Illusion
How many of you have been to a carnival and walked through "The Fun House"? You know, the house will all the funny mirrors in it. The mirrors that distort your image into 100's of funny looking reflections?
How many of you live in "The Fun House"? Are you starting to draw the metaphor here?
Living in a Fun House is simply living in a state of Illusion 24 hours a day. Your negative beliefs about yourself are the cause of your own personal distortion or illusion. What is causing you the most pain in your life right now? Can you trace that pain back to the belief?
Example:
Sally doesn't believe she is good enough. This is a deep rooted belief that started many years ago. Because Sally believes this at such an unconscious level she creates situations in her life to support her belief. Sally may or may not be aware of her belief. If she isn't aware of the belief, Sally will experience many situations in her life that "show" or "prove" to her that she isn't good enough. She will wonder why she is a failure, why she is unlovable, why she is always the victim, etc. Failed relationships, failed career, just missing the opportunity for advancement, being taken advantage of .. the list goes on. If Sally is aware of the belief, she may not know how to make the swich or the change needed to get rid of the belief.
Where in your life do you have a distorted view of yourself? Do you know? Evaluate your life and find the patterns that keep repeating time and time again.
My example:
There was a time in my life where I believed that I wasn't good enough - on all fronts. I found many successes, sure, but they were short lived. I had accepted the belief in childhood ( like many of us do ) and it took me until I was 28 to fully realize it - to challenge it. I had come to the realization that this belief had stolen so many moments in my life. Many moments that I longed for but on the other hand, moments that I wasn't willing to let go of in the future. The moment that I challenged my own beliefs is the moment that I found freedom from them. I found many reasons to support the opposite of what I had once believed. Hence, I relied on the times that I was a success (no matter how SMALL) and I focused SOLELY on that.
I am no different from you, my friend. Because I have overcome my own illusions, that means that you can too.
What moments are you willing to sacrifice for your distorted reflection?
In Love and Harmony,
Faith
How many of you live in "The Fun House"? Are you starting to draw the metaphor here?
Living in a Fun House is simply living in a state of Illusion 24 hours a day. Your negative beliefs about yourself are the cause of your own personal distortion or illusion. What is causing you the most pain in your life right now? Can you trace that pain back to the belief?
Example:
Sally doesn't believe she is good enough. This is a deep rooted belief that started many years ago. Because Sally believes this at such an unconscious level she creates situations in her life to support her belief. Sally may or may not be aware of her belief. If she isn't aware of the belief, Sally will experience many situations in her life that "show" or "prove" to her that she isn't good enough. She will wonder why she is a failure, why she is unlovable, why she is always the victim, etc. Failed relationships, failed career, just missing the opportunity for advancement, being taken advantage of .. the list goes on. If Sally is aware of the belief, she may not know how to make the swich or the change needed to get rid of the belief.
Where in your life do you have a distorted view of yourself? Do you know? Evaluate your life and find the patterns that keep repeating time and time again.
My example:
There was a time in my life where I believed that I wasn't good enough - on all fronts. I found many successes, sure, but they were short lived. I had accepted the belief in childhood ( like many of us do ) and it took me until I was 28 to fully realize it - to challenge it. I had come to the realization that this belief had stolen so many moments in my life. Many moments that I longed for but on the other hand, moments that I wasn't willing to let go of in the future. The moment that I challenged my own beliefs is the moment that I found freedom from them. I found many reasons to support the opposite of what I had once believed. Hence, I relied on the times that I was a success (no matter how SMALL) and I focused SOLELY on that.
I am no different from you, my friend. Because I have overcome my own illusions, that means that you can too.
What moments are you willing to sacrifice for your distorted reflection?
In Love and Harmony,
Faith
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