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January 17th, 2025 - Day 6 Week 2
Healing oneself is a huge part of the self-awareness journey. In order to live the life you want to live you will need to feel emotionally, physically, and spiritually ready. In your notebook write down how you see yourself emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Where do you excel and where do you feel you need some improvement? If your list is long and feels like it will be an impossibility to overcome, you aren't alone. Every single person who took this journey had to travel down this path. It is doable, if you want to do it. First and foremost, understand that you are already half way to improving yourself simply because you determined that it was time to love yourself in a way that no one else ever can. The last half of healing is to forgive yourself and to forgive others for anything that you perceive has deterred you from having a close and personal relationship with yourself. After today you will need to own all reasons for why you aren't where you want to be in life, because when you know better, you should always do better. And now you know better. Using the list you wrote down today, determine what on that list is within your control and what on that list is not within your control. Do you need to speak with a therapist about your emotional well-being? Are you able to take a walk around the block on a daily basis? Does your faith/belief in something bigger than yourself need attention? These are three things that are in your control and for which you can become accountable and responsible for on a daily basis. Healing your mind is within your control. When you take ownership of your well-being it is inevitable that the healing process will begin without you even realizing it in most cases. There is no greater gift that you can give to yourself than the gift of self-love. |
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January 16th, 2025 - Day 5 Week 2
We've established that you have a subconscious that stores a ton of information that you cannot easily access. The reasons for this will never be adequately explained by another human being. It's a why with no answer.
Suffice to say that your brain is a complicated organ that our humanness will never fully understand. Thankfully we do have the ability to be aware that we are aware. That's pretty spectacular in the whole scheme of things!
Accepting that you have limiting beliefs is awareness. Learning how to overcome limiting beliefs is awareness. Recognizing that your mind has unlimited power is awareness. Using that power for good is why we are here.
In order to release a limiting belief you have to be prepared to replace it with your truth. This can mean that you have to make changes in your life which will immediately trigger your fear factor.
Sometimes the changes we have to make will mean leaving a relationship, a job, or a friendship. It will mean removing from your life anything that brings toxicity and mayhem.
We think we shouldn't end these because we made a "commitment" to see them through. We want to be a good and loyal person so we stick it out even when we live in daily misery. We are not meant to live this way.
You have to remember that every law, rule, guideline, regulation, and policy was written by the human hand. Someone way back when decided what was the right thing to do and being creatures of habit, we do them.
We've been taught to believe that straying away from the norm will get us into some sort of trouble. Will it though? What is the worse case scenario if you decide one day that you want to live life on your terms?
In your notebook write down personal rules that you follow because its what you've always done. Beside that write what would happen if you didn't follow that personal rule.
There ARE things we must do in life to protect one another's right to life. But there are also things that we don't have to do if it is taking away our right to live the life we want to live.
We've established that you have a subconscious that stores a ton of information that you cannot easily access. The reasons for this will never be adequately explained by another human being. It's a why with no answer.
Suffice to say that your brain is a complicated organ that our humanness will never fully understand. Thankfully we do have the ability to be aware that we are aware. That's pretty spectacular in the whole scheme of things!
Accepting that you have limiting beliefs is awareness. Learning how to overcome limiting beliefs is awareness. Recognizing that your mind has unlimited power is awareness. Using that power for good is why we are here.
In order to release a limiting belief you have to be prepared to replace it with your truth. This can mean that you have to make changes in your life which will immediately trigger your fear factor.
Sometimes the changes we have to make will mean leaving a relationship, a job, or a friendship. It will mean removing from your life anything that brings toxicity and mayhem.
We think we shouldn't end these because we made a "commitment" to see them through. We want to be a good and loyal person so we stick it out even when we live in daily misery. We are not meant to live this way.
You have to remember that every law, rule, guideline, regulation, and policy was written by the human hand. Someone way back when decided what was the right thing to do and being creatures of habit, we do them.
We've been taught to believe that straying away from the norm will get us into some sort of trouble. Will it though? What is the worse case scenario if you decide one day that you want to live life on your terms?
In your notebook write down personal rules that you follow because its what you've always done. Beside that write what would happen if you didn't follow that personal rule.
There ARE things we must do in life to protect one another's right to life. But there are also things that we don't have to do if it is taking away our right to live the life we want to live.
January 15th, 2025 - Day 4 Week 2
When you limit your belief in yourself you have no choice but to distrust your own ability to make good decisions on your behalf.
Think back to a time in your life where you were faced with making a decision that could change everything for yourself. Was the decision made easily or did you do the back in forth in your mind?
Were there a lot of "what ifs" that weren't on the positive side, but were pointing out all the things that could go wrong if you didn't make the right decision?
Did you take the decision you had to make and present it to someone else for them to make the decision for you? Is what they suggested you do the decision you wanted or what they would have done?
This entire process of self-doubt and self-sabotage all goes directly back to the moment in time that someone instilled a limiting belief in your mind that you didn't even know was there.
What were your lessons in life when it came to money, love, health, material items etc.? Were you taught that there was an abundance of these things or that they were only for a select few?
Growing up in a home where you saw Mom and Dad pinching pennies led you to believe that money was scarce and as an adult you fret about how you're going to be able to pay your bills. You are limiting your ability to have abundance.
