The inner dialogue as the prime challenge
Inner Work and the Inner Dialogue
Inner work is the critical thinking process specific to our inner dialogue (see my article, What is inner work anyway?, Part 1). Inner work involves contemplation on the emotions driving our thoughts. The thoughts compose the flow and structure of our inner dialogue. Inner work also prioritizes our engagement of the four qualities: humility and the three constructs (gratitude, compassion, harmony). Specifically, inner work is the conscious engagement of the four qualities in real time, perfectly synchronized with our observations and interactions. Through dedicated inner work, we are continuously upgrading our inner dialogue.
Our Health: Conditioned biases and emotions
Our physical and mental health is directly affected by the energetic influences of the inner dialogue. The inner dialogue is triggered by our emotions generated from a continuum of observations. Furthermore, the inner dialogue may produce additional emotions or intensify the already influencing emotions. Emotions are discrete forms of energy (see my article, Observation as First Cause, Part 1). Counter-productive emotions (anger, hate, jealousy, etc.) create physical and psychological imbalances to the individual. Expressions of continued hostility towards others threaten cardiovascular and other aspects of our well-being.
Without a method to override ego-bias emotional responses to our observations, recurring expressions of anger have multiple effects on our health.[1] As previously stated, even without verbal or physical expressions of anger or other adverse emotions, the presence of these emotion energies within our inner dialogue will instigate substantial threats to our psychological and physical health.[2]
Influencing the Collective Consciousness
So far, the discussion has been the effect of adverse emotions on our physical and mental well-being. Yet, we cannot overlook how we influence the unified consciousness field with those same conflicting expressions of emotion. Again, emotions are discrete forms of energy. Emotion energy affects us individually as well as the collective consciousness. The cause and consequence of energetic influence on the unified field determines if we are at harmony with each other, or if the collective consciousness is expressing as chaos. If we are demonstrating opposition to each other and abetting an adversarial relationship with nature, chaos prevails. The human species is presently in dispute with itself and nature.
Our dilemma is a consequence of our ego-bias conditioning and how that habituation distorts and manipulates our observations. The purpose of the four qualities and inner work is to remove that conflict. This could be a daunting task depending on the rigidity of our biases and the intensity of the emotion(s) prompted by the observation.
Narcissists as a Case Study
Encounters with narcissists are often the most challenging for developing consciousness practitioners. Narcissists aren’t concerned with how people respond to them. They crave attention, positive or negative. The narcissist frames both modes as affirmations of their self-centeredness—that’s how their ego-bias framework validates their assumed self-imagery.
When interacting with or observing a narcissist, the only question is: How am I influencing the collective consciousness? I don’t need to know how the narcissist is arousing or influencing others. It’s plainly evident, and that’s not the question. My purpose is not to judge, criticize, or ridicule.
If I respond to the narcissist through my ego-bias construct (internally or outwardly), I’m influencing precisely the same as the narcissist. There’s no difference between the emotion energy projected by the narcissist and the energy I am projecting. My focus should be where I am with my inner work, not on the narcissist.
Why would I allow the narcissist to pull me away from my inner work? The notion parallels historical precedents from social justice movements. Do you know why Gandhi was so effective with the British colonialists? He made them irrelevant. The same is true of Martin Luther King with the civil rights crusade. Rather than resist through confrontation, they practiced non-violent non-cooperation with the laws and social attitudes that allowed oppressive conditions to continue.
Render the narcissists in your life irrelevant. From an inner work perspective, it’s that straightforward. We only need a disciplined inner work ethic and conscious engagement of the four qualities.
Part 4 (the final in this series) will continue with this examination of the four qualities as a solution to perceived adverse situations.
Reference Material
16 Ways Anger Torpedoes Your Immunity – and 7 Ways to Fix It
2Anger’s role in heart attack risk may start in the arteries
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