Superpowered Mind with Clare Dimond

Listener question: are we saying people shouldn't be punished?

Listener question: What about the terrible things like murder. If we have no choice then we have no culpability?

Listener question: where do decisions come from? I do understand the influence of learning, beliefs and other brain activity such as chemical imbalances but are there also decisions made from our higher sense of self without any contamination of beliefs about right or wrong?

Listener question: are events random? Is there such thing as cause and effect?

Strength and destruction

How acknowledging 'choice' also a closer attention on the learned conditioned system

Listener question: Clare lovely, you often mention the going right into the perceived problem. What does that actually mean? In my case I can see a lot of things just generated by a mind that has a strong conditioned identity of being rejected by other people. And funny enough more and more I can see how this bodymind rejects others at the same time. So the old programme of rejection is running strong, it was literally drummed into my body as a child, but now it feels almost like ghosts from the past still hanging around.And at the same time evidence is seen NOW that the current perceived rejections are purely made up in the mind. This is where it gets really confusing. It still feels utterly shit. So are you suggesting to go right into the awful feeling and then see what happens? ‚Having it all’ is often mentioned, what does that actually mean? The Self is asking this, maybe still with the hope of getting rid of uncomfortable feelings, feeling trapped and at the mercy of others confused feelings was very real for me all those decades ago and obviously it is not anymore. And at the same time it’s a comfortable prison, if I am this awful person I don’t have to follow my dreams, I don’t have to challenge injustices, I don’t have to take responsibility for anything, I can eat selfdestuctive amounts of sugar, can let my inner critic run riot and I don’t have to do what I love doing because it’s covered in layers and layers of judgement anyway. But then there is this lifeaffirming burning desire for living life to the fullest, this burning desire of shedding all these layers of crap and finally to do really exciting and juicy, sexy, arty stuff, stuff that makes me feel alive, free from heady stale concepts adopted from a confused society. Does this even make any sense and what’s the enquiry in this? Where is the custody without control in this?

Listener question: I would like to discuss the topic of real life questions. How do I work with things such as managing savings, buying a new car etc. If I disappears does the remainder of reality as I know it change? What about my relationships?

Listener question: I want to say that I like that Clare’s course is the only one that doesn’t begin with trying to solve a specific psychological problem e.g. anxiety, fear... Addressing the base problem of a separate self is fundamental to understanding the specific situations.But if I could lose a few pounds that would be a great side benefit.

Exploring the difference between jealousy and inspiration

Listener question: When I look back at supposed "vision" statements I've written down in the past, the mind judges these as pointless now because the vision was usually coming from a back drop of "something is wrong, this will make it right." Like these: "the whole of humanity is waking up from self" as though it's "wrong" or "bad" that most of us are still asleep most of the time. "all children loved and cared for and seen as whole" since it seems to me that many are not seen this way"everyone I know works on addressing climate change" because it seems that all of us not doing so is wrong.I was sussing out if there's still a vision for the business, and while ideas come to mind (people feeling their emotions fully for example) - they all seem rooted in the self claiming something "wrong out there" that needs fixing.

Listener question: I am wondering if we are affected in a relation to another or if we are only affected by the illusion of another (or both). For example if someone is very angry are we affected by some sort of energy directly from this apparent other or is it only our thinking/our concept of the angry other that affects us or both. The same with an apparent "happy" other.

Listener question: I still have the thoughts that say for example, "Once I cure this health problem, I will be "happy" or "feel better" OR once I find the right partner OR once I get a job writing in comedy" - Like those still run in my head. And then I just wondered... do I stop trying to cure the health problem? Find a partner I enjoy or try to change careers? Like.. from my understanding of your work, I am just going to do what I do - if I have a fascination with health, I will try and improve my health... if I desire for love, I will be looking for a partner, if I have a love of comedy, I will try to be able to do more of it - even my love of reading about these principles I will just continue to do! but how do I separate my doing from the belief that any of it will somehow improve my life? Essentially, how do I let go of the added thinking on top of it?