Growing up in a home where you saw your parents fighting a lot led you to believe that love was supposed to hurt and as an adult you would seek out people who would hurt you. You are limiting your ability to understand that love isn't suppose to hurt.
In your notebook write down all the things that you feel you are lacking in your life. Leave a space under each one to write down why you think you are lacking them.
In your notebook write down all the things that you feel gratitude for in your life. Leave a space under each one to write down why you are feeling gratitude for them.
When you limit your belief in yourself you have no choice but to distrust your own ability to make good decisions on your behalf.
Think back to a time in your life where you were faced with making a decision that could change everything for yourself. Was the decision made easily or did you do the back in forth in your mind?
Were there a lot of "what ifs" that weren't on the positive side, but were pointing out all the things that could go wrong if you didn't make the right decision?
Did you take the decision you had to make and present it to someone else for them to make the decision for you? Is what they suggested you do the decision you wanted or what they would have done?
This entire process of self-doubt and self-sabotage all goes directly back to the moment in time that someone instilled a limiting belief in your mind that you didn't even know was there.
What were your lessons in life when it came to money, love, health, material items etc.? Were you taught that there was an abundance of these things or that they were only for a select few?
Growing up in a home where you saw Mom and Dad pinching pennies led you to believe that money was scarce and as an adult you fret about how you're going to be able to pay your bills. You are limiting your ability to have abundance.
Growing up in a home where you saw your parents fighting a lot led you to believe that love was supposed to hurt and as an adult you would seek out people who would hurt you. You are limiting your ability to understand that love isn't suppose to hurt.
In your notebook write down all the things that you feel you are lacking in your life. Leave a space under each one to write down why you think you are lacking them.
In your notebook write down all the things that you feel gratitude for in your life. Leave a space under each one to write down why you are feeling gratitude for them.
January 14th, 2025 - Day 3 Week 2
For you to have a limiting belief is to imply in someway that you are not perfection, either in someone else's mind or in your mind. You were told negatives to plant an untruth in your mind that you unknowingly accepted.
Your mind doesn't know anything different than what it is told. If you convince your mind that 1 + 1 = 3, than that is what it will believe. It "trusts" that the info it is receiving is "perfection".
The truth of the matter is that nothing that is made by humans is perfection. Every single thing that we've ever invented is not complete and is in constant need of improvement.
The only things that ARE perfection have nothing to do with human thought. They are things that come from a place of perfection and should hold you in awe every time you look at them. Your biology, the universe, the planets, nature, water, other species, the four seasons, and similar other awesomeness that are all perfection and happen with no input from humans.
You are NOT meant to be perfection, and you are certainly not meant to be what someone else believes to be the perfection that they themselves haven't achieved.
Trying to reverse a limiting belief is not easy. Your mind has developed a habit of repeating the limiting belief over and over and we all know how hard it is to replace a negative habit with a positive habit. It takes work.
Select one of the negative "truths" that you wrote down that you believe to be correct about yourself. What kinds of feelings surge up inside you when you do this? Pick just one of the feelings and sit with it for a moment.
What you should realize when doing this is that the only place that these feelings exist is in your mind. You have the ability to feel them and you have the ability to not feel them just by focusing on them.
Do you realize now that what was given to you as a limiting belief is only there because you are keeping it there? At anytime you can remove the limiting belief and replace it with the positives that you want in your life.
For you to have a limiting belief is to imply in someway that you are not perfection, either in someone else's mind or in your mind. You were told negatives to plant an untruth in your mind that you unknowingly accepted.
Your mind doesn't know anything different than what it is told. If you convince your mind that 1 + 1 = 3, than that is what it will believe. It "trusts" that the info it is receiving is "perfection".
The truth of the matter is that nothing that is made by humans is perfection. Every single thing that we've ever invented is not complete and is in constant need of improvement.
The only things that ARE perfection have nothing to do with human thought. They are things that come from a place of perfection and should hold you in awe every time you look at them. Your biology, the universe, the planets, nature, water, other species, the four seasons, and similar other awesomeness that are all perfection and happen with no input from humans.
You are NOT meant to be perfection, and you are certainly not meant to be what someone else believes to be the perfection that they themselves haven't achieved.
Trying to reverse a limiting belief is not easy. Your mind has developed a habit of repeating the limiting belief over and over and we all know how hard it is to replace a negative habit with a positive habit. It takes work.
Select one of the negative "truths" that you wrote down that you believe to be correct about yourself. What kinds of feelings surge up inside you when you do this? Pick just one of the feelings and sit with it for a moment.
What you should realize when doing this is that the only place that these feelings exist is in your mind. You have the ability to feel them and you have the ability to not feel them just by focusing on them.
Do you realize now that what was given to you as a limiting belief is only there because you are keeping it there? At anytime you can remove the limiting belief and replace it with the positives that you want in your life.
January 13th, 2025 - Day 2 Week 2
A limiting belief was taught to you by someone else. Most likely it wasn’t done on purpose, but was done because that is what was taught to them.
"You are so stupid…you can't you do anything right…you'll never amount to anything…you can't do that…you're useless…why are you such an idiot…no one is going to love you…"
If you've heard words like that, and worse, than someone was putting a limiting belief into your mind that you ultimately had to believe because you didn't know any better.
