Our underlying beliefs can create problems for us in life. What we believe about life, relationships, money, our bodies, religion...can sabotage our hopes and dreams for happiness. Have you ever stopped to really examine what you believe at the deepest levels of your consciousness? And are those beliefs working for you? If not, you may wish to use the process of "Inquiry" from Byron Katie's "The Work."
In my last post we examined our beliefs about another person. Now we will examine a deeply held belief about our life.
Here are some examples of possible beliefs that could be sabotaging your happiness: "Life is unfair." "God will punish me if I'm not good." "You can't trust men."
Pick a belief that you would like to examine and let's begin using the questioning process and turnaround.
The belief that I chose was something that I heard all the time growing up--"I have to struggle and work hard to be prosperous."
- Is it true? No. The times when the most money has come into my life has been when I did not even work for it.
- Is it absolutely true? No.
- How do you react when you think the thought that you have to work hard to be prosperous? I feel tense, nervous, guilty for not working harder, lazy, and not worthy of prosperity.
- Who or what would you be without the thought that you have to work hard to have prosperity? I would enjoy life more, feel less stressed out. I would not feel guilty when I am taking time to relax.
(Can you see a reason to drop that thought? Yes.)
(Can you find one stress-free reason to hold on to the thought? No.)
Turnaround: I don't have to struggle and work hard to be prosperous.
By now you should have a pretty good idea of "The Work" and how you can apply it to your life. If you have any additional areas that you would like assistance applying it to, please email me and I'll do my best to help. I strongly suggest that you purchase a copy of Byron Katie's book, "Loving What Is." She addresses a lot of ways that it can be used. You may also wish to check out her web site www.thework.com .
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