Chapter IX

Chapter IX. The Heart and Mind

The mind has will but cannot feel outer intention; the heart feels it but has no will. Uniting them steers outer intention, so drop importance, let the heart choose the goal, and test decisions for inner tension.

In one paragraph

The mind has will but cannot feel outer intention. The heart (the unconscious) feels outer intention but has no will. The author's loophole is to unite them, so that outer intention carries you to your goal. Pendulums keep the two apart by teaching you that success belongs to a chosen few, that you must copy the stars, and that your wishes are unrealistic. The remedy is to drop importance, accept yourself, let the heart choose the goal, and test every decision against the feeling of inner tension. The second half turns practical: how to write affirmations, how to blend them with slides, and a difficult technique for slipping a mental frame into the moments when the mind briefly dozes.

Key ideas

  1. The mind is conscious and has will but cannot sense outer intention. The heart is unconscious and senses it but has no will, like a kite with no hand on the string. Joining them is the loophole that lets you steer outer intention a little. [0:08:30]
  2. Ocean and drop: an individual is spray separated from the ocean. Enlightened people merge back. Transurfing asks only for unity of heart and mind, not enlightenment. [0:03:31], [0:07:21]
  3. Perception follows a learned template. The ant and the blind mole show that the world looks only as a given template lets it look. [0:10:12], [0:12:57]
  4. The heart does not use words. Art, such as the Mona Lisa and the Buddha's smile, speaks to it directly. Language grew and the heart's language withered; the Tower of Babel is the author's reading of that split. [0:14:00], [0:15:38], [0:18:35]
  5. The heart already holds what you need. The Wizard of Oz characters only had to permit themselves what they already had. [0:21:57]
  6. Pendulums gain when heart and mind are divided, so they teach that success is for the few. The author's answer to why him and not me is that you have everything you need. [0:23:23], [0:25:52], [0:26:41]
  7. Negativity is surface dust, not your core. Do not try to change yourself, because that only adds another mask. [0:31:26], [0:32:15]
  8. Stars are born independently but lit up by pendulums. The pendulum rule is do as I do. Copying a star gives a parody, because each soul has its own star sector. Role models are allowed as demonstration copies, not templates. [0:35:10], [0:37:35], [0:40:07], [0:43:42]
  9. Real stars break the rule through individuality, often despite obvious flaws. Pendulums must then accept them as favorites. [0:48:21], [0:51:31]
  10. Guardian angel: believe in one, thank it, and hand it your pride. That avoids the excess potential pride creates. Thank a pendulum if you must, but it always takes a portion of your energy. [0:51:48], [0:56:38], [0:59:00]
  11. Soul in a box: pendulums feed on dissatisfaction, anger and fear, and condition people to expect struggle. Competition in the human world is harsher than in nature, because only people attach importance. [0:59:36], [1:00:44], [1:03:49]
  12. Keep importance at zero by awareness, not effort. Expect pendulums to provoke you as soon as your will to have shows. They are clay golems that fall through your emptiness. [1:10:31], [1:11:39], [1:13:26]
  13. Frail is the soul's unique characteristic frequency. Charm comes from harmony between heart and mind, not from a beautiful heart alone. Chasing other people's standards widens the rift and moves you to lifelines with more dissatisfaction. [1:14:41], [1:17:34], [1:22:38]
  14. Love yourself unconditionally, without superiority. Self-love is not complacency, and weaknesses are pendulum-induced, he says. [1:24:24], [1:27:29]
  15. Toy-shop story: the mind refuses the heart's wish by saying we cannot afford it. The mind should agree to the wish and let outer intention find the means. [1:31:55], [1:33:48]
  16. Pick goals by feel, not by prestige or method. Heart-heavy means a false goal. The heart says no clearly; calm is not a sure yes. If heart and mind disagree, side with the heart's no where possible. [1:40:23], [1:50:03]
  17. Affirmations are sound slides, and need rules: feeling, narrow focus, variety, present tense, positive wording, a calm state. [1:53:57]–[2:01:43]
  18. The inner monologue cannot be switched off while awake. Intuition arrives through brief windows when the mind relaxes. A slide inserted then is more effective, because heart-mind connection is strongest. [2:05:34], [2:22:14]
  19. Running a slide in sleep does nothing for material results. Dreaming moves a paper boat; waking moves a frigate, slowly. [2:14:45], [2:18:35]
  20. Lingering anxiety is also unity of heart and mind, which is why worst expectations come true. Aim the same unity at your best expectation. [2:11:05], [2:12:58]

