Awareness and Consciousness
196 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 213 ratingsExplore changing beliefs, discovering unconscious beliefs, emotions, and how your mind works. Using conscious awareness to step outside your mind and ego patterns you will have methods of change that were unimaginable.
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How to Stay Conscious and Aware
April 19, 2017 01:38How to Stay Aware and Conscious The challenge in remembering to be mindful is that this isn’t about remembering at all. It is not like trying to recall a fact like the capitol of New Hampshire. We are invoking a state of mind, emotion, attitude, and focus of our attention. In being Aware, Mindful or Conscious, we are using a different part of our brain... Read More The post How to Stay Conscious and Aware appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
How To Stay Mindful
February 22, 2017 20:37When we learn something new it is important to note progress. It keeps our confidence up, and reinforces that we are doing the right thing. The most common sabotage to our mindfulness progress is the Inner Critic in our head, or what I call The Judge. It criticizes everything, and rarely has a complimentary thing to say. This is the exact opposite of the confidence... Read More The post How To Stay Mindful appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
Dealing With Political Fears
February 22, 2017 18:43Be Mindful of Fear Based Beliefs Used In Politics If you are afraid your nervous system shifts to a fight/flight/freeze response and this puts your mind in the same type of thinking. You are in a mindset trying to protect your self, whether something is a real issue or imagined. You see threats, or imagine threats even when they do not exist. We have learned... Read More The post Dealing With Political Fears appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
Fear Based Beliefs In Politics
February 21, 2017 00:48Be Mindful of Fear Based Beliefs Used In Politics If you are afraid your nervous system shifts to a fight/flight/freeze response and this puts your mind in the same type of thinking. You are in a mindset trying to protect your self, whether something is a real issue or imagined. You see threats, or imagine threats even when they do not exist. We have learned... Read More The post Fear Based Beliefs In Politics appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
Biased Beliefs in Your Politics
January 26, 2017 21:46When I was a kid I rooted for my home team. If the referee made a close call against the other team, I agreed with him. If he made a close call against my team I was sure he was wrong. Was it really possible that all the bad calls went against my team? Why did I see it that way? I expect that someone... Read More The post Biased Beliefs in Your Politics appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
Lessons From Integrity
January 09, 2017 18:14What is Integrity? We are multi-dimensional beings. We have emotions, but are not our emotions. We have a mind, but are not our mind. We have a soul but are not our soul. We have a body but are not our body. We also have a consciousness, a Spirit, and more. We are in Integrity when all the aspects of our Self are aligned and... Read More The post Lessons From Integrity appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
A Process For Change
December 29, 2016 03:16Like the seasons, every year I go through a process of change. I take time to reflect on what I do, how I have spent my time, what I enjoy, what is fulfilling, and what doesn’t work. It isn’t the only time during the year that I do this, but at the end of each calendar cycle I take extra notice. I put aside some... Read More The post A Process For Change appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
Controlling Your Mind
December 24, 2016 17:58Hi Gary, I’m sorry that I e-mail you again. But I have this big problem that might be hard to explain but I’ll try. Your whole course depends on the belief that you can control your mind instead of the mind controlling you. Of course nobody wants that the mind has control over them but I’m starting to believe more and more that I cannot... Read More The post Controlling Your Mind appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
#55: Origin of ego and false beliefs of identity
November 12, 2016 13:03 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBWhat are the false beliefs that form our Ego? Where do our false beliefs come from? When did we begin to get these false beliefs o our identity and lose touch with our authentic self?
Testimonials
November 08, 2016 16:00Self Mastery Testimonials from Course Subscribers Some feedback that I have gotten… just some. It would be too much to put it all here. Hi Gary, Hope all is well. I have finished the advanced series and have been reviewing older material since, really trying to integrate things that I missed or wasn’t fully aware of. At 24, I am probably younger than some of... Read More The post Testimonials appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
#54: How do you recognize the truth?
November 07, 2016 10:12 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBFrom a consciousness perspective, even statements that are factual are still not the Truth. Words are what we use to describe a thing, or facts. But words are not the thing itself.
#53: Why lie to your self?
October 30, 2016 16:47 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBLying to your self can cause a response in the reasoning part of your brain that makes you feel good. Sometimes people confuse this good feeling with being right, or feeling that they have just agreed with an explanation that is truthful.