Listener question : Ok, I’ve been seeing recently how easy it is to slip into suffering states. For example dealing with relatives I observed being sucked into a vortex of panic and despair. Or when I wake up in the middle of the night it’s so easy to slip into a vortex of worry and learned helplessness. In these moments it feels so real and part of my being knows it’s just a Horrorfilm of old neuropathways. The question is maybe what needs to be more seen in these scenarios so the suffering becomes less stick or convincing? So much love and compassion to everyone involved. Xxx

Please can you speak about how to live with someone who doesn't like people?

Exploring how the 'quick win' of feeling better can take us back to identification.

What is the motivation for listening to this podcast? It will make all the difference to what can be heard.

Exploring how there is no 'I' doing the over-thinking or practicing mindfulness. Rumination is the creation of the illusion of a separate 'I' and mindfulness is the absence of that confusion.

Exploring why the expression 'this too shall pass' is an invitation to go deeper into an experience, not to sit it out waiting for the 'right' experience to arrive.

Exploring why spirituality can't live in an ivory tower, separated out from the challenges of live. Its job is to be tested by and to ultimately dissolve the rigours of 'the real world'

Listener question: I'm afraid. Life has been at a low point for me the last year or so. As Spring arrives and the country has the feeling of gradually opening up I am hoping that I will be able to put things back together and move towards something happier and more fulfilling. Do I really want to go down another rabbit hole and either be disappointed or perhaps shake my very foundation?

Listener question: I maintain that we can choose thoughts. We have choice in believing them or not. Mindfulness is all about recognizing thoughts and letting them be. That is control. That is in essence another thought. There seems to be some amount of free will in all of this.

Exploring how identification with behaviour obscures the stillness in which conditioning can be undone.

Enlightenment and the hot air balloon For information about our REAL foundation course in March click here https://claredimond.com/current-live-program/

Looking at the mental load of:trying to solve problems that don't existtrying to control the uncontrollable resisting reality If you'd like to join us in March for the REAL on-line course, please click here for more information. https://claredimond.com/current-live-program/

Listener question: Noticing that every time limitation, upset, frustration, desperation, resistance arise today - the only thing at stake is an identity. Why is the identity so painful to lose?

Thought: suppression or realisation

Comment: What is real must come from one perspective of HUMAN cognitive processing. How can anybody live my life? Experience how I perceive the world and what is real? This must come from ones own individual perception. How is it possible to teach individual cognitive processing of what is considered reality? My own experience of 'self' is mine . Nobody can get inside my head and tell me what is real or not ! Nobody else can view the world as I and dictate what is therefore a real experience.For more information about our on-line course in March click here: https://claredimond.com/current-live-program/

Listener question: I have been following your podcasts and reading your books and it is very clear to me that the self does not exist as but a belief, a thought. But still it feels all the time so real to be in the thinking , body. The identification with the body / mind is very strong , very pesrsistent. It is not easy to identify as the consciousness which we are. So the suffering continues. Can you tell some more about it. For more information about our on-line course in March click here: https://claredimond.com/current-live-program/

How does the law of attraction fit with the exploration of reality?For more information about our on-line course in March click here: https://claredimond.com/current-live-program/

Listener question: Can you talk about ageing and appearance in the context of this conversation?For more information about our on-line course in March click here: https://claredimond.com/current-live-program/

Can you talk about 'shadow integration' in the context of this conversation about reality?For more information about our on-line course in March click here: https://claredimond.com/current-live-program/

What is a 'good' ending to a relationship?For more information about our on-line course in March click here: https://claredimond.com/current-live-program/

How does the mind work?For more information about our on-line course in March click here: https://claredimond.com/current-live-program/

Why would we bother exploring what is true? Why not just live our lives? For more information about our on-line course in March click here: https://claredimond.com/current-live-program/

What is reality? For more information about our on-line course in March click here: https://claredimond.com/current-live-program/

Listener question: what is the most fundamental essence of this? For information on the March REAL course click here https://claredimond.com/current-live-program/

Listener question: I am curious about your relationship with yoga, does it go deep with your teachings? As in has yoga helped you see more?

