Many years ago, there was a comic strip, the Katzenjammer Kids. They were eternal brats, who on occasion offered wisdom to us readers. They had an obnoxious Uncle with a whisk broom of a mustache, who they loved to pull pranks on. The Uncle had punished the kids, so to get even they took some particularly ripe Limburger Cheese and while he slept, they rubbed the cheese in his mustache. The next morning, he awoke to such a stench that he leaped up and threw open the window, stuck out his head and took a big breath. The stench was still strong. On the next comic pane, a visual of a light bulb appeared above his head, and he screamed out the window, “Zee whole world stinks.”
Well, he had it partially right, only it wasn’t the world, it was inside his head. It was STINKING THINKING.
There is a consommé, a soup, that began as children and for many it has consumed us. I have met elders who have fallen into this kettle of soup, called by the French P Ti Pot, and translated as PITY POT. It is the odiferous mix from our own PRIVATE SPEAKING, the ingredients of our mind. It is a meal of STINKING THINKING.
Most people have it.
Few recognize it.
Fewer have yet begun the process of DEODORIZATION.
These are not the words TV censors listen for or that George Carlin has celebrated in his rants.
These are not words of war, although they have instituted many battles.
These are generalization, nonsense, over used words that over time destroy our intentions, limit our creativity, annihilate relations, and keep us in the same patterns of doing the same thing and expecting different results, IN-SAME-ITY.
Words that control us more than, sex, power, money, security, sensations, governments, religion, or family.
Words that are the building blocks to depression, discouragement, disease, and defeat.
Words are egos live by.
Words we want to believe are true, but are the gardens of our excuses, justifications’, agendas, and our ultimate demise.
Here is a list of the words and phrases:
Should- If you should, then do it. Get on with it. Telling yourself you should acts is an excuse for procrastination, guilt, or the consommé of the PITY POT. Should can be enthused with intention, but when used as YOU SHOULD it is the stinking thinking of upset and blame. No one should, BUT everyone can if they choose too.
Ought- A little less forceful and more formal than should, and since it is usually coupled with YOU OUGHT it’s on the road to the dump.
Must- A disempowering word that implies a lack of choice, that someone or something else is in control.
Have to- A more forceful version of must. The more at affect, the more without a choice.
Never- Never ever use never. As close to never as never ever gets. Never, not even once?
Always- Every time. Always can be a strong affirmation, but too often it is a generalization of blame. As in, you always say that!
Doubt- Doubt is an excuse not to act, not to affirm a belief, a way to escape responsibility.
Worry- Worry is useless. Have concerns and be specific. Worry is nonsense handled by such as MAD Magazines’ “What me Worry?” and sung- ♫Don’t worry, be happy, by Bobbi McFerrin.
Can’t- Can’t never got anything done. Can’t stopped all progress, limiting choices and results.
Blame- Blame is giving up ownership of the moment. Blame is a tricky word that takes responsibility out of your hands and gives our power away.
Try- Just try and do something-anything. Another nonsense word, you are either doing it or not. Make an effort to eliminate try.
Excuses- One of the most selfish of words, only the excuser cares.
Hate- A word that should and ought to be flushed. We must, have to, should and ought to rid our head of hate. Start early with children, let them prefer not to eat their smushed peas rather than begin the self-indoctrination of STINKING THINKING with “I hate peas.” The most odiferous word of all!
These words come together to form our three ego beliefs:
1. I HAVE TO BE RIGHT.
2. I CAN’T MAKE A MISTAKE.
3. I ALREADY KNOW THAT.
The deodorant for STINKIN-THINKIN comes from a very wise Bear, Winnie the Pooh
How can you get very far if you don’t know who you are?
How can you get what you want if you don’t know what you got?
And if you don’t know which to do of all the things in front of you,
then what you’ll have when you are through is just a mess without a clue.
Of all the best that can come true if you know what and which and who.
Pay attention to what goes into the consommé of your mind. By knowing the ingredients’ of STINKING-THNKING you can deodorize your mind by keeping you off the PITY POT, and PERCULATING to what you do want.
