My Inner Voice
I have this inner critic/voice that constantly runs in my head. It is always telling me things, sometimes useful but often times not. It goes on... and on.... and on... I have observed what it does over the years and I'd like to share it with you. It has an incredible desire to win and never lose, to dominate and avoid being dominated, to justify and invalidate anyone who challenges me, to always be right and never be wrong. This voice is inside of me sometimes controls me (OK more than sometimes). And yet what it leaves in its wake is me being separate from others, to not be able to experience the love and support in my life and it definitely is not alright with just "being." One of my favorite teachers Werner Erhard refers to this inner voice as "IT." He proposes a question over and over again in his EST training. "IT is using your life for what?" He invites you to look at your life and see what...