Gregg states that although the question may appear to be deceptively simple, every human that has ever walked upon the face of the Earth has consciously or subconsciously asked this very question – ‘Who am I?’

He says it influences every intimate relationship that you have ever said yes to, every career choice you have made, how you treat your body and even the healthcare choices you make.

Asking myself, ‘Who am I?’ made me contemplate what was most meaningful to me.  That one question was the catalyst to others.  What do I value the most?  What activities do I enjoy the most?  What inspires and excites me? What do I long for?  Am I being true to myself?  Do I honour myself and my needs?  Do I express myself fully in relationships with others?  Am I hiding part of myself in order to fit in?

I wondered if I could be free to be myself in every situation.  If I couldn’t, why not?

Fortunately, Gregg’s work allowed me to find answers to many of my questions and helped me delve further into a even bigger question – ‘Who are we?’

The two strongest emotional forces influencing these fields are love – and its opposite – fear.  Depending on the spectrum and intensity of the emotion, we either experience uplifting feelings such as joy and exhilaration or darker feelings such as sadness, rage, and anger.  Gregg suggests that the feelings you hold in your heart influence the energy field and subsequently the nature of what manifests in your outer life.

We are constantly communicating with this field, he says.  Every moment of our waking and sleeping lives, we continuously think, feel and emote.  Whatever we sense, perceive and express, contributes to an outcome in our reality.  As a result of Gregg’s work, I started to see the world around me as if it were a mirror, reflecting back to me what I think, how I feel and what I believe.

Gregg believes that we live in a participatory universe.  By shifting our perception, he explains, we can influence this field.  He says, what happens inside the human body (the emotions we create) has power to change our experience of life and the events playing out in the world.  The good news?  Our current reality is not necessarily an indication of our destiny.

Gregg uses quantum theory to explain the idea that there are many possible outcomes for any given moment in time.  It is the consciousness of the observer, he says, that determines how energy will behave.  In other words, the choices that we make as individuals determine which ‘quantum possibility’ we experience in our personal life.  If we can imagine it, he says, then it’s a possibility and we have the power to create it and make it real.

The key to activating one of the many possibilities in the ‘soup of creation’, he instructs, is dependent on our ability to imagine and feel as if the outcome has already occurred.  To feel as if our vision has already come to life.  To feel as if our desires have already been fulfilled.  To feel as if our prayers have already been answered.

Our success is assured, if we can generate the quality of thought and emotions that produce such a feeling.

In order to develop the ability to generate such feelings on demand, Gregg invites us to take three actions – emotional self-management; alignment of our inner and outer worlds; and disengagement from our current reality.

Emotional self-management involves creating a connection between the brain and the heart and then intentionally activating and flooding the body with restorative feelings such as compassion, gratitude, appreciation and kindness.  This state of being is known as heart-brain coherence.  The process is described in more detail in the section below titled Chapter 5 – Reprogramming my Subconscious Mind.  Gregg recommends using this technique particularly in stressful situations to help bring our emotions back to a more balanced state.

Alignment of our inner and outer worlds is the congruence of our thoughts, feelings, beliefs, emotions and actions with the vision we have for our life in order to become the type of person we aspire to be.  Gregg explains that if these aspects of ourselves are out of alignment with one another, then our energy is scattered and ineffective.  In other words, we can’t manifest what we desire.

Disengaging from our current reality requires detaching from or letting go of the stories that constantly play out in our minds and our outer world.  For example, ‘I will never make a living out of doing what I love.’  Instead, Gregg encourages us to redirect our focus inwards and put our attention on alternative possibilities, such as, ’Abundance flows to me because I love what I do.’  This action, he explains, brings a new course of events into focus and releases those that no longer serve us.

Loving myself had always felt egotistical to me.  Putting myself first made me feel selfish.  But I learned to think of this love for myself in a new way; as self care.  I found it easier to make choices based on what was best for my well being.  When I did so, I felt like I was activating a softer and more loving energy and life began to respond to me in a new way.  For the first time, I truly began to love myself.

The ‘Heart Lock-In’ technique is a two-step process.  The first step involves creating a connection between the brain and the heart by focusing your attention in the area of your heart as you slowly breath in and out.  Gregg says the easiest way to connect with your heart is to gently put your fingers or hand over your heart area.

The second step involves intentionally activating and flooding the body with restorative feelings, such as compassion, gratitude, appreciation and kindness.  For those who find it difficult to recall such feelings, Gregg suggests thinking about what it would feel like to hold a baby puppy, kitten or bunny in your arms.

The Inner Balance App digitally measures heart-rate variability (the pattern of your heart-rhythm), and gives a visual display of the level of synchronisation between the heart and brain.  This is known as heart-brain coherence.

I found the Inner Balance App immensely useful as it acts like a coach when performing the Heart Lock-In technique by providing instructions and auditory signals to help achieve and maintain heart-brain coherence.

My experience of reaching coherence was a sense of inner calm and peace.  Gregg says, it is when we are in this state we create a ‘hot-line’ to the subconscious and what we think about and affirm can have a very profound affect on our lives.

I found that the more I used these tools, the more I could recall these restorative feelings at will.  It was particularly useful in situations that I found stressful as it helped me bring my emotions back to a more balanced state.  This allowed me to respond in new and more empowered ways rather than becoming defensive and reacting out of fear as I’d done in the past.

These two tools re-calibrated the way I operated in the world.  They allowed me to cut through life’s static, my doubts and negative self-talk and tap into the wisdom of my heart so that I could make choices from that place.

They also helped me to strengthen and to reinforce patterns of behaviour, thinking and decision making based on what was best for my well-being.  This enabled me to recognise the activities that I love in which I naturally experience heart-brain coherence so I could make more room for them in my everyday life.

The result?  I began to feel consistently good about myself.  People began to treat me with respect.  As my confidence grew, I became more comfortable with sharing aspects of myself that I’d previously kept hidden including my tastes, opinions and hobbies.  Doors that were previously closed (or didn’t exist at all) began to open and allowed me to begin fully expressing my gifts and talents.  This made me feel like I could actually make a difference in the world and contribute to the greater good of humanity.

Gregg invited me to imagine my desires and think from a place of already having achieved them.  He encouraged me to make my future dreams a present fact in my inner world.

What is important, he says, is the quality of feelings we harbour in our bodies.  He encouraged me to find peace in my body because tension is what stands in the way between us and our dreams being realised or miracles occurring.

I’ve discovered that when I’m feeling stuck or stressed out about something in particular, if I participate in activities that I love and become completely absorbed in them, the tension dissipates and my body relaxes.   Something shifts, then situations and circumstances that I never could have orchestrated miraculously present themselves.