Healing and Reconciliation
September 28, 2016 18:44Conflicts are bound to arise, whether they are in our marriage, with our children, or between groups in society. The resolution of conflict involves something different than figuring out who was right. Ego’s take us away from understanding and towards prolonged conflict and unhappiness. To create a peaceful coexistence both parties need to listen and understand each other. Once both parties understand the other, you... Read More The post Healing and Reconciliation appeared first on Pathw...
Belief Systems
September 16, 2016 00:33This article is a transcript from a talk given by Gary van Warmerdam on Belief Systems. The Youtube video from that talk is embedded below. What we’re talking about is this thing called the belief system. What we’re working to transform is this belief system and it is, at least in my experience, my personal process, something that was completely invisible to me. We operate... Read More The post Belief Systems appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
What is a Belief
August 25, 2016 20:19This article is the transcript from the podcast, “What is a Belief” which you can find on iTunes or listed in my free audio. ”What’s wrong with me? “Jim asked. He is basically fighting depression, barely gets out of the house and off the couch some days. Lots of chatter in his head, most of it negative chatter about being a failure and not good... Read More The post What is a Belief appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
Unconscious Beliefs
August 17, 2016 16:49I was sitting in the back yard with a friend a few weeks ago. The moon was out and almost full. I had read that when the moon rises as the sun sets, it will be full. If the moon rises at midday, it will be a half moon. If the moon rise happens at sunrise, then we have a new moon, one you can’t... Read More The post Unconscious Beliefs appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
Repressed Emotions
August 17, 2016 16:28Repressed Emotions Memories are a kind of informational energy that we can store for years.The physical body has the ability to store energy in the form of emotions as well. These stored emotions can be held in the body without our intellect knowing they are there. When we don’t have memory of these emotions and lack an effective way of releasing them these emotions remain... Read More The post Repressed Emotions appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
#52: Self loathing
August 03, 2016 06:27 - 44 minutes - 42.1 MBSelf loathing is a strong hatred towards oneself. You will also find with it a lot of internal thoughts of criticism and self judgment. Underneath that there will be a layer of beliefs relating to worthlessness.
#51: Unconscious beliefs
July 20, 2016 07:52 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBUnconscious beliefs are agreements we have in our mind that we have no awareness we are holding. In spite of not having any intellectual knowledge of our own beliefs, they can still cause us to have emotional reactions and sabotaging behaviors.
#50: Personal power and responsibility
June 12, 2016 13:46 - 19 minutes - 35.9 MBWhen you take responsibility for your life, you also accept a power over it. Taking responsibility for the good stuff is easy, it is the not so good stuff that feels uncomfortable. But this is what you want the power to change.
Improving Relationship Communication
June 09, 2016 19:26Small Relationship Changes That Get Big Results John Gottman studied relationships over many years noticing the small things we do in our interactions. By observing small gestures in their conversation he could tell with better than 80% accuracy whether couples would still be married in 6 years. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gottman). I say that these behaviors “seemed small” because at the beginning of his research they were not... Read More The post Improving Relationship Communi...
Forgiveness Self Mastery
June 04, 2016 16:55A message from a subscriber about her experience doing the Self Mastery Series Exercises. Gary, I wanted to circle back with you on this newest installment of the Self Mastery program on forgiveness. I must say that it could not have been more timely. Over the weekend my preteen daughter was assaulted by another girl at a sleep over. There are few things that a... Read More The post Forgiveness Self Mastery appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
How Not to be Jealous of Your Friends
April 12, 2016 23:17Our mind can work like a computer doing multiple processes in parallel. In one story we are happy for our friend and their recent success. In a parallel emotional track we have a pang of jealousy for their same success. On a third track, or following that jealousy is a self-judgment about what a lousy friend we are. Then, with that bad feeling about being... Read More The post How Not to be Jealous of Your Friends appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
Workshops and Retreats
March 18, 2016 17:03What Goes on at One of Gary’s Workshops and Retreats? I want to explain that I don’t know what is going to happen at one of my events. I don’t know the specific content of what I will cover, or how I will go about it. I’ll get to explaining why this is in a minute. First I need to answer two common questions. I... Read More The post Workshops and Retreats appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
How to Change a Belief
March 10, 2016 01:59How to Change Your Mind When we talk about changing our mind, what we really mean is changing a belief within ourselves. With all our intellectual smarts and education you would think that changing a belief would be easy. Except that if it were easy we would quickly change any thought without it showing up again, but that doesn’t happen. Yet sometimes a thought or... Read More The post How to Change a Belief appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
Help Asking For What You Want
March 08, 2016 16:37Asking for what you want might seem like a simple thing, but it isn’t. It is a complex process of noticing your desires, eliminating the selfish and unreasonable, feeling worthy of having, feeling safe that you won’t be judged or rejected, finding the time and space to be heard in our busy lives and competition for attention, and then phasing our request in a way... Read More The post Help Asking For What You Want appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
#49: Anxiety – understanding it differently
February 23, 2016 17:06 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBAttempts to overcoming or at least reduce anxiety tend to fail. Perhaps our efforts fail because we are applying the wrong understanding, and therefore the wrong model for changing it.
