Message #17621

[Jitendra Hydonus]

I once heard Brother Ishtananda talk about the spin doctor we have in our own heads. I see it as one of the main reasons for separation in relationships. It is called taking things personally and listening to the spin doctor in our head that creates a personal version of what has happened. A testimonial of sorts. We believe what we want to about what has happened and sometimes do not face the truth:

The left hemisphere of the brain is trying to put a story together about our life.  The left hemisphere will do anything to keep a belief - sticking to it no matter what.    There was a woman in a hospital in New York.  She kept saying that she was at her home in Maine.  The psychiatrist asked her, "If you are in your home in Maine, then why are there elevators in the building that she is in now?"  The patient explained to the doctor, "You wouldn't believe what it cost to have those elevators installed in my house".   So you see we have a spin-doctor who is trying to keep the story together of  'who I am '.   We believe our own press releases.