Hearing a limiting belief over and over by someone else, and from yourself to yourself, will feel normal after awhile, but you still wonder why other people get to have what you want in life.
Chances are that they were not worn down by untruths that held them back from going after what it is that they wanted in life. Not to say that they don't have their own life issues, but they know how to overcome them.
Changing our mind is necessary and unavoidable. When we are presented with information that forces us to challenge a belief, we are given an opportunity to think in a different way.
To want to change something that you thought was correct but isn't true takes us way out of our "comfort zone" and for that reason some will choose to remain there because it is familiar.
The question you need to ask yourself is this: What is the worst case scenario if I go ahead and choose not to believe the negatives that have been taught to me throughout my life?
Take a moment now and write down a negative about yourself. Beside that, write what the worst possible outcome could be if you were to change the negative into something you want to be in life. Can you see where fear is the commonality to why you hold on to a limiting belief?
Not being perfect is a limiting belief. Striving for perfection is not achievable. The reason for this is that there are too many variables that have to take place in order for your life to exist. More on that tomorrow.
A limiting belief was taught to you by someone else. Most likely it wasn’t done on purpose, but was done because that is what was taught to them.
"You are so stupid…you can't you do anything right…you'll never amount to anything…you can't do that…you're useless…why are you such an idiot…no one is going to love you…"
If you've heard words like that, and worse, than someone was putting a limiting belief into your mind that you ultimately had to believe because you didn't know any better.
Hearing a limiting belief over and over by someone else, and from yourself to yourself, will feel normal after awhile, but you still wonder why other people get to have what you want in life.
Chances are that they were not worn down by untruths that held them back from going after what it is that they wanted in life. Not to say that they don't have their own life issues, but they know how to overcome them.
Changing our mind is necessary and unavoidable. When we are presented with information that forces us to challenge a belief, we are given an opportunity to think in a different way.
To want to change something that you thought was correct but isn't true takes us way out of our "comfort zone" and for that reason some will choose to remain there because it is familiar.
The question you need to ask yourself is this: What is the worst case scenario if I go ahead and choose not to believe the negatives that have been taught to me throughout my life?
Take a moment now and write down a negative about yourself. Beside that, write what the worst possible outcome could be if you were to change the negative into something you want to be in life. Can you see where fear is the commonality to why you hold on to a limiting belief?
Not being perfect is a limiting belief. Striving for perfection is not achievable. The reason for this is that there are too many variables that have to take place in order for your life to exist. More on that tomorrow.
January 12th, 2025 - Day 1 Week 2
Welcome to week two!
Along with your mind, ego, and soul, you also have a subconcious in your brain. We have very little access to the subconcious and probably should be thankful for that sometimes.
Buried in your subconscious are your fears, beliefs, expectations, and perspectives which control 95% of the way you react to what life throws at you and you don't even know it.
Your limiting beliefs are held in your subconscious.
What is a limiting belief? It is a negative that was taught to you that is so engrained in your mind that you accept it as truth. It's very hard to let go of a limiting belief, but once you do the possibilities in life are endless.
An example of a limiting belief is the image you have of your body. If you were taught that it was important what people thought of you and that having extra weight on was wrong, you'd strive everyday to be a thinner person.
You'd diet, exercise, get weight loss surgery, wear baggy clothes, and worst than all of that, you'd teach others that not being thin made you less of a person.
On top of everything else, you'd tell yourself that you are not a worthy person because you have extra weight. You'd believe you can't get the job you want or the mate you want because of your weight.
A limiting belief holds us back from going after what we all deserve to have in life and that is peace. The untruths that are kept in the subconscious hold us hostage.
Thankfully, you can overcome a limiting belief. Is it easy? No. Does it take some work on your part to remove them? Yes. Will you be a changed person once you do? Yes.
In your notebook, write down all the negative things that you think are truths about yourself. Tomorrow we'll start unravelling the truth about them.
Welcome to week two!
Along with your mind, ego, and soul, you also have a subconcious in your brain. We have very little access to the subconcious and probably should be thankful for that sometimes.
Buried in your subconscious are your fears, beliefs, expectations, and perspectives which control 95% of the way you react to what life throws at you and you don't even know it.
Your limiting beliefs are held in your subconscious.
What is a limiting belief? It is a negative that was taught to you that is so engrained in your mind that you accept it as truth. It's very hard to let go of a limiting belief, but once you do the possibilities in life are endless.
An example of a limiting belief is the image you have of your body. If you were taught that it was important what people thought of you and that having extra weight on was wrong, you'd strive everyday to be a thinner person.
You'd diet, exercise, get weight loss surgery, wear baggy clothes, and worst than all of that, you'd teach others that not being thin made you less of a person.
On top of everything else, you'd tell yourself that you are not a worthy person because you have extra weight. You'd believe you can't get the job you want or the mate you want because of your weight.
A limiting belief holds us back from going after what we all deserve to have in life and that is peace. The untruths that are kept in the subconscious hold us hostage.
Thankfully, you can overcome a limiting belief. Is it easy? No. Does it take some work on your part to remove them? Yes. Will you be a changed person once you do? Yes.
