Welcome to today's episode of the Mindset Mentor Podcasts. I'm your host, Rob Dial. If you have not yet

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subscribe button. Today, I'm going to be talking about how to calm the voice inside. The one that's

inside of your head and the one that you're thinking, well, I don't know,

I don't know if I have a voice inside of my head. That's the voice I'm talking about, the one that's

saying that right now. And I want to give you an example I heard, and I've given this example

a couple times in the podcast and people always come up to me or send me messages or emails.

I love that example because it makes so much sense. I heard one time from a spiritual

teacher and he shared this story and it really hit home for me. It hit home on other episodes.

And so I just want to share it with you again. Okay. Imagine that there's a bird. The bird's flying

through the air and he's graceful and he's free and he's soaring through the clouds. And then one day he's looking down as

he's flying and he sees this big beautiful lake. So he comes down from the sky, lands on this lake and

you know, it's this calm, beautiful lake and sits there and he's like, man, this is amazing.

And the burns like drawn to the calm, tranquil grace of this, this beautiful lake that it's in, right?

And decides, hey, this is pretty amazing. You know what? I'm just going to stay here for a while.

And the bird stays for a while and stays for a little bit longer and stays for a little bit longer.

And the bird ends up staying for so long that the bird forgets that he's able to fly. And, you know, he's been resting on the water

for such an extended period. He forgets he can fly and then he starts to actually identify with

the lake and think that I am this water. I am this, this water that's right here. And so he forgets

that he could have, you know, pick up his wings and just fly away and that he used to do that in the past. And this bird that's right here. And so he forgets that he could have, you know, pick up his wings and just fly away and that he used to do that in the past.

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