Inner voice · Understanding Neville Goddard

Inner voice

The voice in your head isn’t who you are

There is a voice in your head that has something to say about almost everything.

It talks about what happened yesterday. It worries about tomorrow. It analyses conversations, creates scenarios, judges situations and constantly tries to make sense of your life.

Have you ever stopped to notice that you can actually hear it?

That is one of the ideas Michael A. Singer explores in the first chapters of The Untethered Soul.

If you can hear the voice, there must be something within you that is aware of it.

The voice can spend an entire afternoon worrying about something that hasn't happened. It can bring up something embarrassing from ten years ago. It can convince you that someone is upset with you based on a two-word message.

And because the voice sounds like it's coming from inside you, you may automatically assume everything it says is true.

Try something different.

The next time your mind starts talking, simply listen to it.

Notice the thoughts.

Notice how quickly one thought leads to another.

Notice how the mind can create an entire story from one small event.

Then ask yourself:

"Who is hearing all of this?"

You don't need to answer immediately.

Just become aware of the one who is listening.

That little shift in awareness can change the way you experience your own mind.

You may start to realise that you have been listening to the voice for so long that you forgot you were the one listening.