Lessons From Integrity
January 26, 2016 18:15A new online video class from Gary van Warmerdam This Advanced work will not be open to beginners. You will have to have completed the Basic Self Mastery series, and be well into the Phase II (formerly called the Advanced Series) to participate. This background work will make the advanced practices we will be working on much more effective. You have to crawl before you walk,... Read More
How Our Mind Works
January 24, 2016 19:11One of the ways our Mind Works is to automatically apply meaning to words and other symbols. This is a function of our learned belief system. I am having my book, MindWorks translated to Spanish. This presents some interesting challenges. For starters, I don’t speak or read Spanish. So I am relying on the kindness of strangers and deciding to trust. That part is somewhat... Read More The post How Our Mind Works appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
Becoming The Observer
January 10, 2016 01:16Becoming the Observer is more than just thinking about yourself. It really is a different state of mind. Whether you are doing meditation, mindfulness practices, therapy, or other personal development work, becoming the observer is a critical skill to learn in order to make personal changes. Being the observer is more than noticing how you think about your self, and even your behaviors. Being an... Read More The post Becoming The Observer appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
#48: Becoming the observer – mindfulness practice
January 07, 2016 11:44 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MBWhen we act in the way of a neutral observer we notice different things. We notice when thoughts are arising from parts of our ego and the emotions they produce. We can also notice the idealized version in the background of our mind being used as comparison.
#47: Reality, projections and illusions
December 10, 2015 14:10 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBOnce you realize that the mind that is distorting things is at the beginning of our perception and interpretation of events, you become aware that perceiving reality is much more difficult.
How Your Ego Sabotages Change
December 08, 2015 20:03Instant Gratification: How Your Ego Sabotages Change The expectation of instant gratification isn’t always easy to recognize. I was talking with a client and he mentioned that the process of changing beliefs was too hard. I asked to look into the voice of that thought and see what else it was saying to him. He said it was telling him the process was too slow.... Read More The post How Your Ego Sabotages Change appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
10 Best Books on Relationships
November 29, 2015 21:57Want healthy relationships in your life? Here are the 10 best books for improving your relationships Relationships are not just necessary for our survival, but play a major role in our happiness in life. When we think of being in love, which is a major source of happiness, we think of sharing that with another person. Yet, we don’t get any training or education on... Read More The post 10 Best Books on Relationships appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
#46: Affirmations can backfire
November 16, 2015 12:16 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBSometimes people get poor results with affirmations. When they say positive things about themselves the dialogue of thoughts in their head pushes back with harsh negative comments.
“How is everything?” | Why this could be a conversation ender
November 13, 2015 22:46Asking “How is Everything?” could be a conversation ender Have you ever noticed that when you sometimes ask, “How is everything going?” that you get a conversation- ending, “Fine.” Reaching out to your partner for connection with that question just didn’t turn out the way you’d hoped. It didn’t feel satisfying or connected. Often, you can even sense something unsettling is going on with them... Read More The post “How is everything?” | Why this could be a conversation ender appeared fir...
