Is to listen to the thoughts and feelings,
And the beliefs and limiting attitudes
That the questions provoke.
Please don't treat this meditation as an inquisition --
Be firm, loving, gentle, and empathetic in your probing........
- Complete this sentence stem at least 10 times --- "To be a better person, I should......................"
- For each ending, ask "Why?" Write down at least 5 responses to each.
- For each sentence ending, now substitute the stem -- " If I really wanted to, I COULD.............."
- Then, for each sentence, gently enquire "Why haven't you? Again, write down at least 5 responses to each.
Be with those last responses,
And allow whatever happens.
To happen.
Be aware.
Be the uncritical Watcher.
List all the negative messages you got about anything you can remember, from
- your immediate family,
- your relatives,
- your teachers
- your other authority figures
- your friends
- your church
Observe and allow any feelings and thoughts that arise.
Wherever there is a problem
There is something yet to KNOW,
And a possibility you've overlooked.
List any problems you're having with --
- your Body
- your Finances
- your Work
- your Relationships
- your Love Life
What kind of thoughts are you having that feed into this problem? Be specific.
What do you know about yourself in each of these categories? Write each belief down. Censor nothing. When the Belief List is exhausted, look at each one in turn, and gently ask yourself -- Is this really true, in every case?
Or are there times and places when the opposite is true?
What are those times and places?
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