Superpowered Mind with Clare Dimond

Clare Dimond
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Jan 3, 2022 • 12min

'Can you say more about 'custody'?' Listener question

I'm enjoying the book REAL but I have hit a block with the chapter on custody. Can you say more about it please?Chapter 8 REAL You are not in control Trying to assume personal control—over anything—is simply not possible. What a relief.Garret Kramer Imagine that you are driving and you bump another car. The other driver gets out of the car in full rage. You have no control over what this driver will do. She could do anything.You also have no control over the thoughts that appear in your mind at that moment:‘How dare she swear at me!’ or‘I need to get away from her.’ or‘She looks upset, poor thing.’Whichever thoughts seem real to you in that moment will give rise to your behaviour:You might swear back.You might walk away.You might ask if she is OK.You are not in control of the other driver. You are not in control of your thoughts about her. You are not in control of the behaviour that results from the thoughts.You are not in control of any of it. Does this mean you are an automaton?Are you just an oblivious receiver and transmitter of whatever is believed?Yes… In a way…The body-mind is the expression of whatever is being believed in that moment. In a very real sense, it is a programmed robot. Executing whatever programme is installed. Where things get confusing is that we believe that we are an individual self, housed within the body-mind, controlling all its actions. But there was no self controlling how language or driving or listening was learned. That just happened. And the self that we really are, is the awareness of that. Who we really are is the space in which all of life is appearing. The consciousness we are brings thought alive as though it were real.  It also allows the realisation that thoughts are ever-changing, transient, neutral mental energy.Inherent in this gift is 100% custody for what you believe in any moment. And 100% custody for what you do as a consequence of that belief, even though what you believe is out of your control.Crazy isn’t it? Even though you have no control over the road woman, for the moment that she is in your life, she is in your care. Every single thing about her is perceived through your mind in that moment. She can’t exist for you other than through your experience of her. It is the same for all thoughts. You have no control over when and how and what will appear. Once these thoughts appear in your head, though, they are in your custody. You have no choice about the behaviours that come from those thoughts. The behaviours though are in your custody. Only yours.So there we have it: 100% custody of anything that appears within our awareness, 0% control.
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Jan 2, 2022 • 12min

'I am sensitive to negative energy' Listener question

'I am sensitive to negative energy' Listener question
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Jan 1, 2022 • 6min

Happy New Year

The infinite potential of aliveness in perception-created form...!!!
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Dec 31, 2021 • 10min

Happy end of 2021 and a look at 'endings'

Happy end of 2021 and a look at 'endings'
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Dec 29, 2021 • 8min

'Who does the transcending, and what prompts the idea to observe, to transcend?' Listener question

 'Who does the transcending, and what prompts the idea to observe, to transcend?' Listener question
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Dec 29, 2021 • 7min

'Innocence or a terrible thing?' Listener question

Can you speak to the innocence of the motivation to attempt to secure, or make solid, this transitory ephemeral idea of a me? How do we see this as innocent, rather than as a terrible, thing? Is this even an accurate description when there's no chooser?Being part of this conversation with you has entered a question of how many objects, relationships, situations, have been an attempt to make this transitory idea of a "me" stable.
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Dec 28, 2021 • 10min

'I can't not resist' Listener question

'I can't not resist' Listener question
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Dec 27, 2021 • 10min

'What is the identified mind?' Listener question

'What is the identified mind?' Listener question
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Dec 26, 2021 • 19min

'How can one NOT end up in a form of bypass in order to stay in flow? Listener question

Just giving voice to the things I spoke of on today's call multiplied the weight of them.  It really is all a matter of where the attention is directed.  I don't want to give more weight/authority to the story.  I don't really want to pay much attention to the story at all.  Would much rather just be in life and enjoy every minute of it.  So how can one NOT end up in a form of bypass in order to stay in flow?  
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Dec 25, 2021 • 14min

'I'm desperate for change' listener question

Follow up to self blame is an ego trip (10 Dec 2021) Thank you for doing this so thoughtfully 💚.I listened to the podcast umpteen times, and yes I get it.the ego ran the show for so long it’s still protesting against life. When I see my behaviour and witness it more and more I feel the impact it has and it’s terrible, there is no forgiveness in that.It’s like watching a car crash over and over again. So are you saying I have to watch the car crash without doing anything about it?? I always hoped that when I’m aware enough I can prevent this shameful behaviour.I’m desperate for change.

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