7 Steps to help balance your inner thoughts
7 Steps to help balance your inner thoughts
1.
Sit in
silence and listen to the thoughts that come into your awareness
2.
Write them down, even if they are just bullet
points, write down what was “flying” thru your mind
3.
How did it make you feel?
4.
Here comes the tough part – Why do you think
that you feel the way that you do? Why
are you so uncomfortable with YOUR thoughts?
5.
“I don’t know” is not an answer – allow yourself
to really discover the reasons that you feel the way that you feel? Will you allow yourself to be very
uncomfortable? Will you allow yourself
to be vulnerable? It is good to
cry. It is even OK to be angry. We must allow ourselves to FEEL if we are to
understand why we feel the way that we do.
6.
All feelings are valid. And NO one can tell you how you feel. Only YOU know why you feel the way that you
do. If you don’t know why you feel the
way that you feel, it is crucial for you to take the time to think about
this. Why are you afraid of your
feelings? Why do you feel guilty about
your feelings? Do you feel ashamed of
your feelings?
7.
Each question and answer requires us to be
honest with ourselves. We cannot worry
about what someone else “MIGHT” think about our feelings. We must allow ourselves to discover the root
cause of our feelings. An example of a
feeling which has not been understood – you are upset at your wife b/c she no
longer shows you affection. You are
angry with her, and therefore you speak unkind to her. Why are you unkind? B/c she isn’t giving you any lovin’. And why do you think she would give you some
lovin’ if you are mean to her?
a.
To get down deep into this, one must take
responsibility for one’s own actions. Do
not project your actions (or re-actions) onto your wife. You must see your actions for what they are
and then you can begin to see the bigger picture.
b.
If she doesn’t feel loved by you, why do you
think she would give her love to someone that isn’t showing her love?
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