Terms

  • Heart — the unconscious or soul, which feels and knows without words and cannot will. First appears [0:02:23]
  • Mind — conscious thought and will, bound to words and to the pendulum worldview. First appears [0:02:23]
  • Outer intention — the force outside you that carries you through the field. The heart feels it; the mind cannot. First appears [0:07:21]
  • Inner intention — the mind's own will, working within the rational frame. First appears [1:34:35]
  • Unity of heart and mind — agreement between will and feeling on a goal, strong enough to fill the sail. First appears [0:08:30]
  • Frail — the soul's own frequency, its unique essence. Spelling as transcribed. First appears [1:14:41]
  • Star sector — a sector of the field where a soul's particular qualities fit. First appears [0:40:07]
  • Guardian angel — a protector you can imagine in any form. In the author's view it exists if you believe it does. First appears [0:51:48]
  • Soul in a box — the heart shut in by conditioning, with the mind as jailer. First appears [0:59:36]
  • Will to have — permission to have what the heart wants, held without insistence. First appears [0:28:56]
  • Inner tension — heaviness, unease or oppression after a decision; the heart's reliable no. First appears [1:44:19]
  • Excess potential — an energy imbalance, here created by pride or complacency, that balanced forces then correct. First appears [0:56:38]
  • Window — a brief gap when the mind dozes and the heart's knowledge surfaces. First appears [2:03:35]
  • Frame — one integral snapshot of the finished goal, with its feeling and a one-word title, used in the window. First appears [2:24:04]
  • Inner monologue — the mind talking to itself, which drowns out intuition. First appears [2:03:35]

Practices

Let the heart name the goal

  1. Set aside quiet time. Recall what you loved and wanted as a child, and which dreams you dropped. [1:38:25]
  2. Think of the goal without asking how prestigious it is, and without planning how to reach it. [1:40:23]
  3. Imagine having it already. Notice whether the heart sings or feels heavy. [1:40:23]
  4. If it is heavy, suspect a false goal and reconsider. If you want nothing at all, look after your health or put yourself first. [1:40:23], [1:42:18]

Test a decision for inner tension

  1. Make the decision with your mind first. [1:46:18]
  2. Check immediately for oppression, unease or worry. If you missed the moment, recall the first fleeting feeling. [1:46:18], [1:48:14]
  3. Treat tension as a no. Treat calm as only a possible yes. [1:48:14]
  4. If heart says no and mind says yes, refuse where you can. [1:50:03]
  5. If a goal is merely daunting, separate shyness from tension. A slide can ease shyness; if it does not, the feeling may be a real no. [1:53:57]

Write a working affirmation

  1. Keep it to one goal. [1:55:57]
  2. Say it positively and in the present tense, about the cause rather than the effect. [1:57:56], [1:59:50]
  3. Attach the feeling to the words and change the felt content each round. [1:55:57], [1:57:56]
  4. Repeat it calmly, without pushing. [1:59:50]

Build an integrated slide

  1. Choose one scene, such as the fireside example, and include sound, sight and bodily comfort. [2:01:43]
  2. Live inside it rather than watching it, and tell yourself that you feel comfortable. [2:01:43], [2:03:35]

Thank your guardian angel

  1. Imagine the angel in any form you like. [0:53:32]
  2. When something goes well, give the pride and thanks to the angel. [0:57:37], [0:58:15]

Insert a frame in the window

  1. Build the slide of the goal fully, with the mind taking part. [2:25:59]
  2. Choose one frame that holds the finished feeling. Give it a one-word title. [2:24:04]
  3. Rehearse until the feeling forms a hook. [2:25:59]
  4. Through the day, notice when the mind drifts and relaxes. Fire the frame before it wakes fully. [2:24:04], [2:25:59]
  5. If it does not work, drop it and use ordinary slides. [2:25:59]

Watch out for

  • The claims that you are capable of anything and have everything you need are stated, not argued. No evidence is offered. The Mona Lisa, the stars and the toy-shop story are illustrations, not support.
  • The chapter says to boldly refuse when the heart says no. Take this with care for obligations such as medical, legal or financial choices. The author allows for inevitable cases, but briefly [1:50:03].
  • Do not change yourself conflicts in tone with Chapter VIII, which has you build a positive slide of qualities you want. The reconciliation implied here is that the slide uncovers qualities rather than imposing a mask, but he does not say so directly.
  • Lingering anxiety is said to attract bad outcomes [2:11:05]. A worried reader could take this as another thing to fear. The author's own fix is zero importance, which is the thing to apply.
  • Several claims, such as everyone dozing several times daily and dreams not affecting material life, come without support. The author offers the frame technique as optional.

Review questions

Try each one cold, then open the answer.

