Who Taught You to Believe That? Suggestion, Conditioning, and the Stories That Control Us

Who Taught You to Believe That? Suggestion, Conditioning, and the Stories That Control Us

Episode Companion here! [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZPbIIWQ7i4hViaYmgEmzTc22dZ3z0Jzv/view?usp=sharing] In this episode of The New Ashla Podcast, Justin V. Gates and Michael Perry explore one of the most powerful questions we can ask on the path of healing, self-mastery, and spiritual awakening: Who taught you to believe that? Not every voice in your mind belongs to you. Some of the beliefs you carry about yourself, your worth, your relationships, your faith, your future, and what is possible for your life were planted before you ever had the ability to question them. A parent’s criticism, a teacher’s label, a religious warning, a cultural expectation, a painful relationship, a traumatic experience, or a fear repeated often enough can become more than a thought. It can become conditioning. It can become identity. It can become the invisible script running beneath your choices. Justin and Michael discuss how suggestion becomes conditioning, how repeated messages shape self-image, and how old stories can become the lens through which we see ourselves, other people, and reality itself. A belief can feel true simply because it is familiar, but familiarity is not the same as truth. Through the teachings of Ashla, this conversation becomes the sacred work of discernment: recognizing what has been planted within us, separating truth from conditioning, and reclaiming authority over the inner world. The Light does not reveal these old stories to shame us. It reveals them so we can become free. This episode explores inherited beliefs, family patterns, religious conditioning, cultural programming, limiting beliefs, self-worth wounds, inner agreements, shadow work, and the deeper responsibility of guarding the mind. Justin and Michael also discuss how to rewrite the inner script through awareness, truth, repetition, emotional acceptance, and right action. You cannot outgrow a story you still believe is you. But once you recognize it, question it, and begin practicing truth in its place, the old script starts to lose its power. Get the book here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/4ADHZyA⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://a.co/d/4ADHZyA] Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/NewAshla⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/NewAshla] Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/JustinVGates⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/JustinVGates] TikTok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@justinvgates?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.tiktok.com/@justinvgates?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc] YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@KnightsofAwakening⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [http://www.youtube.com/@KnightsofAwakening] YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@TemplumLumis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [http://www.youtube.com/@TemplumLumis] Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.newashla.com [www.newashla.com] Key topics * The origin of limiting beliefs and inherited stories * The impact of culture, religion, and media on conditioning * The importance of influence and responsibility in shaping others * Techniques for questioning and rewriting old stories * The role of perception and discernment in personal freedom * Practical exercises for self-awareness and change * The importance of truth over popularity in beliefs * The influence of social media on role models and mentorships Keywords who taught you to believe that, who planted that thought, planted thoughts, suggestion and conditioning, subconscious conditioning, inner stories, limiting beliefs, inherited beliefs, family conditioning, religious conditioning, cultural conditioning, trauma conditioning, emotional conditioning, childhood beliefs, self worth healing, identity healing, inner script, rewriting the inner script, subconscious mind, subconscious programming, negative suggestions, false beliefs, old programming, inner agreements, The Four Agreements, be impeccable with your word, New Ashla Podcast, Justin V Gates, Michael Perry, Ashla, the Light, the Force, Luminari, greater self, lesser self, self mastery, spiritual growth, emotional healing, shadow work, discernment, inner authority, spiritual psychology,

Stepping Into Your Power

Episode Guide [https://drive.google.com/file/d/10RJqAaMEvXU_3OoCrYOUvT1jCqWfbt-M/view?usp=sharing] You can give your power away by staying quiet, saying yes when you mean no, and shrinking to keep the peace. You can also lose it by gripping for control, becoming defensive, or exploding when things feel uncertain. In this episode, Michael and Justin explore why the peacekeeper and the powder keg are not opposites. Both are trying to feel safe. One abandons themselves to avoid conflict. The other tries to control the moment before anyone can threaten them. Real power is not dominance, volume, intimidation, or being the easiest person in the room. It is self-possession. It is the ability to stay connected to yourself, speak honestly, hear difficult truths, and set boundaries without collapsing or attacking. Topics Covered • Why passivity and reactivity often come from the same fear • The difference between being nice and being good • How people-pleasing becomes a form of control • Why anger, defensiveness, and micromanaging can hide powerlessness • The body signals that appear before a familiar pattern takes over • How the pause creates space between activation and action • The difference between boundaries, walls, and weapons • Why real confidence feels steady rather than forceful • How an internal locus of control helps you reclaim your power Key Takeaways • The goal is not for a passive person to become aggressive or for a reactive person to become silent. • Real power is staying connected to yourself when discomfort rises. • A boundary can be clear without becoming a threat. • Hard truths can become information instead of attacks. • Your needs are allowed to take up space, but they do not require anyone else to lose. • Discomfort is often the cost of growth, not proof that something is wrong. Practice: The Pause and the Pivot Catch one moment this week when you feel the urge to fold or fire. Pause. Take one slow breath. Return to your body. Then make one different choice: • If you usually fold, speak one honest need in one sentence. • If you usually fire, slow the reaction and respond without trying to control the outcome. Affirmations • My needs are allowed to take up space. • I can hear hard things without being harmed by them. • I release what was never mine to control. • My power does not depend on anyone else’s behavior. • I am steady even when things do not go my way. Journaling Prompts • When did you first learn that staying quiet or staying in control kept you safe? • Describe the last time you felt genuinely powerful without anyone else losing. • If you stopped managing how people experience you, what would you say tomorrow that you are not saying today? References Mentioned The Path of Ashla, the Axioms of Light, self-possession, trauma responses, mindfulness, authenticity, and internal versus external locus of control. Keywords: stepping into your power, self-possession, people-pleasing, emotional reactivity, boundaries, assertiveness, nervous system regulation, authenticity, internal locus of control, mindfulness, personal growth, spiritual growth, Path of Ashla, Axioms of Light Connect: Michael Perry [https://www.facebook.com/michael.perry.18400700/] | Justin Gates [https://www.facebook.com/JustinVGates] Follow: TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@justinvgates?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc] | New Ashla [https://newashla.com/]

