Turn to Dust Protocol

Metaphorical Narrative

Imagine standing in a room where fragments of old memories float like ash suspended in the air. Each ember lands on your skin and sparks the same reaction you felt long ago—the guilt, the stress, the tension. But this time, you don’t need to replay the past. You don’t need to carry its weight. You stand tall, and as the body recognizes the old imprint, you invoke a new authority: Turn to Dust.

The ember crumbles, the ash falls harmlessly, and the room clears. What once felt like a living shadow is nothing more than dust at your feet.

Core Insight

Emotional signatures are echoes of unfinished past events. They appear in the body as if they are happening now, demanding your attention. But they are not commands. They are recordings, waiting to be completed and released.

By engaging your executive functions (EF), you process the sensation, see it through, and declare it finished. The “Turn to Dust” command is the closing seal—it acknowledges the event, marks it complete, and dissolves the residue. Each time you use it, a little more of the past is freed from the present.

Saturday Experiment

1. Notice: When an old signature appears in your body (tension, guilt, fear), pause.
2. Process: Hold it in EF awareness, breathe through it until the sensation feels seen and finished.
3. Command: Say clearly, “Turn to Dust.” Watch it collapse into nothing but ash.

Repeat as often as needed today. Each completion is a release.

Sunday Reflection

• Where in their body did the emotional signature first appear?
• How did they know it was tied to the past rather than the present?
• What changed once they declared “Turn to Dust”?
• In what ways do they feel freer compared to before the protocol?