The Creature
There is a “creature” that resides inside of you and its sole purpose is to protect your physical body. The “creature” doesn’t want your body to do anything that takes you out of your physical comfort zone. It becomes that little voice that whispers in your ear, “do you really want to do that?” “You might fail.” “It might hurt.” “It’s too hard.” “It’s scary.” “I’m scared.” “Let’s just sit on the couch and watch TV and rethink this.”

This internal dialogue may sound familiar. It is as if your Mind is saying, “I want to try this”, “I want to exercise”, “I want to stop eating so much”, I want, I want, while your “creature” wants nothing to do with change. It wants to be nestled safely inside your inert body. Your creature’s sole responsibility is to protect the vessel it occupies. The “creature” is often described as the little devil that sits on your shoulder and whispers opposing views.

The “creature” represents that instinct-driven, physical reality that comes automatically with the human body. It is the same program designed for survival that comes with all living creatures of the earth. The “creature” responds to and acts upon feelings, not thoughts. His job is to hold your life energy in your muscle tissue to be able to “fight and run” at a moments notice. I want you to give him a persona so he can be real to you. Buster is a thought.

Watch for Buster, listen for Buster, and when Buster speaks to you, tell him to shut up. Like a wild horse that will fight almost to the death from being broken or domesticated your body with Buster in control will fight with every trick at its disposal. Your creature will try to keep you from finding a new talent or strengthening an existing talent.

Buster is a master at taking your focus away from discipline. He does not understand the actual damage it does in its effort to use your life energy to protect your body. It keeps you from uniting your spiritual and physical selves at the expense of your human growth and your well being. Discipline or the controlled use of your time is the key to controlling Buster.

Thought Domination
Discipline has gotten a bum rap, just like the word, work. It brings up negative feelings and thoughts of displeasure. Work should be something that brings you joy and pleasure. Discipline then becomes the active control of your time and thoughts for an end result. It becomes your own personal Jedi ‘light saber’. Discipline must be used to stop the body’s desire to override the action. All thoughts of inadequacies, procrastination and apparent laziness affect your body. These negative thoughts put Buster on alert to reserve energy needed for physical survival against threats. Under the influence of Buster you don’t have the energy and life focus necessary for a successful professional acting career.

You must be ready for the personal challenge of taking on yourself. If you allow yourself to contemplate the hopelessness of your efforts, these negative thoughts take your life energy, then that is what you will experience. It took years to subconsciously develop these negative thought patterns. With conscious effort and actions they can and will be broken. Remember only you have the power to alter your perceptions and refocus your energies. You are the captain of your ship. Set a course, if the winds change, adjust the course, but keep moving toward your destination.

Have a great week... remember, it's up to you.
I wish you well,
Russ