Unlocking Your True Personality: The Authentic Self Beneath the Mask

Get the Episode Companion here! [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b21-hhUWZCwDlD3WuXEH19NsNFUH1RC9/view?usp=sharing] In this episode of The New Ashla Podcast, Justin V. Gates and Michael Perry explore what it means to unlock the real personality beneath fear, shame, inhibition, and the masks we created to survive. Many people believe they lack confidence, personality, courage, creativity, or presence. But what if the real issue is not that the true self is missing? What if it is hidden beneath years of criticism, rejection, self-consciousness, overcorrection, and old protective patterns? Drawing from the teachings of Ashla, this conversation reveals how the greater self is not something we invent. It is something we remember. Beneath the mask, beneath the fear of being judged, beneath the identity built around safety and approval, there remains a deeper self still capable of truth, courage, creativity, love, and Light. Justin and Michael discuss how people mistake protection for identity, how inhibition blocks authentic expression, and how excessive self-criticism can silence the soul before it ever has a chance to speak. They also explore why the mask should not be hated, but understood. It may have protected us once, but it was never meant to become our face. Through Ashla, this episode becomes a call to return to alignment. To stop performing and begin living from the heart. To recognize the old influences that keep us hidden. To choose small acts of honesty, courage, and presence that allow the greater self to come forward again. This is not about becoming louder, more impressive, or more acceptable to the world. It is about becoming real. Remove the mask. Remember the greater self. Let the Light within be seen. Get the book here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/4ADHZyA⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://a.co/d/4ADHZyA] Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/NewAshla⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/NewAshla] Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/JustinVGates⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/JustinVGates] TikTok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@justinvgates?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.tiktok.com/@justinvgates?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc] YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@KnightsofAwakening⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [http://www.youtube.com/@KnightsofAwakening] YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@TemplumLumis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [http://www.youtube.com/@TemplumLumis] Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.newashla.com [www.newashla.com] Key topics * The difference between identity and authenticity * How fear and shame create masks * The importance of awareness and reflection * Practical steps to express your true self * The role of courage in authenticity * Mental models for understanding self-protection * The impact of societal conditioning * The process of shadow work and healing * Balancing discipline and self-expression * The significance of living in accordance with nature Key words unlocking your real personality, greater self beneath the mask, real personality, authentic self, greater self, lesser self, false self, protective mask, mask and identity, fear and identity, shame and personality, inhibition, self-consciousness, authentic expression, finding your true self, becoming real, emotional healing, spiritual growth, self mastery, inner work, shadow work, healing shame, healing fear, fear of being seen, fear of judgment, self-protection, survival identity, personality and trauma, identity healing, inner transformation, New Ashla Podcast, Justin V Gates, Michael Perry, Ashla, the Light, the Force, Luminari, Psycho-Cybernetics, Maxwell Maltz, New Psycho-Cybernetics, self image, subconscious mind, negative feedback, self criticism, overthinking, performance, people pleasing, authenticity, spiritual alignment, truth over performance, living from the heart, inner Light, personal growth, emotional freedom, self-awareness, self-acceptance, spiritual psychology

