Activated Thoughts

It's about sentences in your mind that are creating results in your life , with or without your awareness of them . Meaning an activated thought is a product of your nervous system , language that makes you feel a certain way , that makes you act a certain way , that creates a certain result .

While you are able to see results in front of you as tangible and undeniable , you might not always be able to see the thoughts that are creating these results . Regardless of if you can see these thoughts or not , if you are aware of them or not , they are defined as activated thoughts because they are actively creating outcomes in your life .

This is an absolutely life changing concept , so pay attention . When it comes to coaching through this podcast , it's all about making small ideas and implementing them over time , creating gradual but exponential change .

One thing that I commonly see that gets in the way of this change is that people are unable to access the thoughts that have the potential to bringing the most healing change .

Most of our mind works on the subconscious level and for us to access it here we need to have a sense of safety , and this safety has to be perceived by our conscious mind before it can verbalize the subconscious thoughts and present them to us . Every single human being has a self-healing force . This is their innate , primordial self . This is the soul .

The soul was created pure and directly from Allah and placed within every human being . This soul witnessed Allah as the Rabb . This soul corresponds to a certain neural circuitry of your nervous system that I call the higher brain , which is the evolved version of a human being , and this is always present .

But the animal brain , the nafs , takes over by default , and most of the time that's what's predominant . Our connection to the forces of the soul and the nafs is through our thoughts . The metaphysical Thoughts are unmeasurable . This is the entity . That's a language of our brain . The self-healing intelligence of the soul also presents itself as thoughts .

Sentences from the source of the soul are both conscious and subconscious , just like the nafs , the default primal brain . Both of these minds run our life on a conscious and a subconscious manner . Like I was saying earlier .

To connect to the self-healing intelligence , we have to have perceived sense of safety , meaning we don't judge ourselves for what we find in our subconscious mind . When you inadvertently repress thoughts and sentences in your subconscious that are too painful to discover , this is called a repression barrier . Psychologists call this a repression barrier .

This is because you hold a judgment for yourself for having these thoughts in the first place . It is such an interesting design because these suppressed subconscious thoughts show up as body aches and pains , many psychosomatic disorders that the licensed medical community sometimes disregards . Sometimes it's chronic pain , adrenal fatigue , fibromyalgia .

I can't say that physicians have tests that they can run on you to diagnose any of these problems . If you are a patient , there's a criteria that each patient has to meet to be able to qualify for any of these diagnoses and again , that's because it's harder for a western medicine to make a diagnosis without a test .

If you can't test it , it's hard to make it real . These types of diagnoses fall into the category of diagnosis of exclusion and they are not necessarily less real to physicians . I'm just talking about this category , which is the body-based illnesses like fibromyalgia or chronic pain syndrome .

These are psychosomatic and it's very related to bodily expression of repressed , subconscious , painful thought , and this is the natural method of repressing pain . When the mind does that , the body comes up with physical pain , tenderness and fatigue as a very common symptom .

If you had told me six years ago that repressed pain was showing up as tender points in your body , I would have laughed at your face , but it is absolutely true that , since the body is your subconscious mind , it carries a memory of it . Anyways , I digress .

This was a long tangent , so , while it was awakening for me , I want to invite you to consider finding out what your activated thoughts are , because activated thoughts are what show up as outcomes in your life .

They create results in your life and are not necessarily thoughts that are in your awareness , meaning you can be self-sabotaging because of incompetence , and the thought in the subconscious that is creating this low confidence is that I'm not qualified . Now notice , this narrative might never come up in your awareness , but you are still taking action from it .

I'm not enough , I don't belong , I don't know what they know . Any of these might never show up in your consciousness , not as an identifiable entity at least , and yet because of these sentences , you feel a low key , dread , incompetence , self-doubt and a low buzz , energy of inferiority . From this disempowered state of emotions .

Your posture , the way you carry yourself , your non-verbal language will show incompetence and you will lose opportunities . 80% of communication between humans is non-verbal .

If someone is looking to invest in you as a business owner or buy a product from you , they will be looking at your non-verbal language and with these unknown thoughts , since your non-verbal language will be exuding incompetence , you will lose all of these opportunities and all of this time you will be believing that it's just not meant to be for you .

So the activated thought is showing up in your result , the outcome of low income , without your awareness . While I talk about this , this very benign sounding statement I don't have the skills might seem harmless at face value and even factual , but when you actually find out that you're inherently believing it , it could be a painful awakening .

And to avoid this pain , to avoid the judgment of realizing that you've been carrying this thought around , the subconscious mind does you a favor and it just keeps it hidden . The lower brain thinks that by repressing limiting beliefs it's just doing you a favor .

But it's not , because , even if you're not aware , thoughts like this are creating results of you living a small life , you living under your potential , which , by definition , makes it an activated thought . Again , activated thought is something you're living a result of , not something that you're necessarily aware of .

All thoughts are optional , activated or not , conscious or not . Here . Out of sight does not mean out of mind , it just means out of the conscious mind and into the subconscious mind . So , as a review , I always teach you guys this algorithm called C-near , c-n-e-a-r . It stands for circumstances , nervous system , thoughts , emotions , actions and results .

And the activated thoughts of the nervous system don't necessarily have to sound like thoughts . They can sound factual , but they can be completely unavailable to you and still be creating results in your life . And how do you get over this barrier ? So , after telling you all of this , how do you actually get over this barrier ?

And for that , just remember that each of us holds within us a divine spark , a self-healing intelligence that is both ancient and profound . That is our soul . It calls us to lower the walls we have built , the barriers of repression . It calls us to connect us with the fragments of ourselves that we've mistakenly banished from our consciousness .

