Q18. Why do I stay in relationships that are bad for me?
The short answer: Because the nervous system has learned to associate familiarity with safety. And familiarity, in this case, includes pain….
Questions & Answers
Every article written under the Papneja Method — on consciousness, karma, the nervous system, motivation, the Sound Current, and the mechanics of the inner life.
Q17. Why do I feel physically exhausted even after rest?
The short answer: Because rest at the body level does not resolve depletion at the nervous system level. You are resting…
Q16. Why do I feel like a fraud even when I am doing well?
The short answer: Because the version of you that is succeeding does not feel like the real you. And it isn’t…
Q15. Why am I so angry all the time?
The short answer: Anger is what a blocked nervous system produces when it has been pushed past its threshold and has…
Q14. How do I deal with losing someone I love?
The short answer: You don’t deal with it by managing it. You move through it. The grief is the love with…
Q13. Why does love feel so painful?
The short answer: Because you are not just experiencing the present relationship. You are experiencing every impression of love that didn’t…
Q12. Why do I feel responsible for everyone in my family?
The short answer: Because your nervous system was trained to treat their emotional state as your problem to solve. That training…
Q11. Why do I feel like I am living someone else’s life?
The short answer: Because you probably are. Not through anyone’s conspiracy — through accumulated choices made from a nervous system that…
Q10. Why do I keep going in circles — same patterns, same results?
The short answer: Because you keep changing the content of your life without changing the instrument that’s generating the pattern. New…
Q9. Why do I feel like something is missing but I don’t know what?
The short answer: Because something is. And the fact that you can’t name it doesn’t mean it’s not real. It means…
Q8. How do I let go of resentment toward someone who hurt me?
The short answer: You don’t let go of it by deciding to. The impression is in the nervous system, not in…
Q7. Why do I self-sabotage?
The short answer: You didn’t choose it. Something in the system chose it. And until you understand what that something is,…