The Loneliness Epidemic: How to Stop Disappearing From Your Own Life

Episode Guide [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GrlZ56kH-TumG6ek6KeM7eU-Ry91zEiJ/view?usp=sharing] You can be surrounded by people and still feel like no one would notice if you disappeared for a week. Loneliness does not always look like sitting alone. Sometimes it looks like busyness, exhaustion, independence, productivity, or protecting your peace. Slowly, the distance between you and the people you care about grows wider, and reconnecting starts to feel harder than staying isolated. In this episode, Michael and Justin explore how isolation becomes familiar, why healthy solitude can quietly turn into avoidance, and why reaching out feels so vulnerable. They discuss the stories we create when someone goes silent, the importance of offering grace without abandoning our own needs, and how relationships help us see ourselves more clearly. This is not about sending one generic text and pretending loneliness is solved. It is about recognizing withdrawal, taking one honest step toward connection, and becoming someone other people can feel less alone around. * Why loneliness disguises itself as independence * The difference between solitude and isolation * How busyness and productivity become avoidance * Why canceled plans can feel relieving * The stories we tell when someone stops reaching out * Why vulnerability creates deeper relationships * Practical ways to reconnect after time apart * Helping someone cross the threshold out of isolation * Healthy solitude helps you return to life more grounded. Isolation helps you avoid returning. * Someone’s silence does not automatically mean they stopped caring. * You do not need to feel ready before reaching out. * A specific invitation is more powerful than saying, “We should catch up sometime.” * Sometimes you need someone to hold the rope while you climb out. * The goal is not only to feel less lonely. It is to become someone others can feel less alone around. Think of the specific person who came to mind while listening. Send them one direct message and name an actual next step. You might say: * “I noticed you’ve been quiet lately. How are you, really?” * “I miss you. Would you like to grab coffee this week?” * “You crossed my mind today, and I wanted to check in.” If leaving the house feels overwhelming, begin with the message. Make the next step honest, specific, and manageable. * I am allowed to reach out first. * My presence matters to people. * Connection is worth the risk of being turned down. * I am someone people can be less alone around. * Who has gone quiet in your life, and what story have you told yourself about why? * Are you stepping back so you can return more grounded, or stepping away so you do not have to return? * What is the worst honest outcome of reaching out, and could you survive it? “Am I stepping back so I can return more clearly, or am I stepping away so I do not have to return at all?” Keywords: loneliness epidemic, social isolation, meaningful connection, healthy solitude, vulnerability, friendship, community, avoidance, authentic relationships, peer support, spiritual connection, Path of Ashla Connect: Michael Perry [https://www.facebook.com/michael.perry.18400700/] | Justin Gates [https://www.facebook.com/JustinVGates] Follow: TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@justinvgates?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc] | New Ashla [https://newashla.com] Explore more episodes, companion materials, and coaching at New Ashla [https://newashla.com]

The Automatic Success Mechanism: How to Aim Consciously

Episode companion [https://drive.google.com/file/d/16JALmPMv6XRd50fQ8T0qpNvjLAyGr-79/view?usp=sharing] In this episode of The New Ashla Podcast, Justin V. Gates and Michael Perry explore the Automatic Success Mechanism, the idea that the human mind is always moving toward a target, whether we realize it or not. Your thoughts aim you. Your fears aim you. Your expectations aim you. Your habits aim you. Your self-image aims you. And once the inner system has a target, it begins organizing your attention, behavior, emotions, choices, and corrections around that aim. But here is the deeper question: are you aiming at purpose, or are you aiming at fear? Many people believe they are stuck because they lack motivation, discipline, or ability. But often, the real issue is that their inner world has been aimed unconsciously at avoidance. Avoiding rejection. Avoiding failure. Avoiding discomfort. Avoiding vulnerability. Avoiding the possibility of being seen, challenged, or changed. Through the teachings of Ashla, this becomes the discipline of alignment. The path is not only about wanting a better life. It is about consciously aiming thought, motive, emotion, and action toward truth, purpose, healing, and Light. Vague desire creates vague movement, but a clear aim gives the deeper mind direction. Justin and Michael discuss how fear can become an unconscious target, how old conditioning and self-image can quietly direct our lives, and why clarity allows correction. They also explore how visualization, prayer, disciplined thought, emotional alignment, and right action help us return to the path when we drift. This episode is a reminder that you are always moving toward something. The question is whether your life is being aimed by fear, or consciously directed by truth. Aim with intention. Align with the Light. Walk the path on purpose. Get the book here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/4ADHZyA⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://a.co/d/4ADHZyA] Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/NewAshla⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/NewAshla] Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/JustinVGates⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/JustinVGates] TikTok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@justinvgates?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.tiktok.com/@justinvgates?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc] YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@KnightsofAwakening⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [http://www.youtube.com/@KnightsofAwakening] YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@TemplumLumis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [http://www.youtube.com/@TemplumLumis] Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.newashla.com [www.newashla.com] Key topics * Inner goal-seeking mechanism * Unconscious influences on behavior * Shadow work and self-awareness * Alignment and intentional living Keywords automatic success mechanism, Psycho-Cybernetics, Maxwell Maltz, goal seeking mechanism, subconscious mind, self image, inner target, aiming at fear, aiming at purpose, fear or purpose, subconscious programming, mental alignment, spiritual alignment, New Ashla Podcast, Justin V Gates, Michael Perry, Ashla, the Light, the Force, Luminari, self mastery, personal growth, spiritual growth, emotional healing, mindset, mindset training, visualization, prayer and purpose, right action, inner alignment, conscious growth, fear based thinking, avoidance patterns, self sabotage, healing old conditioning, purpose driven life, inner world, thought discipline, emotional discipline, alignment with truth, clarity and correction, success mindset, manifestation, spiritual psychology, personal transformation, truth purpose and Light, walking the path