Memories are stored thoughts, like all information we have accumulated.  They have no "power" until we focus on them.  Otherwise, they are like books we've already read on the shelf, unimportant unless we take them down and start reading again.  They have "invisible" power only because, when they come to mind, Consciousness brings them to life and we re-experience them.  If they are good memories, we call that reminiscing.  If they are painful memories, we call it suffering.  But no matter, memories are just thoughts, not things that are happening in the present.  We decide how much time and attention to give them.  When we turn away from them and come back to the present, they are gone.Support the show

We often encourage our clients to "reflect" rather than "think about" or "figure out" life situations.  Reflection is a quiet mind in a peaceful feeling; it is when we turn off the spigot of our personal thinking and listen for the natural flow of the stream of wisdom.  Wisdom comes to us directly from the unknown, before thought, and it is our source of guidance, insight, fresh ideas, and just common sense.  Wisdom informs the intellect but the intellect has nothing to offer wisdom.  When our minds are quiet, regardless of what is going on around us, we can count on wisdom to give us the thoughts we need in that moment.  Quiet is our natural state of mind, the default setting we return to when our personal thinking stops.Support the show

The podcast discusses the importance of maintaining a positive mindset, finding solutions to problems, and being connected to the present moment. It explores the impact of a training that transformed their lives, the consequences of happiness in the therapy field, and the concept of choosing happiness and finding a happy teacher in therapy. The chapter also explores how people with mental health issues discount moments of happiness and emphasizes the importance of embracing happiness and rejecting diagnoses.

Exploring the concept of prioritizing happiness in therapy, overcoming challenges with a positive mindset, the relationship between happiness and knowledge, the role of joy and laughter in therapy, and the personal journeys with happiness.

The podcast explores the approach to coaching and therapy that emphasizes the innate health of clients and their power to change their lives. It discusses the significance of storytelling in therapy sessions and the benefits of attentive listening. It also explores the importance of trusting one's inner wisdom and contrasts it with traditional training methods.

The podcast discusses an alternative approach to psychology, focusing on tapping into innate well-being and having conversations that deepen well-being. It explores the influence of state of mind on perception and the concept of having a quiet mind amidst chaos. The power of wisdom and its impact on our perception and reality is also discussed.

The podcast discusses the power of understanding the Three Principles and how it doesn't necessarily lead to feeling better. It reflects on the loss of curiosity and joy as we grow older, emphasizing the importance of living in the present moment. It also explores having faith in a peaceful and beautiful life without needing to understand deep spiritual concepts.

For 50 years, since Sydney Banks first shared his profound insight into how the intelligent energy of creation manifests in human beings as the power to think, to create our unique experience of life, some people have called us a cult.  Mr. Banks spent his life telling people not to be followers, but to find their wisdom and insight to guide them through life.  He shared what he saw about the innate health within all people.  He refused to give advice, and avoided any situation in which people tried to make this about him personally, not about his discovery.  We are people who all see the beauty and power within everyone, and point people to their innate capacity for peace and joy.  No one tells us what to think or do.Support the show

"What do you mean by 'change is one thought away'?" people often ask us.  "Isn't change a hard, long process of working through stuff?"  As we come to understand the inside-out nature of thought, how our thoughts create the moment-to-moment reality we experience, we recognize that change occurs when we realize something we didn't know before.  For example, in 3 Principles work, many people's lives changed completely as soon as they realized their feelings were a reliable guide to the quality of their thinking, and they didn't need to "figure out" ways to get rid of negative feelings.  All it took was quieting their thoughts and allowing new thoughts to come to mind.Support the show

Those who have spent their lives accumulating knowledge and working hard to figure things out have, without realizing it, gotten lost in the Memory Library.  Our personal thinking, a product of active, busy minds, lives there.  It can only work with already-thought thoughts, what we already know, which is why we get frustrated going over and over the same problems with no new solutions, or asking the same questions, with no new answers.  Inspiration, insight, fresh ideas, aha! moments all come to us when our active thinking quiets and we are curious and open to see something new.  Then wisdom, the spiritual source of fresh thought that is our inner guidance system, comes to mind.Support the show