Permission Granted
To Have A Wonderful Life
by Marie T. Russell
How
many times have you made a decision to change something in your life
and then found yourself slipping off the path you had chosen? Have you
found yourself repeating past behavior even though the higher side of
your consciousness knew better than to be caught in that same old trap?
Is it that you were insincere in your choice or rather that you
stumbled on old programming?
The mind and the subconscious have alternately been considered as
master or enemy. They are neither — they are wonderful tools available
to us to create the life we choose. Unfortunately, some people have yet
to realize that they themselves 'run the show'. They have let the mind
and subconscious run on automatic without verifying that the operating
program is truly what they now desire.
In dealing with 'undesirable' patterns, be aware that the motivation
for habitual actions resides in our subconscious. Those patterns are a
response to our previous programming. Maybe we felt, in the past, that
the safest way to react to anger was to hold our breath and suppress
our feelings deep inside. Or possibly our habitual reaction to new
situations was to figuratively crawl into the deepest part of ourselves
and hide. These response patterns may have become entrenched in our
subconscious as part of our self-defense mechanism — they form a set of
rules that dictate our automatic behavior.
You may have made a mental decision to change some thought pattern or
behavior, but neglected to inform your "manager" (subconscious) that
you had changed the ground rules. Thus, it still was operating
according to the old rules thinking that it was serving you. Once it
becomes aware that a new behavior (i.e. expressing yourself) is what
you now desire, it will happily assist you in manifesting that new
reality.
You may need to remind your mental computer (subconscious) more than
once of the new direction you desire to take. It was told many times,
in the past, of the "proper" or "other" way to behave and you now need
to reassure it that you truly do want it to behave in a new fashion.
You need to inform it that you are now playing the game of life
differently. Tell it that you now choose to "play" life joyfully,
lightly, and with harmlessness and harmony as your methods of
operation.
A powerful tool which helps re-program the 'management' of the
subconscious is to inform it that you now give it permission to operate
differently. Remember you are the one, either through direct
communication or through agreement with others, that set the rules for
your subconscious' behavior. You now need to pull out the old policy
and replace it with a new one.
This can be done by simply telling your subconscious, while you are in
a reflective or meditative state of mind, that you now give yourself
permission to live life the way you desire (i.e. to take risks and
express your emotions to the people in your life). You could phrase it
as "I now give myself complete permission to.....(be happy, healthy,
etc.)". You then proceed to affirm, "I now release the fear
of.....(expressing my emotions, etc.)" It helps to let out a huge sigh
at this point to physically release the stored emotions.
If you find yourself thinking something like "I'm always late", release
all the guilt by affirming: "I now release all guilt for being late in
the past, present, and future. I now give myself permission to be on
time." Remember, your sub-conscious has taken your thought of "I'm
always late" as a command and has dutifully assisted you in creating
that reality. You might want to thank it for its assistance and make it
clear that you now want its help in being on time (or healthy, happy,
wealthy, etc.).
Life is what you make it! You can clean out the cobwebs in the old
programming and revamp the guidelines to reflect your new vision of
yourself and of the life you choose to have surrounding you. Be aware
of your present thoughts. In a sense, you need to be "watching" your
thoughts at all times to spot the ones that sabotage your goals. Once
you detect the thoughts that are 'against' your highest good, you can
proceed to change them.
Take a good look at the scripts you have accumulated for the future and
see if there are any editorial changes and major rewriting that you
need to do. Change the script! Give yourself permission to have a great
and fantastic life.
Recommended
book on this topic:
You'll See It When You Believe It
by Wayne Dyer.
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 About The Author
Marie
T. Russell is the founder of InnerSelf Magazine (founded 1985). She also
produced and hosted a weekly South Florida radio broadcast, Inner Power, from
1992-1995 which focused on themes such as self-esteem, personal growth, and
well-being. Her articles focus on transformation and reconnecting with our own
inner source of joy and creativity.
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