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I receive lots of questions… and many of them – if not most have this theme – “How can I be/do/feel like this (fill in the blank) … when (fill in the blank) is happening, not happening ??
Here is a question that I received this week from Mary (not her real name):
I have been pursuing your site for a while and what I am reading makes so much sense. The overall concepts are not new to me but the process, the believing, is a little hard to master. My life, right now, is in a state of upheaval. I am trying to stay positive and not become stressed but circumstances, being as they are, make that tough. The threat of layoff is hanging in the air like a dense, dark cloud. And every time I tell myself it is going to be alright, that things will work out, I have a feeling I can only compare to as giddiness. It is like a laughter stuck in my chest and I automatically feel better. However, my brain, being overly logical and analytical, still has a hard time seeing passed all the “what if’s” and “could be’s.” On top of this, I might be moving because my current location is no longer acceptable to me (I am not happy, the area is no longer as safe as it once was, my neighbors have all moved away). I have always wanted to move to the location I am thinking of and was surprised when I was accepted as a tenant but happy. While the thought of moving during uncertain times fills me with a sense of panic, the idea of living in a better place feels me with peace. I have not signed a lease yet and I still have time to make a decision. I want to move. I want to keep my job. But I am torn between my brain and what is inside me. It is coming to the point where I no longer know what is what inside of me. Is what I am feeling a mere projection of my desires? Is the tension I have based primarily on fear of the unknown? Or on true possibilities? I know I can control my perceptions of things and how I react, but I cannot control what other people decide and I feel trapped because I feel as if I cannot make decisions until I know how the cards will lay and unfortunately, I do not have time to wait where moving is involved.
Does this make any sense? I guess my question is, how does one maintain a positive belief in that everything will work out when so many factors are out of your control and how do you stop the negative brain chatter when your brain is programed to be analytical? – Thanks.
Lets go through this a bit at a time…..
It’s starts off saying the info she has been reading makes sense… Sure it makes sense …Your Inner Being, Inner Voice does indeed know how powerful you are… It does indeed know how the Law of Attraction works in our lives… When we read things like this – it resonates with us…
Then the committee members jump in! ……..
My life is in an upheaval…. Circumstances are tough…. Dense, Dark Clouds…. So many things are out of my Control….
This has become a rampage of how things can never work out! Yet… Mary is trying desperately to find a way to stop that brain chatter!
First I have to say to Mary – Congratulations on stopping the committee members enough to write this email to me! If you were totally listening to that brain chatter you would have never even asked this question! Your Inner Voice led you to ask the question… and you listened!
Here is the most profound statement in this email …
“….how do you stop the negative brain chatter when your brain is programed to be analytical?”
There is the culprit right there! We have indeed been programmed!! We can’t yank the programming out of us …. Hmmm I guess that happens when we make our transition. What we can do … is upgrade the program!
We have been programmed since we were little — we have developed habits of thinking – and we refer right back to that programming when a situation presents itself… In essence, we have been programmed to Not Listen to Our Own Guidance… and to rely on old stories from other people and their experiences!
One of the biggest “old stories” we believe in is – Reality is Real! We talk about reality like it is solid and the absolute truth!
Is Reality Really Real?
So there is a car accident on the corner — 10 people witness the accident. The police come and they record 10 accident reports and hand those into the office. Later that day the clerk comes in – looks at all the accident reports and exclaims “There were 10 accidents on the same corner at the same time!”
All 10 of those reports were different! All 10 of those people saw that accident a little or a lot different! So which one is Reality?
They are all Reality…. Because Reality is based on your perception! Reality is not solid – Reality is fluid!
How many times have you gone to a movie with a friend and had a different interpretation of the movie?How come you like a person that other people don’t like? Or vice-verse?You think your boss is a pain and your colleague thinks she/he is a gem?2 people live through a similar situation… one calls it a blessing – the other calls it a trauma.Each person’s reality is based on their own unique perception of life… Your reality is indeed real for you but that does not make it real for the other person. And vise a verse … instead of allowing other people to dictate to you what your reality is … or should be — You need to step back and listen to your own unique inner voice….
So… What is Mary’s Answer?
I can’t give Mary a one or two line answer…. Hmmm does that mean Mary has a real serious problem?
No… Mary’s problem isn’t so serious…. actually if you know me you are already smiling that I said the word problem — OK truth is I think this is an opportunity for Mary… And Mary has already started on that road when she sent me her email….
Mary needs to step back and re-evaluate this entire story… it has become a big story very entrenched within old stories…. So step back and take it one line at a time….
Starting with this first downward sentence…
My life, right now, is in a state of upheaval.
If we grab the story here and start to change it …. we change the entire story….
My life, right now, is in a state of upheaval… that doesn’t feel good – Well I guess it isn’t in total upheaval – I guess I am just feeling like that right now… I do still have my job… and I am thrilled about the new place to live… I really don’t have to jump to the conclusion that things won’t work out for me… I could decide to look at all of this as an opportunity… I could get happy about having my job… I could get happy about being accepted as a tenant in this place I want to live… I could keeping talking about what is good in my life….
Why do I think things won’t work out for me… truthfully things do always work out for me…
Does this solve Mary’s problem? Well from what I see… Mary’s biggest problem is that downward spiraling thinking… And I am sure if she started her story with the paragraph I just wrote…. she would be feeling better.
We are so conditioned to think in that downward spiral …. we keep ourselves in that frantic state… A frantic state puts out the vibration of frantic to the Universe…. and Law of Attraction will oblige and continue to bring us frantic.
It’s time to Change those Old Stories…
I have just started a Free Video Series – where I will be explaining how these old stories are getting in the way of you creating the life you desire… and most important how you can change those stories!
Visit the website and sign up for the videos… http://YouCanCreateTheLifeYouDesire.com
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