In your notebook, write down all the negative things that you think are truths about yourself. Tomorrow we'll start unravelling the truth about them.
January 11th, 2025 - Day 7 Week 1 - Week in Review
Week one is complete! Your takeaways from this week should include:
1. Your brain, taught in textbooks, is complicated. Your mind (not found in textbooks) has complexities too, but unlike your brain, you can change your mind anytime you want to!
2. Fear starts and ends in your mind. Fear cannot be found outside of yourself. You can end fear as quickly as you invited it into your life.
3. You are the observer of your thoughts. Anytime you want to test that theory, say the word happiness without using your mouth. How did you say it? How did you hear it?
4. No textbook can show you where the ego and soul are located in the brain, but you have both of these. Ego wants control. Soul wants peace. This is the back and forth "what ifs" that goes unchecked in your mind every day.
5. Focus on what you can control which is your reaction to anything that challenges your ego. Let it go. Focus on what you can control which is your soul's sensibility when guiding you towards peace.
6. Energy is found in every single thing on this planet. Including you. Like all energy, if used wisely, it will provide outcomes that are beneficial.
We spent week one learning about the daily "noise" that is generated by your mind on a second by second basis. Some of it you catch and some floats right on by.
During week two we are going to delve into the importance of cluing in to the noise that is floating by. This is where your limiting beliefs hinder you from living the life you know you want to live.
All of us have limiting beliefs. They were taught to us by the time we were six years old and then voided or affirmed by whomever crossed our path along the way.
What is a limiting belief? It is a negative teaching that is so engrained in your mind that you have accepted it as truth. It's very hard to let go of a limiting belief, but once you do, the possibilities in one's life are endless.
Week one is complete! Your takeaways from this week should include:
1. Your brain, taught in textbooks, is complicated. Your mind (not found in textbooks) has complexities too, but unlike your brain, you can change your mind anytime you want to!
2. Fear starts and ends in your mind. Fear cannot be found outside of yourself. You can end fear as quickly as you invited it into your life.
3. You are the observer of your thoughts. Anytime you want to test that theory, say the word happiness without using your mouth. How did you say it? How did you hear it?
4. No textbook can show you where the ego and soul are located in the brain, but you have both of these. Ego wants control. Soul wants peace. This is the back and forth "what ifs" that goes unchecked in your mind every day.
5. Focus on what you can control which is your reaction to anything that challenges your ego. Let it go. Focus on what you can control which is your soul's sensibility when guiding you towards peace.
6. Energy is found in every single thing on this planet. Including you. Like all energy, if used wisely, it will provide outcomes that are beneficial.
We spent week one learning about the daily "noise" that is generated by your mind on a second by second basis. Some of it you catch and some floats right on by.
During week two we are going to delve into the importance of cluing in to the noise that is floating by. This is where your limiting beliefs hinder you from living the life you know you want to live.
All of us have limiting beliefs. They were taught to us by the time we were six years old and then voided or affirmed by whomever crossed our path along the way.
What is a limiting belief? It is a negative teaching that is so engrained in your mind that you have accepted it as truth. It's very hard to let go of a limiting belief, but once you do, the possibilities in one's life are endless.
January 10th, 2025 - Day 6 Week 1
Whether we acknowledge it or not we crave a connection that goes far deeper than our mind could ever comprehend. There are reasons why no human's mind has access to why we are here. The reasons are too sophisticated for our primative mind to understand.
So, we come up with things like the matrix, or quantum physics, or God, to give us some sort of understanding as to why we are floating on a sphere in the middle of nowhere. Our minds are not evolved enough to grasp the truth of that.
What your mind DOES have the capability of doing is to learn the power that thought has and how to make it work to your advantage. Some call it prayer, I call it manifesting. Either way, you are generating a thought hoping for a result.
The question becomes though, to whom or what are you sending these thoughts to? Who or what do you think is out there that is going to hear you and respond? This question befuddles believers and non-believers.
Call "it" what you will, it does not matter in the whole scheme of things. What matters the most is that YOU believe in your source, because you will need trust in something much bigger than yourself in order for your requests to come your way.
Based on all the research that is out there, I think we can agree that we are energy. If you doubt that, rub your feet on a rug and then touch a light switch. You wouldn't get a shock if you were just flesh and bones.
If the energy you are generating is low it means you live life with negativity. If the energy you generate is high, that means that you are more about the positives of life. Authenticity is the highest energy. Hate is the lowest.
Assess your energy level at the moment. Not the surface energy, but the thought energy. Does it feel negative or does it feel positive? Write down both the positives and the negatives taking place in your life at the moment. Which one has a bigger hold on your life?
Focusing on the negatives will always cause you do keep your energy level low. You cannot attract positive returns when you don't really mean them.
Like attracts like. It's up to you to change your mind anytime you want.
Whether we acknowledge it or not we crave a connection that goes far deeper than our mind could ever comprehend. There are reasons why no human's mind has access to why we are here. The reasons are too sophisticated for our primative mind to understand.
So, we come up with things like the matrix, or quantum physics, or God, to give us some sort of understanding as to why we are floating on a sphere in the middle of nowhere. Our minds are not evolved enough to grasp the truth of that.
What your mind DOES have the capability of doing is to learn the power that thought has and how to make it work to your advantage. Some call it prayer, I call it manifesting. Either way, you are generating a thought hoping for a result.
