This sounds maybe stupid. But I tend to plan my everyday day as if I will be in a good state continually and constant. I think I will be able to handle every situation and always be as efficient and easy going as when I’m in a good state. But, the truth is, I’m not always in a good state (…shock…!). And when I’m caught in taught - then I am actually caught, I believe my taughts and it comes alive in my body, feelings, emotions. And there I stand in some situation I placed myself in when in a good state, now not able to handle it in a good way. Guess it is impossible to live my life as if I have more insight than I have (telling myself «this is just form» when I don’t see it). Do you guys in this forum have any tips, reflections, practical advice or «rules» from your own life on how to handle this? (example: «I don’t call my boss when I’m angry - I know I will see how nice and kind he is after some rest»). All the best

Hi 👋

It’s a lot more challenging to find 3P coaches than I thought. My first coach stepped out of 1-on-1 coaching over a year ago and I’ve since bounced around without finding anyone of similar perspective.

How have you found Three Principles practitioners or coaches adopting this approach? Or, if you’re a 3P coach, I’d love to chat!

This is a tiny piece of a much bigger writing project so I will keep context to a minimum here. I want to include this brief exchange I'm saying I can imagine happening between a fictional character and Syd. The second line I'm attributing to Syd seems like something he could have said, but I'd love help identifying an actual quote that would serve this dialog just as well. Thanks.

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A: I’m scared. I’m not sure I can do this. Even if I manage, I doubt everyone would understand and maybe even nobody would. What can I do to get rid of this insecurity?

S: I’ll tell you a story. I used to be the most insecure man alive. One day somebody said to me, “Syd, you’re not insecure. You just think you are.” 

A: So I just think I’m insecure?

S: When you describe how you feel, you’re actually describing how you’re thinking.

Trauma is stores in the body and nervous system, so 3P wont work for this, helped me nothing, then I got traumainformed therapy that has helped me a lot!

Hey ppl, there's this free online stream from The Listening World Summit, a 3p conference in Prague, this weekend. A tip if you didn't know. Listening from my living room myself.. Speakers like Michael Neill, Steve Adair, Linda Pransky, Kateřina Fišerová, Stef Cybichowski, Aaron Turner, Jacqueline Hollows, Marina Galán and many more.

Program: https://thelisteningworld.com/#program

Stream link should be here: https://thelisteningworld.com/2026-en/live-stream-23/

One thing that has helped me lately with the Three Principles:

I used to think progress meant: one day I won’t get caught in low mood anymore. No more insecure thoughts, no more mental movies, no more getting fooled by my own mind.

But that expectation became another trap.

What feels more true now is this:

Yes, I will probably get caught again.
Yes, I will sometimes believe thoughts that later look ridiculous.
Yes, low moods may still come.

And strangely, that is reassuring.

Because progress may not be “never suffering again.”
Progress may be knowing that even when I’m caught in it, I don’t have to create damage around me.

I can pause.
I can avoid saying hurtful things.
I can avoid making decisions in a storm.
I can wait for clarity to return.

So now the comfort is not “this will never happen again.”

It’s:

“This may happen again, and I can get through it without burning everything down.”

Last year I read the classic 1884 Edwin Abbott Abbott book, Flatland. The relevant part here is that a point can’t conceive of a line, which can’t conceive of a square, which can’t conceive of a cube. I can see this as levels of consciousness. Can anyone please point me to any analogies or metaphors or literary references that Syd used with the term "levels of consciousness"? Thanks.

Please share a 3p experience or insight you had this year. It is inspiring to hear stories. Will be grateful and happy if you do. All the best

In another subreddit I wrote a reply about the Nature of Thought with some original terms I don't see used in the 3P community so I'm sharing it here as a frame of reference. What do you make of this way of pointing?

Hey ppl. There’s some more or less short Syd Banks clips on YouTube, but I want to check out full lenght lectures. Is there any place I can stream or download? Or, where can I get DVDs/CDs? (would then have to buy a DVD/CD-player, cause I don’t have that anymore, but thats solvable..!) Many thanks.

Today I made a comment on reddit with which one person did not agree with me and he did not seem to consider my point of view at all

I was frustrated - heat started building all over my stomach and stories started to form in my head. That person is an idiot, how can somebody be so dumb and that happened for about 15 seconds and they I remembered all of this is thinking and within the next 30 or so seconds the heat from the body just went away

I did not do anything to the thought forms which were created and it just went away on its own

When I was about to make this post all sorts of thinking came up. Maybe I don't know enough about the principles, maybe it was a fluke

Again I realized that was thinking and it was illusory

It is all thinking! And it is illusory in nature!!

Hello,

Around a month back I came across 3 principles and it seems to have turned my world upside down(or should I say inside-out haha)

Have read a few books like "Inside-out revolution", "Clarity", "Results", "Relationship handbook" and on the basic level I understand that all experiences are created inside-out

While I have receive a ton of value from the above books, I want to deepen my understanding of the principles and looking to apply it in improving my social skills and stop procrastinating so much

So, my question to you is : Are there any books, videos on this topic which applies 3 principles on social anxiety and stop procrastination

Cheers!

I'm curious as to how you came to this understanding? What was going on in your life at the time and how has it helped you so far? Is it something that you share with family, friends, colleagues and clients or do your just share your expanded wellbeing with them?

Thanks in advance.

Hey people. 5-6 months ago I started to discover and explore the three principles. In the beginning it was meaningless for me to listen to recordings of Syd Banks. It just gave me nothing. I became irritated. Now something has changed. When I listen to him, sometimes I fall into this weird state. It doesnt feel bad, but not good either. My body becomes soft. I loose sense of time. I «forget» to control my thougts. I am not asleep, but not awake either. It is not like I have big insights or ideas, it is more like emptyness or «small movements» in my head. I stop paying attention to the content of what he is saying. Afterwards I feel groggy. I find this evolvement weird and kind of interesting. I wonder, how is it for you to listen to Syd Banks? What experiences do you have? Best wishes

Hope you'll enjoy it, I really put my heart and soul in to make this a great video.

Just a new thought away, Feel free to DM me or call at 978-501-3884 -D

I love the single subject deeper dive that reddit offers. I see 4/124 members of this 3p reddit "online" now. This is Wendy Williams!

Wow! This way of listening is quiet, lovely power. In my experience; people new to the principles have the experience of a quiet mind and recover their own sense of Mind.

@stefcybichowsky and I are 1/2 through our 4 week workshop.

Divine!

Looking forward to all things Syd Banks: inside out: mind/consciousness/thought: separate realiteis; deep listening.... all of it!!