Happiness Is A Way to Define Success
November 10, 2015 04:03How do you define success? I define success as Happiness. It’s my emotions that inform me what success and failure are. If I were depressed and suffering I would feel like a failure. If I am happy, I am a success. What makes your definition a little different from the popular definition? Most common versions of success are measured externally. I measure mine by my... Read More The post Happiness Is A Way to Define Success appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
Self Mastery Review
September 26, 2015 15:17Periodically I get appreciative emails from people telling how the Self Mastery course has helped change their life. I don’t usually post them, but here is one of them. Your individual results will vary. Hi Gary First, let me express my gratitude to you for sharing your leanings. 10 months ago I found your lessons. I had been diagnosed with depression 8 years before and... Read More The post Self Mastery Review appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
Resistance to Change
August 30, 2015 15:41There is supposed to be Resistance to the process. I didn’t set out to teach happiness directly, and if you follow what I teach you will probably notice that I don’t. I don’t focus on the positive very much. I spend more time focusing attention on false beliefs and egocentric thinking that interferes with being happy. More than half the battle is identifying false fear... Read More The post Resistance to Change appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
Your Ego
August 29, 2015 20:10I took some time to write out some insights from the point of view of the ego, and share them here. A different look at what goes on in our mind. Hi, I am your Ego. Please allow me to introduce myself. You may have noticed me at times, and I apologize for that. I try to make myself invisible to you as much as... Read More The post Your Ego appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
Am I Overreacting
August 03, 2015 20:15Am I overreacting? How can I tell? It depends on what part of the picture you look at. Your emotional reaction might be out of proportion to the individual event that triggered it. However, when you look at the larger picture you can usually find that your emotional response is understandable given a number of other sources that aren’t immediately obvious.. When trying to figure... Read More The post Am I Overreacting appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
Source of Jealousy
August 01, 2015 18:39Hello Gary, I would just like to firstly thank you for everything! You have made such a positive impact on my life so far with the Self Mastery program, your book and also the podcasts are a huge support for me! Recently I feel like I have had a real breakthrough with my jealousy issue. It occurred to me while doing a belief inventory process... Read More The post Source of Jealousy appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
Not Feeling Heard Is Anyone Listening To Me?
June 10, 2015 00:45Not feeling heard? Try this. Sometimes we feel we are not being listened too. Sometimes that feeling is from an accurate assessment of other people’s behavior and sometimes it is just us. It may be because of a previous emotional experience and we carry that emotion forward. We might not feel heard because in our previous experience we created the belief that we are not... Read More The post Not Feeling Heard Is Anyone Listening To Me? appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
How To Create Wealth
April 15, 2015 20:49How Do You Create Wealth First take time to notice the abundance in your life. How much is your eyesight worth? How much is your hearing worth? How much is the ability to breath and walk worth? How much are friends and family that support you worth to you? Then you will have gratitude. At this point, you might realize that you have all the... Read More The post How To Create Wealth appeared first on Pathway to Happiness.
Stopping Negative Thoughts and Emotions
April 09, 2015 14:01Adam wants to stop the negative thoughts and emotions of anxiety, insecurity, and frustration. But there is more to it than just thoughts and emotion. When you look closer you find there is something pushing those negative thoughts and emotions. There is a past memory with repressed emotion, unconscious beliefs, and most importantly a false self image. In spite of being very accomplished Adam still... Read More The post Stopping Negative Thoughts and Emotions appeared first on Pathway to...
Getting Your Needs Met Without Being Needy
March 03, 2015 22:05Getting Your Needs Met Without Being Needy Having needs is not the same as being needy. No man is an island. And neither is a woman. We all have needs, but we don’t have to go about getting them met in a needy way. Most days as an adult, we can take care of many, but not all of our needs. We probably didn’t build... Read More
The Glass Is Your Life
February 21, 2015 04:36Do you look at the glass and see it as half full, or half empty? It’s a question about the thoughts you think and the emotions you create because of the thoughts you tell yourself. How do you look at your life? The story you tell yourself makes the difference. If you look at your life and you see the parts that aren’t full, or... Read More
What is Your Self Worth ?
February 04, 2015 16:45What is Your Self Worth? How do you value your self? Do you sometimes consider your resume or education to get an idea of how an employer would value you and use that standard? Are there ways your unconscious beliefs might be dictating your value and self worth that you are not aware of? Are there emotional responses or thoughts of feeling unworthy, less than,... Read More
Stress in Childhood as a Cause for ADHD
January 14, 2015 18:20Dr. Gabor Maté discusses the importance of environment and stress of the parent for mind and brain development in children. The topics he covers include ADD/ADHD, implicit memory and counter-will. He delivered his presentation at the KMT Child Development and Community Conference in Toronto. What he prescribes is that one of the greatest gifts you can give your children is your own happiness, mental, and... Read More
Intent For Change
January 06, 2015 20:39Finding the Force of Intent for Change What changes do you want to make? We can use anything as an example, get into better physical shape, eat healthier food, happier relationships, more free time, or financial goals. What is important to apply (not just understand intellectually) is that these changes in actions, behaviors, and outcome begin with desire and commitment. Desire and commitment aren’t intellectual... Read More