Can you hear your inner voice?

Can you hear your inner voice?

All my life, I have been a curious person who enjoyed observing people and trying to figure them out.

The most shocking thing I’ve learned is that the majority of people have no ability to calculate the consequences of their actions before acting and only learn from trial and painful error or by observing others.

In the past, humans were better at predicting the near-future consequences of their actions; otherwise, I cannot see how we survived the harsh and unforgiving natural world.

Long ago, our lives were silent, save for the sounds of nature. Most people, especially men, were introverted and spoke only when necessary. We had no music on demand; almost no one was reading books; there was no TV, radio, podcasts, social media, or instant entertainment. Without machinery, our jobs were quiet. All day long, we listened to the wind, the birds, and the sound of our inner voice.

(Some call that inner voice our conscience, our own Jiminy Cricket.)

Interacting with that inner voice was key to our mental health and our ability to think about the future. Our inner voice is a combination of the messages (programming scripts) we received in childhood and our natural genetic bias. Metaphorically, it’s the voice of our ancestors speaking to us from within our minds.

The Western man’s inner voice is heroic. It encourages every man to bear the burden of responsibility for himself and the commons, to strive for greatness, to explore, to seek out new places, to enter into new conflicts, and to solve new problems. In this sense, we are a unique people.

Teaching everyone to read was a mistake.

The printing press filled our heads with the voices of strangers and long-dead thinkers, some of whom were antagonistic to our people and our way of life. Excessive reading, particularly from books written by foreign intellectuals, started to undermine our connection with our inner voice and, by extension, our ancestors.

Radio, television, podcasts, and social media accelerated the process of drowning out our inner voice and amplified the voices of even more unhinged, evil, and incompatible people. Our heroic inner voice, which was gifted to us by our ancestors, gave way to a culture-wide inner monologue of kvetching and excuses for irresponsibility.

Stories are powerful tools for changing people’s behavior. This is why even non-fiction books often teach by way of illustration. This is also why people’s traditional stories resonate so deeply with their souls; our inner voice recognizes them as part of our heritage.

Westerners have been mentally conquered by a multitude of strange stories and foreign ideas that are in conflict with our inner voice. That conflict causes us immense stress that can lead to mental illness and self-destructive behaviors.

To restore ourselves, we must learn to listen in silence to our inner voice and to avoid listening to the stories and propaganda of people who do not think like us or who seek to undermine our culture.

It takes practice and time to restore our inner connection to ourselves, but as you do, you will notice that your anxiety goes down, you make better decisions, and your ability to navigate the world intuitively increases. You become more you, the best version of yourself.

If you need help doing this, DM me.