This is the second installment on the theme of “Rational Thinking”. Alec discusses one of our most important innate resources and shares the Idries Shah story: “You can’t teach by correspondence”. (It’s all about dried onions and water!)

We all have an innate need for a sense of autonomy and control. How well is your own need for control currently met in your life?

Our ability to think rationally is one of our greatest resources. But what are the limitations of rational thinking? Alec describes this powerful resource and shares the story of “The Scholar and The Boatman”

Being able to access our Observing Self when under pressure is a vital skill to have for dealing with difficult situations. Alec shares some tips for maintaining our ability to “Respond” rather than “React” when under pressure.

Our Observing Self is that part of us which is pure awareness. It experiences our thoughts, our feelings and our actions. It cannot be located since whatever you can conceptualise is already the object of awareness, not awareness itself. It is one of our innate resources – part of the internal guidance system with which all human beings come into the world equipped.

Alec discusses the relationship between movement and the “flow state” in which we are totally absorbed in some activity which we find enjoyable and which exercises some skill that we have developed. He also shares the story of the “Watermelon Hunters”.

We all have an innate need to move. Whether it is physical movement or just the need for a change of scenery – our need for movement is vital for our physical, emotional and mental health.

Giving attention to where we place our attention.