The question becomes though, to whom or what are you sending these thoughts to? Who or what do you think is out there that is going to hear you and respond? This question befuddles believers and non-believers.
Call "it" what you will, it does not matter in the whole scheme of things. What matters the most is that YOU believe in your source, because you will need trust in something much bigger than yourself in order for your requests to come your way.
Based on all the research that is out there, I think we can agree that we are energy. If you doubt that, rub your feet on a rug and then touch a light switch. You wouldn't get a shock if you were just flesh and bones.
If the energy you are generating is low it means you live life with negativity. If the energy you generate is high, that means that you are more about the positives of life. Authenticity is the highest energy. Hate is the lowest.
Assess your energy level at the moment. Not the surface energy, but the thought energy. Does it feel negative or does it feel positive? Write down both the positives and the negatives taking place in your life at the moment. Which one has a bigger hold on your life?
Focusing on the negatives will always cause you do keep your energy level low. You cannot attract positive returns when you don't really mean them.
Like attracts like. It's up to you to change your mind anytime you want.
January 9th, 2025 - Day 5 Week 1
The Serenity Prayer teaches us to know the difference between what we can control and what we cannot control. Societal rules also teach us that we have limitations as to what is within our control and what isn't.
What if I was to tell you that external control is an illusion and that the only thing you will ever have control over is your ego or your soul's reaction to any situation? To think otherwise is to create fear and anxiety, both of which, like control, are an illusion.
If I asked you to take me and show me where your fear and anxiety are outside of your mind, where would you take me? There isn't any place outside of your mind that has the fear and anxiety you think is there.
You have given control of your mind to your ego. And because your ego is always in survival mode its going to cause you to fret and worry about things that haven't taken place in order for the ego to feel like its in control of nothing.
There are no two people on this planet who will see you the same way. You are a different person in everyone's mind. You will be loved by some and disliked by others and none of it is any of your business. You cannot control their thoughts.
The same way you cannot control another's thoughts, they are unable to control yours. The only thing you will ever have is the moment you are in and how you feel about that. Your feelings are in your control.
We are bombarded on a daily basis from external sources with things that make us fearful because they are things that we cannot control. Make it your mission to stop associating with anything or anyone that makes you feel fearful. We've talked about fear and what it can do to us.
Stop watching the news. Stop scrolling social media. What you are seeking cannot be found there. What you are seeking can only be found in the now with you. Your ability to understand this is important on your journey to self discovery.
Think about it this way. If you are distracted by all that external stuff, how are you ever going to be able to focus on the truth? If you're unsure what that truth is, I can assure you that you won't be disappointed when it occurs to you.
Make a list of things you think you can control. Make a list of things that you think control you. Ask yourself, what on these lists is there because they invoke fear in me?
The Serenity Prayer teaches us to know the difference between what we can control and what we cannot control. Societal rules also teach us that we have limitations as to what is within our control and what isn't.
What if I was to tell you that external control is an illusion and that the only thing you will ever have control over is your ego or your soul's reaction to any situation? To think otherwise is to create fear and anxiety, both of which, like control, are an illusion.
If I asked you to take me and show me where your fear and anxiety are outside of your mind, where would you take me? There isn't any place outside of your mind that has the fear and anxiety you think is there.
You have given control of your mind to your ego. And because your ego is always in survival mode its going to cause you to fret and worry about things that haven't taken place in order for the ego to feel like its in control of nothing.
There are no two people on this planet who will see you the same way. You are a different person in everyone's mind. You will be loved by some and disliked by others and none of it is any of your business. You cannot control their thoughts.
The same way you cannot control another's thoughts, they are unable to control yours. The only thing you will ever have is the moment you are in and how you feel about that. Your feelings are in your control.
We are bombarded on a daily basis from external sources with things that make us fearful because they are things that we cannot control. Make it your mission to stop associating with anything or anyone that makes you feel fearful. We've talked about fear and what it can do to us.
Stop watching the news. Stop scrolling social media. What you are seeking cannot be found there. What you are seeking can only be found in the now with you. Your ability to understand this is important on your journey to self discovery.
Think about it this way. If you are distracted by all that external stuff, how are you ever going to be able to focus on the truth? If you're unsure what that truth is, I can assure you that you won't be disappointed when it occurs to you.
Make a list of things you think you can control. Make a list of things that you think control you. Ask yourself, what on these lists is there because they invoke fear in me?
January 8th, 2025 - Day 4 Week 1
We've established that you are the observer, but the observer of what? You are the observer of your ego and your soul. These two grapple on a daily basis to be "heard". The ego roars and the soul whispers.
The ego seeks validation, and for the most part, does not have your best interests at heart. The soul whispers intuitive encouragement and will always have your best interest at heart.
The ego works from a place of fear to keep you from connecting to your true self because then you will take away the ego's agenda to be number one over everyone and everything.
The soul has only one agenda and that is to have you connect with your true self and while doing so you will discover the connection you have with everyone and everything.
How do you know which one is which? When you react to anything by taking it personally, you are your ego. When you react from a place of non judgement, you are your soul.
It takes a lot of self awareness to be able to slow down and stop that surge of indignation that surfaces when we feel we are being wronged. The ego will not have any such treatment done to it.