Listener question: I am considering what is at stake when the fear is future physical suffering. It’s not immediate physical harm or the examples of idea of self you gave. But since the fear is about something physical (sensations and harm), there does seem to be something solid there to protect. It does seem like a mother bear on its hind legs - not in front of me but around the corner! Although I see that it is all a creation of mind - and therefore as nonexistent as identity, confidence, reputation, etc. - it feels different enough that it seems to have a grip that those don’t. Can you help clarify how to move closer in to that?

Exploring the difference between 'coming fresh' into a situation and naïveté.

Listener question: in this body-mind there is a constant underlying feeling of not living my full potential. With getting older rapidly, questions about achievements getting louder, are there any? And what’s actually holding me back from being an artist, there is a longing and a fear in equal measures. What’s holding me back?

Listener question: 'maybe its the thinking that’s the enemy and I create these painful insecure thoughts and therefore I create selfulfilling prophecies?'

Listener question: Resistance is felt in this notion of that everything that is showing up is an exact mirror of ourselves. So if we stop reacting to aggression aimed at us, isn’t there a risk of being treated like a doormat? Although instantly I see this is the same dual perspective. So i need to stay still with these aggressions to see more about the dual dynamics in it? There is a deep fear/hurt in being guilty for everything, so it’s Hard to stay still with that. And the question arises how do people do it, the ones that seemingly ooze natural agency, natural presence and power, who would never be treated like that? Maybe again that question comes from the same perception? In some spiritual circles internal rage is seen a life force of agency if harnessed and used in constructive ways, like setting boundaries and making sure this bodymind is treated with respect. Maybe you could speak to that if it makes sense?

Listener question: I am a bit unsure around 'severe' conditions like multiple personality and clinical depression - I wonder whether these are showing up as cycles of belief or if there is a physical component to those.

Listener question: Today I got triggered by a colleague, deep hurt was felt because I could feel hatred oozing from him. It seemed like he projected his unfounded hatred onto me, constant micro aggressions and the whole day there was a toxic atmosphere in the air. He apologised but continued to be hostile.It seemed I had a slightly different perspective on this than in the past, I could see that it was his thought storm and I didn’t have to go automatically into self blame. But still I was trying to fix the situation, by being on my best behaviour while he was just being a dick. Where am I the dick in this picture? What does this situation mirror? There wasn’t any knee jerk reaction from my part, so I guess that’s what you mean with custodianship without choice? Im curious to see more in this example.

How does impact work?

Listener question: Why do we feel vulnerable even though all we are is love?

Listener question: A question that often comes up with my readers and clients is this idea of needing to process ‘stuck’ emotions and trauma in the body.Especially since working with the 3Ps approach I have seen less and less of a need for this and am not sure it serves people with psychological suffering.I do believe thoughts change our physical chemistry and can lead to what we see as clinical depression, but I am less sure about stuck trauma.What do you think?

Listener question: I realised every time I’d been triggered today was because I was witnessing my perception of bullying behaviour. Then I realised all of the people at work I have issue with are the strong minded, direct talking, pushy, in your face characters and I perceive them as bullies.I’ve realised bullying is a huge huge trigger. It’s been my last few posts. It is coming through time and again. If the behaviour is directed at me I feel inferior, intimidated, tearful, unhappy, not good enough etc etc etc Today the particular issue which triggered me most wasn’t directed at me. It was directed on several occasions against a younger colleague who I watched become intimidated, lost for words, etc etc. And my reaction was fury.So what now?

Exploring the advice 'you need to love yourself'