The Garage of Consciousness: Why Your Inner Peugeot 205 Is Holding You Back

Let’s talk about cars.

But not just any cars — the ones in your garage. Or more precisely, the ones in the garage of your consciousness.

Now, picture someone like Jay Kay (or whoever your favourite baller is).

You just know his garage is epic. He’s got a Land Rover for the muddy off-road stuff. There’s probably a Lambo or a Ferrari gleaming under those fancy lights. You can bet there’s a Mark 1 Golf Convertible tucked away for some 80s retro vibes. He’s got the lot — a dirt bike, maybe a Vespa for zipping around the Amalfi coast, hell, probably even a monster truck for fun.

The point is: he has the perfect vehicle for every occasion.

So when he wants to tool up in neon shades and vibe around town, he grabs the Golf.
If he’s mucking about on his land? Land Rover.
Racing day? Ferrari, obviously.
Cruising? Moped.
Mud-busting? Quad bike.
Whatever the mission, he’s got the car for it.

Meanwhile… You’re Still Driving That Peugeot 205

Let’s be honest: most of us are still trying to do life in that battered old Peugeot 205 from the early 90s. Or maybe it’s a Vauxhall Cavalier. Or a Renault Laguna (a tank, let’s be real). Whatever it is — it’s probably noisy, slow, leaking power steering fluid, and doesn’t like hills.

And yet we’re trying to do everything in it.

You’re trying to cruise narrow Italian lanes with a motor built like a sofa.
You’re trying to navigate muddy fields with no grip.
You’re showing up to racetrack-level challenges in life with a 30-year-old hatchback that can barely get out of second gear.

It’s exhausting. It’s limiting. And it’s not your fault.

But it is your responsibility to upgrade your garage.

The Cars Are Your States of Consciousness

Let’s switch gears (pun intended).

These cars? They’re not just metaphorical. They’re energetic states. Emotional tools. Inner resources. The vehicles of consciousness that we use to move through life.

And when you’ve got a well-stocked garage — when you’ve done the inner work to expand your awareness — you have access to the full fleet.

You can dial into:

  • Motivation and purpose, like firing up a V8 engine and tearing into the day.

  • Peace and stillness, the quiet purr of a perfectly tuned ride as you sit by the lake.

  • Power and rage, when you need to rally the troops and fight for something.

  • Playfulness and joy, zooming around on your Vespa with a smile on your face.

But most people? They’re stuck with just one.

They’ve only ever had a moped. A noisy one.
And sure, it’ll get you around — just — but try rescuing sheep on a moped.
Try going off-road. Try overtaking anything on the motorway.
It’s a nightmare.

You might twist your ankle. You’ll definitely mess up your shoes. And you’ll probably end up wondering why life feels so hard all the time.

This Is What It Means to Expand Your Consciousness

When you expand your range of consciousness, you’re upgrading your garage.

You’re no longer relying on that one clunky energy state to get you through everything.

You’ve got a vehicle for each terrain:

  • Struggle? You’ve got grit.

  • Joy? You can hold it without self-sabotage.

  • Chaos? You’ve got clarity and calm.

  • Need to connect? You can meet people where they’re at without getting triggered.

This is the real gift of emotional healing and spiritual growth: range.

And What About the Ladder?

Okay, let’s bring the ladder into the mix too.

Imagine your consciousness as a ladder. If your ladder’s short, you can only reach the bottom shelf. Maybe you can get your cereal, a few tins of beans, but all the good stuff — the champagne, the wisdom, the life-changing books — that’s all up high, out of reach.

You know it’s up there. You’ve seen other people access it.
But you can’t.
Your ladder’s too short.

Sure, maybe you can jump up and grab something briefly — a weekend festival, a great day, a flash of bliss — but you’re right back down to the ground afterwards.

Back to your default setting. Back to the moped.
Back to the noisy engine, the frustration, the limited perspective.

But when you extend your ladder — through inner work, healing, awareness — you can reach those higher shelves anytime you want. You don’t have to hope for a trampoline nearby or wait for someone taller to help you.

You can access:

  • Different ways of thinking

  • New emotional capacities

  • Creative solutions

  • More human connection

And the bonus? You’re not triggered all the time.
You’re not reacting.
You’re responding — because you’ve got options.

The Real Work: Upgrading the Garage, Extending the Ladder

Whether you vibe more with cars or ladders, the truth is the same:

Most people are trying to live life with one emotional gear and a rickety ladder.

They think joy, peace, connection, and clarity are rare moments or things they have to fight for.

But they’re not.
They’re states you can learn to live in.
They’re cars you can have in your garage — if you build the garage.

This is what emotional healing, like Head Trash Clearance, is really about.
It’s not about “fixing” you.
It’s about giving you the tools to handle anything, and more importantly, enjoy everything.

You shouldn’t be facing life’s wild terrain on a Vespa when what you need is a Land Rover.
You shouldn’t be trying to outrun your trauma in a car with the handbrake on.

Build your garage.
Extend your ladder.
Upgrade your internal fleet.

Because life’s too short to drive a car you’ve outgrown.

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