All Movies End

This mini podcast isn't about movies or endings, it's more about where your attention needs to be focused.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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"The Grasshopper" is the part of you that whispers pearls of wisdom that  seem to pop into your mind from out of the blue. John's essays and blog posts are his interpretations of these "Nips of Nectar." Others have labeled his writings as timeless wisdom. 

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• Mindfulness
• Peace of mind
• Creativity
• How to stay in the present moment
• Spirituality
• Behavior improvement

And stories that transform you to a wider sense of awareness that presents more options. And isn't that what we all want, more options? 

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Transcript

All Movies End

Even if it’s a trilogy or more of movies, each individual film ends. And, for that matter, so does everything else when we’re no longer able to perceive.

That sounds pretty harsh like in the movie “Cocktail” when Tom Cruise says, “All relationships end.”

But this isn’t about movies, relationships, or endings. it’s about now.

Reminds me of a story . . . When I used to go to the movies, I would get engrossed in the plot, but somewhere along the way, I would detach myself from the film and look at my watch. I wanted to see how much time was left in the movie. 

That removed me from being attached to the story, and I missed out on the pleasurable experience right in front of me by focusing my mind on the end.

Which reminds me of another story . . . I attended motion picture operator school when in the US Navy. One of the things I learned was that projectionists at local theaters were fined if they didn’t properly time the starting of the second or third reel of a movie. If they let the screen flash white due to their oversight, it took a bite out of their wallet. But more importantly, it interrupted the experience of the viewer and took them out of their movie trance.

What’s right in front of you now is all there is now. Pay attention to it and learn the art of staying present. That doesn’t mean you can’t experience peripheral vision, just don’t let it morph into peripheral attention. 

When you give your attention to who or what’s in front of you, you’ll master the arts of focus and communication and what you say or do will be paid more attention to.

Attention is the currency of focus and communication. Spend it wisely and they’ll be no end to the benefits.

All the best,

John