The Obedient Servant

Metaphorical Narrative

Old mind is not a leader.
It’s a servant, bowing and scraping to masters who left long ago.

The house is empty, but the servant still polishes the floors, whispers the rules, and nags you to perform as if the masters will return at any moment. It obeys orders that no longer exist.

And in that obedience, your peace is stolen.

Core Insight

Old mind is not yours. It is not loyal to you. It obeys ghosts.

You don’t have to honor its commands. You can dismiss the servant from the house.

Saturday Experiment

When old mind issues an order (“do more, prove yourself, don’t rest”), answer aloud:

• “Those masters are gone. You serve no one here.”

Then drop the command.

Sunday Reflection

In third person, journal:

• What happens when they dismiss the servant from the house?
• How does their body shift when obedience ends?
• What peace is uncovered when the orders stop?