What the ego doesn't want you to realize is that any external "slight" that comes your way is not about you at all, it is about where the "slight" is coming from. You are not responsible for another's insecurities.
Get out your notebook! Write down the most recent incident where your negative emotions rose to the surface because of someone else. Can you see your ego or your soul in the situation?
Because you have the luxury of not knowing someone else's thoughts and they don't know yours, you get to determine how much space you are going to give their thoughts in your life. Make it zero space.
You have more than enough of your own thoughts to manage without adding things that you know nothing about and most importantly have no control over.
We've established that you are the observer, but the observer of what? You are the observer of your ego and your soul. These two grapple on a daily basis to be "heard". The ego roars and the soul whispers.
The ego seeks validation, and for the most part, does not have your best interests at heart. The soul whispers intuitive encouragement and will always have your best interest at heart.
The ego works from a place of fear to keep you from connecting to your true self because then you will take away the ego's agenda to be number one over everyone and everything.
The soul has only one agenda and that is to have you connect with your true self and while doing so you will discover the connection you have with everyone and everything.
How do you know which one is which? When you react to anything by taking it personally, you are your ego. When you react from a place of non judgement, you are your soul.
It takes a lot of self awareness to be able to slow down and stop that surge of indignation that surfaces when we feel we are being wronged. The ego will not have any such treatment done to it.
What the ego doesn't want you to realize is that any external "slight" that comes your way is not about you at all, it is about where the "slight" is coming from. You are not responsible for another's insecurities.
Get out your notebook! Write down the most recent incident where your negative emotions rose to the surface because of someone else. Can you see your ego or your soul in the situation?
Because you have the luxury of not knowing someone else's thoughts and they don't know yours, you get to determine how much space you are going to give their thoughts in your life. Make it zero space.
You have more than enough of your own thoughts to manage without adding things that you know nothing about and most importantly have no control over.
January 7th, 2025 - Day 3 Week 1
According to researchers we have between 6,000 and 60,000 thoughts a day and the professionals use words like neural communication, temporal lobe, and embodied cognition to explain why those thoughts are there. We accept that as truth and carry on.
Can you imagine how distracted you'd be if you verbally said the thoughts out loud each time they occurred? Or the odd looks that we would give each other for what the thoughts are about?
When trying to answer the question of where do thoughts come from, we need to establish that "you are aware, that you are aware". You are aware of the thoughts, but are you aware that you are aware of the thoughts?
Our mind seems to freeze when we ask it to dig a bit deeper into this unknown territory. It's like it is forbidden and we fear what we might uncover.
So, here's the test. Without using your mouth or voice say the word happiness. Great! Do the same thing one more time.
Now, ask yourself this, if you didn't say the word happiness, who did and if you didn't say the word happiness out loud, how did you heard it? Pause and let that ferment for a moment.
You are now aware that you are aware. You can now understand that you are the observer of the thought. And if you are the observer of the thought, you have the ability to control the thought. Trippy, right?!
When you are in awareness, you are in the now. To be in the now means that the past and the future do not exist and all you have is the moment you are experiencing. The now is all there ever is and all that there ever will be.
To be in the now means that you accept that you don't have to do "what ifs" for things that do not exist. You don't have to role play in your mind scenerios that are not happening anywhere except in your mind.
As the observer, YOU get to decide what thoughts you want to keep and what thoughts you want to toss.
According to researchers we have between 6,000 and 60,000 thoughts a day and the professionals use words like neural communication, temporal lobe, and embodied cognition to explain why those thoughts are there. We accept that as truth and carry on.
Can you imagine how distracted you'd be if you verbally said the thoughts out loud each time they occurred? Or the odd looks that we would give each other for what the thoughts are about?
When trying to answer the question of where do thoughts come from, we need to establish that "you are aware, that you are aware". You are aware of the thoughts, but are you aware that you are aware of the thoughts?
Our mind seems to freeze when we ask it to dig a bit deeper into this unknown territory. It's like it is forbidden and we fear what we might uncover.
So, here's the test. Without using your mouth or voice say the word happiness. Great! Do the same thing one more time.
Now, ask yourself this, if you didn't say the word happiness, who did and if you didn't say the word happiness out loud, how did you heard it? Pause and let that ferment for a moment.
You are now aware that you are aware. You can now understand that you are the observer of the thought. And if you are the observer of the thought, you have the ability to control the thought. Trippy, right?!
When you are in awareness, you are in the now. To be in the now means that the past and the future do not exist and all you have is the moment you are experiencing. The now is all there ever is and all that there ever will be.
To be in the now means that you accept that you don't have to do "what ifs" for things that do not exist. You don't have to role play in your mind scenerios that are not happening anywhere except in your mind.
As the observer, YOU get to decide what thoughts you want to keep and what thoughts you want to toss.
January 6th, 2025 - Day 2 Week 1
You have nothing to fear, but fear itself. (Read that again and again and again.)
Fear isn't real. Like everything else in your life, fear is literally all in your mind. If I asked you to take me to see the fear in your mind, where would you take me?
What is fearful to you could mean nothing to someone else, because their mind isn't your mind. Their fear isn't your fear.
