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Here is a brief summary of today’s episode of “The Live True Podcast.” You can use this as a reference or reminder of key things you feel like you need to pay attention to or pass on to others, in the next 7 days of your life.
Which of the three below statements sounds most like something you often feel or believe? At any given time we will all experience each of these statements but one of them will ring most true to us most of the time.
- “I am not enough”
This comes from Shame.
- “I don’t have enough”
This comes from Fear.
- “I haven’t done enough”
This comes from Guilt.
What we’ve come to see is that one of the three statements is what gives your ego its primal energy and determination, which at a young age is necessary but as we mature, we start finding the same strategies we used in childhood don’t seem to work as well later on.
There are a lot of ways
your primary, false self-pattern could be showing up
and wrecking havoc with your life.
A Key step is simply to become aware that, indeed, your own false-self pattern does exist.
Becoming self-aware
is one of the most challenging
and most important practices
we can have if we really want to live
in true- self wholeness.
As we do this it’s important not to be overly vigilant or obsessively self-critical. Being judgmental is a favorite pastime of the false self.
The goal is learning to stand back from yourself like a neutral observer and begin to investigate, to be more curious about what’s really driving you to think, speak and act in the ways you do and to determine if what’s really going on is healthy or unhealthy.
Psalm 139: search me oh god and know my heart. test me and know my anxious thoughts. and see if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting.
Today, start the practice of being your own non-condemning observer. At first, you may only be able to see what’s happening after the fact. Over time, you will be able to catch yourself in the act and begin to alter the direction of conversations and actions that you see are coming from a false or unhealthy persona.
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Question: “Which one of the three statements seems to regularly loop around in your emotions and mind?”
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