The Inner Masters Talk When You're Unaware;A Story

Welcome The Inner Influence

This a story  based on a conversation that took place in the wee hours of the morning between my friend David  and his "Inner Master".Well I wouldn't say it's a story either.It is a tet-e-tet .The kind we all don't look forward to,yet which we keep mulling over later.
Now David is a worrier,a sensitive person,gets offended soon,and often.He feels he has problem whereby every time he wants to feel happy something within him nudges him to ruminate over the uglier side of life.On the face of it he leads a decent enough life.He has a good job,a caring family,a car,a house,and all the usual trappings of life which fit the template of a  normal life.Then what is different in David's case?

Nothing.

Except that he's got a "speaker" within that commands him to tread gingerly even when everything's going fine.And the conversation that he had that day left him doubting his own feelings and thinking.It was more of a monologue.

How It Began

David woke up at 3 in the morning that day.Awakened by an uncomfortable dream that made him feel thirsty and drained.He drank a glass of water and then sat on the edge of  the bed.
"Hi there David", someone said.He looked around with a start.There was no one around the room.He was surprised,but somehow not scared.The voice had sounded very,very familiar.The second time he heard his name called he knew who it was. 
"Dont worry David, it's David here" said  the voice.This time he switched on the bedside lamp.Of course there was no one around.So he switched it off,and the voice continued,"you have a problem David. You have a tendency at the deep,subtle level to always live on tenterhooks. Isnt it?'

The Invisible Search Programme

David started to say some thing but the voice continued softly.
"Have you realised that you have an inner 'search programme'  running in your mind looking around for anything negative that happened in your life in the past,and feeling instantly disturbed and agitated about it? Yes, do look in closely at yourself and you will notice that there is a deeply concealed programme which is a "negativity-find-programme".It is constantly on the lookout for some unpleasant incident of the past,and trying to project it into the future as well.It also rejects your uniqueness.
Isn't the "search programme" causing you to search your own shortcomings,inabilities,inadequacies?And urging you to feel instantly let down?Simultaneously the discovery of inadequacy within yourself is so repugnant to you that you resist it with all your might at the same time.This is resulting in a massive collision of "realities' within you.Have you noticed this pattern David?"
David meekly replied in the negative.He had never thought about such a possibility, ever.

False Premises

The voice continued,"if there is such an unconscious "auto-search" programme inside you, David, it can be easily neutralised,and you don't have to lead the rest of your life under it's tyranny forever.Simply because the premise of your search programme may be ABSOLUTELY baseless, and downright wrong.
Moreover,any inferences that are being drawn by your search programme are also likely to be wrong.Remember the saying 'my life is full of misfortunes,most of which never happened'?
That's why you are not under any bounden duty to comply with the misleading urging of your inner "default programme".Some of these default programmes are also called icebergs in psychological circles.Something that is visible to the conscious mind as a minutiae,but  has a vast volume of solidified water beneath the surface .And that solidified water (ice) melts under the warmth of your conscious awareness of your situation.So,my dear, just light up the torch of your awareness and see your imaginary phantoms scurrying away.

Wisdom  Runs Deep Within You

Empower Yourself

The Voice continued,"you are here to live an empowered life,and increase your effectiveness.So make an effort and move towards more fulfilling choices in this world.You have the freedom to improve yourself every minute.All you need to do is to stand up to your so called inner "master" and politely question it's motives.Ask it why must you feel compelled to suffer immobilisation and dread always whenever it throws catastrophic possibilities at you?Why must you be stung by every fleeting apprehension, and bow down in servility and dis-empowerment to it's arguments?Why must you feel isolated in life due to your uniqueness?Yes you are different from others.We all are.And we are meant to be unique.Perhaps your uniqueness and difference from others has a higher purpose.Have you ever considered that?If your opinions and views differ from others consider that a bit of a fortune instead of being struck by lightening bolts because of that,every day every moment.

You,my dear,are permitted to love yourself.In spite of your uniqueness.In fact, more so because of your uniqueness.

After that the conversation ended and David fell fast asleep.He was certain it was a dream.

And a  week later David met me and told me about his dream.He said he was puzzled about all this.Yet he did not appear to be worsened by his experience.Instead,to me, he appeared rather relaxed,more at ease,assured,and even a bit more cheerful.Perhaps at a deep,subtle,level his icebergs were melting down.

What do you think?