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Your gremlin’s caution about life and living is inordinate and his
methods of control are overzealous. He is not merely your inner critic or
simply a part of your psychological makeup. Your gremlin is not your
negative thoughts—he is the source of them. He is not your less-than-
positive past experiences—he uses them. He is not your fears—he taunts
you with them by creating the horror movie about your future that you
sometimes watch.
He is your gremlin, and his personality, like his dastardly intention, is
all his own. One thing is for certain. As you begin to simply notice your
gremlin, you will become acutely sensitive to the fact that you are not your
gremlin, but rather, his observer. You will see clearly that your gremlin has
no real hold on you. As this awareness develops, you will begin to
appreciate and enjoy your life more and more. It is for you, the observer,
that this book is written.
THE NATURAL YOU (THE OBSERVER)
As I’ve said, your body will change over your lifetime. And your
personality, too. And so will your opinions, your preferences, your
performance style, and the various roles you play. The natural you is the
one inside that miraculous mass of matter out of which you are now
peering. The natural me is inside my own body, which is at this moment
holding a pen. From inside this aging sculpture of hair, eyes, teeth, and
limbs, the natural me is writing the words, “Hello in there.”
You just pulled in through your eyes the words, “Hello in there.”
The natural you understands the essence of my words. Your mind is
busy making sense out of them. Your gremlin, meanwhile, is gnashing his
teeth and screeching something like “This is ridiculous!” He’s threatened by
our relationship and threatened even more by the calling forth of the natural
you—the observer—and he will do all in his power to bully or smooth-talk
you off the path to clarity and simple contentment. He would love to
convince you to trust him instead of trusting the uncontaminated
experiences and observations of the natural you.