  1. Why does the author say neither heart nor mind alone can steer outer intention?
    Show answer
    The mind has will but cannot feel outer intention. The heart feels it but has no will. Only together can they set the sail and steer.
  2. What does the ant and blind mole example show about perception?
    Show answer
    Each creature sees through its own template, so the question of what the world really looks like has no objective answer. It only has answers within a template.
  3. Why does copying a star produce a parody, according to the star-sector idea?
    Show answer
    The heart's gifts fit only its own sector. Copying a star keeps you in someone else's sector, where your qualities cannot show fully.
  4. What does the guardian angel do for excess potential?
    Show answer
    Sharing success with the angel gives pride away, so no excess potential builds for balanced forces to correct.
  5. What is wrong with the mind answering the toy-shop wish with we cannot afford it?
    Show answer
    The heart asks for a toy, not money. The mind refuses it on logic, and outer intention never gets the chance to find the means.
  6. How does the author distinguish inner tension from shyness before a hard goal?
    Show answer
    Shyness is reluctance before the unfamiliar, and slides ease it. Inner tension is dejection, heaviness or dread, and slides do not ease it.
  7. List four rules for a good affirmation.
    Show answer
    Any four of: pair it with feeling, one narrow goal, vary the felt content, present tense, positive wording, target the cause, repeat in a calm state.
  8. Why does a slide run in sleep fail to move material reality?
    Show answer
    In sleep, outer intention only moves the soul between virtual sectors, like a paper boat. Material realization is a frigate that needs a set sail over time in waking life.
  9. What is the window, and what goes into it?
    Show answer
    It is a brief moment when the mind dozes and the heart's knowledge surfaces. You insert a frame of the finished goal with its feeling into it.
  10. Why does the chapter say beauty is harmony and not a beautiful heart alone?
    Show answer
    He says beauty lies in the harmonious connection between heart and mind, so self-conflict shows in the face and calm shows as charm.

Desk work

  1. Write a few lines on a goal of yours. When you picture having it, does the heart sing or feel heavy? What would that say about it?
  2. Recall one decision where the mind said yes and something felt off. What did the first fleeting feeling say?
  3. Name one star or role model you have copied. What quality of that person could you express in your own way?
  4. Write a one-sentence affirmation that follows all the rules, then say what feeling goes with it.

Connections

Mastery checklist

Tick an objective when the evidence is on the page. Ticks stay in this browser. The same list, with the terms to own, is on itsown page.

Objectives

0 of 18 ticked

  • recall Evidence: one sentence each, using the kite and sail. [0:02:23] [0:08:30]

  • explain Evidence: retell the ocean and drop in three sentences, then say what he asks of you instead. [0:03:31] [0:07:21] [0:21:11]

  • explain Evidence: answer review question 2 in the guide, then give your own example of a template. [0:12:57] [0:14:53] [0:15:38]

  • explain Evidence: write both, then say what a star's flaw does to the rule; he gives anecdotes, not evidence. [0:25:52] [0:37:35] [0:49:20]

  • explain Evidence: answer review question 3; do Desk work 3. [0:40:07] [0:43:42]

  • explain Evidence: say what each character already had, then state why he calls allowing yourself to have the main condition. [0:21:57] [0:27:57] [1:34:35]

  • analyse Evidence: write the argument (masks, dust, self-love without superiority); then note it seems to clash with Chapter VIII's positive slide, which he leaves open. [0:32:15] [1:24:24] [1:44:19]

  • explain Evidence: answer review question 4; name the cost of thanking a pendulum. [0:56:38] [0:58:15] [0:59:00]

  • explain Evidence: two sentences, using importance as the reason. [0:59:36] [1:03:49] [1:05:39]

  • apply Evidence: describe one recent provocation and what "empty" would have looked like. [1:10:31] [1:11:39] [1:13:26]

  • explain Evidence: answer review question 10; state the two senses he gives (a frequency, an essence) and that he admits we can only guess. [1:14:41] [1:15:51] [1:17:34]

  • analyse Evidence: trace lingering anxiety or self-criticism to a worse lifeline, then to the best-expectation version. [1:22:38] [2:11:05] [2:12:58]

  • apply Evidence: answer review question 5, then rewrite one "we cannot afford it" from your week. [1:31:55] [1:33:48] [1:36:30]

  • apply Evidence: do Desk work 1 and say what a heavy feeling implies. [1:38:25] [1:40:23]

  • apply Evidence: do Desk work 2; answer review question 6; take "boldly refuse" carefully with obligations. [1:46:18] [1:48:14] [1:50:03] [1:53:57]

  • apply Evidence: do Desk work 4; list at least five rules, including why heart ignores words alone. [1:55:57] [1:57:56] [1:59:50]

  • explain Evidence: write the steps from memory; his claim that everyone dozes daily is unsupported. [2:05:34] [2:24:04] [2:25:59]

  • analyse Evidence: answer review question 8; say what the slide still does in lucid dreaming. [2:16:34] [2:18:35] [2:20:23]

Readiness check

Answer these without looking anything up.

  1. Why can neither heart nor mind alone steer outer intention?
  2. How does copying a star leave you in someone else's sector?
  3. What does sharing pride with the angel stop from building up?
  4. What is the toy shop's mistake, and what should the mind say?
  5. How do you tell inner tension from shyness before a hard goal?
  6. Give four rules for a working affirmation.
  7. What is the window, and what do you put in it?
  8. Why does a slide in sleep not move material reality?

The next chapter assumes you hold one idea: a goal must come from the heart, and you test it by feeling (inner tension) before prestige or method.