You know fear because you were taught to fear. Someone had their own reason to make you feel fear. You didn't know fear until they needed to bring you down for reasons you will never know. That is on them, not you.
The boogey man under the bed or in the closet doesn't exist and never has. Jumping into bed to avoid the monster under there is an unnecessary ritual. There is no monster.
If you want fear to disappear from your mind you have to 100% be willing to accept that you are the cause and effect for it being there. You may not have put some of it there, but you are the one keeping it there.
(Take a moment now to write about your fears…good and bad.)
Who taught you to fear? Are they relevant in your life now? Forgive them.
Who have you taught to fear? Are they relevant in your life now? Forgive yourself.
All of us live in habitual patterns of looking for problems and finding fault. This is what we've been taught to do, and because of that, we live in a never ending cycle of wanting to change, but fearing change.
Over the next 13 weeks you're going to learn how to redirect your thoughts, create the ones you want, and stay grounded in the truth of who you are.
You have nothing to fear, but fear itself. (Read that again and again and again.)
Fear isn't real. Like everything else in your life, fear is literally all in your mind. If I asked you to take me to see the fear in your mind, where would you take me?
What is fearful to you could mean nothing to someone else, because their mind isn't your mind. Their fear isn't your fear.
You know fear because you were taught to fear. Someone had their own reason to make you feel fear. You didn't know fear until they needed to bring you down for reasons you will never know. That is on them, not you.
The boogey man under the bed or in the closet doesn't exist and never has. Jumping into bed to avoid the monster under there is an unnecessary ritual. There is no monster.
If you want fear to disappear from your mind you have to 100% be willing to accept that you are the cause and effect for it being there. You may not have put some of it there, but you are the one keeping it there.
(Take a moment now to write about your fears…good and bad.)
Who taught you to fear? Are they relevant in your life now? Forgive them.
Who have you taught to fear? Are they relevant in your life now? Forgive yourself.
All of us live in habitual patterns of looking for problems and finding fault. This is what we've been taught to do, and because of that, we live in a never ending cycle of wanting to change, but fearing change.
Over the next 13 weeks you're going to learn how to redirect your thoughts, create the ones you want, and stay grounded in the truth of who you are.
January 5th, 2025 - Day 1 Week 1
We are all at different places in our understanding of life's best kept secrets. There is no first or last place, you are perfectly where you are meant to be at this moment.
Participating in "13 Weeks to Self Discovery" is just another moment of time in your life to learn more about yourself. Take what resonates with you and leave the rest.
What I'm going to share over the next 13 weeks may seem elementary to some and quite profound to others depending on your personal growth to now. Regardless, you are here for a reason. Trust the process.
Today we're going to talk about the clinical mind and the invisible mind. The clinical mind we can see in pictures as the brain and all of its parts. Your ego, observer, and subconscious are all the invisible parts of the mind that no one can quite pin point in the pictures.
By the time you are six years of age your subconcious mind has been developed along with all of your limiting beliefs about yourself.
(Take a moment now to write about your memories at six years old…good and bad.) These are what continue to influence your life today.
As you grew into adulthood you gathered more teachings from others that were added to your subconcious affirming or voiding what you thought you knew about yourself and the world you were living in.
What wasn't taught to us was how to "sort" and "organize" our mind. We were led to believe that all the "noise" was meant to be there and that we didn't have a say in quietening the noise. Not true.
If you sift through all of the emotions as to why you won't or can't change your mind about anything the only emotion that will make sense is fear.
Fear is the role playing that you do in your mind without even thinking about it. What IF this? What IF that? We do this to the point of creating anxiety over something that isn't even happening. We create fear where no fear is needed.
More about fear tomorrow. See you then!
We are all at different places in our understanding of life's best kept secrets. There is no first or last place, you are perfectly where you are meant to be at this moment.
Participating in "13 Weeks to Self Discovery" is just another moment of time in your life to learn more about yourself. Take what resonates with you and leave the rest.
What I'm going to share over the next 13 weeks may seem elementary to some and quite profound to others depending on your personal growth to now. Regardless, you are here for a reason. Trust the process.
Today we're going to talk about the clinical mind and the invisible mind. The clinical mind we can see in pictures as the brain and all of its parts. Your ego, observer, and subconscious are all the invisible parts of the mind that no one can quite pin point in the pictures.
By the time you are six years of age your subconcious mind has been developed along with all of your limiting beliefs about yourself.
(Take a moment now to write about your memories at six years old…good and bad.) These are what continue to influence your life today.
As you grew into adulthood you gathered more teachings from others that were added to your subconcious affirming or voiding what you thought you knew about yourself and the world you were living in.
What wasn't taught to us was how to "sort" and "organize" our mind. We were led to believe that all the "noise" was meant to be there and that we didn't have a say in quietening the noise. Not true.
If you sift through all of the emotions as to why you won't or can't change your mind about anything the only emotion that will make sense is fear.
Fear is the role playing that you do in your mind without even thinking about it. What IF this? What IF that? We do this to the point of creating anxiety over something that isn't even happening. We create fear where no fear is needed.
More about fear tomorrow. See you then!
January 4th, 2025
You may have noticed that I haven't asked anyone to register to particpate in "13 Weeks to Self Discovery".
