contains abilities that are difficult to imagine. My purpose is to help people consciously access those abilities by making more of the unconscious available to conscious awareness.”

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3. “A relationship partner may press one of your hot buttons and activate a part of your personality that responds with anger. You can work with that part of yourself so that, when the same trigger appears again, you respond with loving acceptance: “I understand your perspective, I will remember what you said, and I love you.””

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4. “After imagining the experience exactly as you want it, anchor it by surrounding it with a ball of white light and placing it in your heart chakra. Ask to perceive and handle this kind of situation in that way, for your own good and the good of everyone concerned. Repeat the process with each of the five memories.”

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5. “You can move closer to the heart of God, but while you are living on this planet you never arrive at perfection. Even the very few great spiritual teachers who have lived here were human and made mistakes. The realistic aim is not perfection, but a good approximation of the person you are trying to become.”

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