Your Inner Cave Troll Is Not in Charge (So Stop Letting It Drive)

You know that experience of talking to someone who doesn’t get what you’re saying—maybe even can’t get it—but you both keep going anyway (because both egos want a “win”)?

Everyone knows you can’t talk someone into anything once they’ve switched to another internal frequency.

We’ve all been there.
You feel one way; they feel another.
You talk, they talk.

And the more you talk, the more they (or you) double down.

Do either of you ever change your minds?

No.

You both just dig deeper trenches.

This is basically the internal dynamic happening inside every human all the time.

There’s the Real You—the higher self—the one that knows, has clarity, feels desire for a certain direction, and senses the next step.

And then there’s the ego-slash-cave-troll who’s like, “Okay, but let me run this idea through every shred of logic, doubt, outdated belief, inherited fear, resentment, and multi-generational software code anyone on the planet has ever carried.”

But—and here’s the important part—the Real You (your inner compass, the quiet you under all the static) will never join you in your negative thought.

That wiser part of you is always trending toward flow, expansion, wholeness, joy, ease, and alignment.

It will never buy into your self-doubt or fear.

It simply waits—patiently—for you to remember who you really are.

And when you start following that voice, life gets lighter. It flows.

The Whisper That Matters: A Lot

When you’re in your flow, impulses start showing up naturally—not necessarily massive fireworks or cosmic downloads. They could be tiny nudges:

I think I’ll send that email.
Maybe I should reach out to that person.
I’m going to take a different route home today.
I think I’ll pick up that book again.

At first these impulses feel random, faint, almost meaningless.

But then—something happens.
A chance meeting.
A conversation.
An unexpected opening.
A new idea that suddenly connects the dots.

And you realize, oh . . . okay. This is why I felt nudged to do that.

This is what it looks like to become a conscious participant in your own unfolding—to trust the clues your higher self is always trying to give you.

Eventually, with practice, the impulses get louder, clearer, and more obvious. Sometimes (maybe often) they come with a sense of purpose or direction you can’t explain.

As you follow these impulses, you start to learn what true satisfaction actually is. It’s not spiritual fireworks, manifestation trophies, or achievements. It’s not loud. It’s the quiet, grounded feeling of being in alignment with the Real You—with that inner pull.

This is what none of us are taught about true freedom, fulfillment, and satisfaction: It’s always here. Always now.

It shows up the moment we stop resisting—aka letting the Cave Trolls drive—and hand the steering wheel back to that part of us that actually knows where we’re going.

As Jed McKenna put it, “Jane Roberts said that miracles are nature unimpeded, which is a good way of saying that if you take your hand off the tiller, the boat will steer itself and do a vastly better job of it than you ever could.”

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