And it does it in a very self-loving way . Imagine the profound peace that comes from embracing even the painful memories or experiences that you've pushed away . In this act of bravery connection , you find not only healing but also a deep sense of wholeness and harmony and divine connection .

According to the theory of evolution , humans develop a special sense to recognize when things might hurt or scare us .

This ability is like a superpower helped our ancestors to stay safe from dangers , like animals , so we have an extra brain space dedicated to recognize and remember a poisonous snake for a very long time and the pain associated with it , so that we can survive .

It's like having a constant built-in alarm that goes off when something seems off , but a lot of times that alarm goes off way too much and way too often . And sometimes the alarm comes off and never even turns off , even when there is no real danger . And this false alarm makes it hard for you to see the best part of yourself .

This alarm of sensed danger is what creates the repression barrier . This is what creates a gap between you and your subconscious activated thoughts . While your alarm system might have helped you in some situations , your intentional , resourceful , wiser self of the soul is who you truly are , beyond your worries and your fears .

Your alarm system is just a protection mechanism that is not your true identity . There are special ways , like prayers , dua , connection to Allah , meditation , acts of worship . All of these help you get closer to your inner wisdom . These activities help you turn down the volume on your alarms and lets your soul's light shine through .

This open approach is what leads you to discover your activated thoughts In your journey to understand yourself better . It's an important reminder that , while your alarms are there to help you , your soul is the true heart of who you are .

Humans are given these tools to survive , and this creates a special memory of pain , while this pain might have saved you from big dangers like wild animals or tough weather . And these tools might have given you superpivers like staying strong , fight response power to run fast , flight response power to stay very still and quiet , freeze response .

These were all the superpowers that helped humans survive and grow , but as time went on and we arrived in the modern time , life became safer . With cities and technologies , some of these superpowers aren't really needed much . What we are inherently doing is using the superpower to run , which is the flight response , because of a tricky math question .

It sounds so comical , but that's exactly what we are still doing . We still react this way because our superpowers are still with us , even if we don't always need them . There is nothing maladaptive about this divine design .

These powers have just overstayed their welcome and , as human beings of higher intelligence , we direct our mind away from the false sense of danger to discover what is actually happening underneath . What is the activated thought ?

Now , the tricky part is that schools , socialization , education , communities haven't really taught us how to use these superpowers only when we truly need them . Instead , what you are told to focus on is get more stuff like courses , makeup , toys , gadgets or even more friends .

By doing this constant consumption , you forget to listen to your true nature and never really learn to understand how to control these superpowers inside you . Because if you knew how to access your activated thoughts that are harming you without actually creating pain for yourself , if you were skillful only at that one art , the consumer economy would collapse .

The magic of human cognition lies with your unique ability to think about your thoughts . This introspection has most profound benefits for a human being it holds the potential for self-healing .

When you do decide to examine these inner voices and you find what activated thoughts are here , you might find that these revelations might be accompanied by discomfort or unease , like stepping into an unfamiliar territory .

And again , this is your primitive brain , an overgrown , cautious guardian , but much like comforting a concerned child , it's your task to soothe this ancient part of your brain , reassuring that you're safe and there's no actual threat in revealing activated thoughts .

As a Muslim woman , being a professional , inside or outside your home , you imagine being dedicated to your faith , your family .

But if your subconscious activated thought is that I'm not pious enough , I'm not high in my faith enough or I'm not knowledgeable enough , then the outcome will be that you'll be overburdening yourself with additional tasks to compensate for this pain .

You will be ignoring a much needed relaxation and rest time and even engaging in more prolonged prayers to try and compensate , but not actually finding peace . This is not to be a deterrent to go out of your way to pray more or do more , but you can't even use prayers to escape yourself .

The activated thoughts of not enoughness are going to create pain and difficulty in your life , where you'll create missing out on your entire family time , you miss out connection and you'll risk going into burnout and reactivity just because you're trying to escape a painful subconscious thought . And all the while you might be doing all of the prescribed actions .

You can do all of the volunteer work , you can do all of the service , you can go the extra mile at your work and you can take on as much responsibility at home as you'd like .

If all of these tasks of service are your escape from feeling pain , then , because of this activated thought , you will never actually find yourself doing enough , because you'll always be believing yourself to not be enough . This is what accounts for the most dangerous part of this work , which is not being able to identify what it is that's actually causing pain .

So the case I'm trying to make is shedding some light on dusty old thoughts . It's not actually going to be dangerous . It's when you keep yourself in the dark from these thoughts is what's actually dangerous ? Activated thoughts would feel like heavy weights on your shoulder , on your chest .

You will feel more tired with less amount of work and you will feel more and more stressed . Work on finding out what is the small activated thought from your nafs that you can discredit today . This small step will create a huge relief for you .

With that , I pray to Allah SWT , the most knowing . Ya Allah , you have granted us the intellect and the unique ability to reflect upon our thoughts . Grant us the clarity and the strength to recognize these activated thoughts . Help us discern between our soulful brain and our primal brain when the alarm sounds , mistakenly seeing danger when there is none .

Allow us the wisdom to distinguish between true threats from false ones . Ya Allah , keep us connected to your divine design that you've placed within us . Keep us in touch with the power you have instilled within us , this power of soul that is far greater than the fleeting fears that our mind creates .

Ya Allah , lead us towards practices that bring us closer to our true essence , that eventually bring us closer to you . Amen , yadabu l-alamin , please keep me in your doors . I will talk to you guys next time .