The journey to discovering yourself is a personal experience that no one but you needs to know about. It's always been my best kept secret with myself knowing what I know. Now I get to pass the info along to others because the time is right for me to do so.
As we move through the next 13 weeks I'm leaving it up to you to contact me if you decide to for any reason. You can do this by using my contact page on this website.
https://www.kimlmlongstreet.ca/contact.html
I'm looking forward to day one tomorrow!
You may have noticed that I haven't asked anyone to register to particpate in "13 Weeks to Self Discovery".
The journey to discovering yourself is a personal experience that no one but you needs to know about. It's always been my best kept secret with myself knowing what I know. Now I get to pass the info along to others because the time is right for me to do so.
As we move through the next 13 weeks I'm leaving it up to you to contact me if you decide to for any reason. You can do this by using my contact page on this website.
https://www.kimlmlongstreet.ca/contact.html
I'm looking forward to day one tomorrow!
January 3rd, 2025
Are you ready to start your 13 week journey of self discovery?
To Do List:
1. Schedule personal time in your calendar - Jan 5-Apr5.
2. Commit to doing your personal time every day.
3. Get something to write with and write in.
4. Have an open mind and an open heart.
You're set!
Are you ready to start your 13 week journey of self discovery?
To Do List:
1. Schedule personal time in your calendar - Jan 5-Apr5.
2. Commit to doing your personal time every day.
3. Get something to write with and write in.
4. Have an open mind and an open heart.
You're set!
January 2nd, 2025
Our 13 weeks together is outlined below! Check in here every day on your "13 Weeks to Self Discovery" journey to learn about the truths of your mind and its abilities.
Day 1 is January 5th.
Our 13 weeks together is outlined below! Check in here every day on your "13 Weeks to Self Discovery" journey to learn about the truths of your mind and its abilities.
Day 1 is January 5th.
January 1st, 2025
Okay, you flipped the calendar and can now see January 5, 2025. Make sure you circle the date or add it to your online calendar. I'm very excited to have you along for the next 13 weeks of learning!
There is no registration required and there is no fee. Your daily commitment to come to this web page is all that you will need. Oh, and something to write with and write in.
Okay, you flipped the calendar and can now see January 5, 2025. Make sure you circle the date or add it to your online calendar. I'm very excited to have you along for the next 13 weeks of learning!
There is no registration required and there is no fee. Your daily commitment to come to this web page is all that you will need. Oh, and something to write with and write in.
December 31st, 2024
Here we are again, getting ready to enter another loop of 365 days. Now that I understand that there is no other time but the now, living life isn't so daunting.
During "13 Weeks to Self Discovery" we're going to learn about the now and how nothing exists unless you want it to exist.
There is no registration required to participate in "13 Weeks to Self Discovery". All that is required is a commitment from yourself to come to this website each day and learn.
If you choose to share your journey with me you can do so at https://www.kimlmlongstreet.ca/contact.html
Here we are again, getting ready to enter another loop of 365 days. Now that I understand that there is no other time but the now, living life isn't so daunting.
During "13 Weeks to Self Discovery" we're going to learn about the now and how nothing exists unless you want it to exist.
There is no registration required to participate in "13 Weeks to Self Discovery". All that is required is a commitment from yourself to come to this website each day and learn.
If you choose to share your journey with me you can do so at https://www.kimlmlongstreet.ca/contact.html
December 30th, 2024
We are all in a "hover" mode at the moment as we wait to flip the calendar and do a repeat of the past 365 days. Have you ever noticed that we are on a continuous loop of 365 days? Over and over and over again?
What we aren't taught is that time is an illusion. There is only ever this moment that you are experiencing and the now is forever. This is a hard one for people to understand, but we'll work on that during the "13 Weeks to Self Discovery" starting on January 5th, 2025!
We are all in a "hover" mode at the moment as we wait to flip the calendar and do a repeat of the past 365 days. Have you ever noticed that we are on a continuous loop of 365 days? Over and over and over again?
What we aren't taught is that time is an illusion. There is only ever this moment that you are experiencing and the now is forever. This is a hard one for people to understand, but we'll work on that during the "13 Weeks to Self Discovery" starting on January 5th, 2025!
December 29th, 2024
What will you need to participate in "13 Weeks to Self Discovery"? Mark your calendar - January 5th start date!
1. Access to https://www.kimlmlongstreet.ca.
2. Commitment to daily personal time.
3. Something to write in and write with.
That's it!
What will you need to participate in "13 Weeks to Self Discovery"? Mark your calendar - January 5th start date!
1. Access to https://www.kimlmlongstreet.ca.
2. Commitment to daily personal time.
3. Something to write in and write with.
That's it!
December 28th, 2024
From January 5, 2025 to April 5, 2025 we are going to focus on affirmations, gratitude, goal setting, and limiting beliefs.
Connecting these four behaviours will lead to the discovery of your lifetime!
All you have to do is commit to doing the daily work with me and you will begin to understand the power that your mind holds.
From January 5, 2025 to April 5, 2025 we are going to focus on affirmations, gratitude, goal setting, and limiting beliefs.
Connecting these four behaviours will lead to the discovery of your lifetime!
All you have to do is commit to doing the daily work with me and you will begin to understand the power that your mind holds.
