Systematic Overhauling of Your Thoughts to Heal Your Life

There are a set of beliefs that you are indoctrinated in as a child. While many of these thoughts have played an important role in making you what you are today, some of them may be barriers to helping you live the life you wish to live. By using the power of divine wisdom that all of us can tap in to through affirmations, you can truly heal your body and life. The Heal Your Life workshops that Louise L. Hay has designed help you do this systematic overhauling of your thought patterns with great ease.

What if you have not had an opportunity to attend a Love Yourself, Heal Your Life workshop with the Rainbow Lightworkers as yet? You can still take a few simple steps to put yourself on the right path to self transformation. Here we discuss simple yet powerful tools that you can employ to change the way you think. As Louise often says, our thoughts create our future. So by changing our thoughts we will be able to change our future. In order to do this the first thing we need to be aware of is the thoughts we think subconsciously.

Become Aware of Your Self-Talk

There are certain things that you tell yourself in your mind which you are unaware of. For instance you see an extreme sporting event such as bungee jumping and your mind tells you, “I could never do this, it’s too dangerous.” You look at a particularly bold lipstick colour and think, “This would never suit me, I’m not fair enough.” Perhaps you want to ask your boss for a raise but then your mind says, “What if he decides I’m not worth what he’s paying me now? I might lose my job.”

These kinds of limiting thoughts originate from a negative thought pattern that has been drilled into you since childhood. They do not reflect your actual ability to act, but rather a perception of your parents or teachers on your potential. You have got so used to the limits that they imposed on you that you never think to question them. Now write down your own self-talk for 7 to 10 days. Each time a thought comes to your mind, juts write it down without being judgmental. This record will show you what the deeper problem to address is.

Switch to Positive Self-Talk

Your self-confidence, self-esteem and self-image all have their root in your self-talk. If you can change your self-talk from limiting thoughts to encouraging ones, you will notice a substantial difference in all aspects of your life. For each of the limiting thoughts that you recorded over the last few days write a positive and encouraging replacement.

So for “I could never do this, it’s too dangerous.”
You could tell yourself, “I should try this once. They have a great safety record.”
For “This would never suit me, I’m not fair enough.”
You may think, “Let me get a small sample. I can always give it away if I don’t like it.”
Then for “What if he decides I’m not worth what he’s paying me now? I might lose my job.”
You should think, “I do a good job and am a valuable employee. It is in my boss’s interest to look after me by paying me what I deserve.”

Fall Back on Affirmations

If you are not sure how to replace your individual self-talk sentences, pick a single positive statement that you can fall back on when you find yourself thinking a negative or limiting thought. Here is a good one from Louise Hay “I am perfect, whole, and complete, just as I am.”

My Best Relationship is the One I Have With Me

Our relationships define us. When asked by a stranger who you are, you will tell them your full name. The first name is yours but the surname speaks of your family. The exention of yourself and all your relationships on this planet comes from that name. It defines your parents, grandparents, siblings, spouse and children. Each relationship in your life, be it in the immediate family or in your friend circle, speaks a little bit about who you are. It gives the stranger a glimpse into the kind of person you may be.

Intimate Stranger

Unfortunately there is one person who even you are unacquainted with despite being with all the time. It is your higher self. This part of you is vibrating at a higher sphere of consciousness and is beautifully connected to the pure energy of the Universal Spirit. It is the part of your soul that connects your gross body with the ethereal reality of the spirit being that you truly are. It is ever present with you for guidance and support, but you are too busy on the lower plane of existence to pay attention to this intimate stranger who lives with you. The good news is that it is easy for you to connect with your higher self. There are no barriers here except the ones put up by your own ignorance. All you need to do is be more aware of what this inner guide is asking you to do and you will see a huge improvement in your life right away.

Trouble in Paradise

If you ever feel that you are not following your life's true purpose, that you seem to be wasting your time in your current job, or that some key relationships are not working out the way you want them to, all you have to do is ask your higher self for guidance.It may seem like an alien concept to ask yourself for help. However you should know that your higher self is wise and well connected to the Universal Spirit. It knows why you have taken this birth on planet Earth and is rooting for you to find and finish your life's true purpose. We usually feel uncomfortable or face problems when we are not on the path that we chose as our destiny before we were born into this current body. The minute you begin to walk the path you were meant to, it becomes an easy journey for you.

Introduce Yourself

Make the effort to introduce yourself to your higher self. It may seem like something amusing at first. After all how do you meet your own self? In this case you need to meditate on your higher self and connect to that part of you which is ever present but hidden.Try and understand what your true life purpose is. Ask for guidance each time you feel confused. Open your heart to the love that you can receive. Leave behind all your barriers and limiting beliefs. Accept the divine wisdom that will flow into your heart and mind as you connect to your higher self. Use affirmations and meditation to make this existing connection stronger and clearer.

Affirm to yourself - My best relationship is the one I have with me

How Much Happiness Do You Deserve?

When asked this question most people will not be sure what to reply. Some will say a whole lot, others may say as much as I am destined to get. A few may be dumbfounded as they have no answer to give. The truth is that we control the amount of happiness in our lives with our own thoughts and attitudes. In fact most of us limit the amount of happiness in our lives using unconscious thoughts that come from the limiting beliefs woven into the fabric of our lives.

Recently I was recommended a book called The Big Leap written by author Gay Hendricks. In the book the author explains that we think we deserve only so much happiness and if life threatens to take us above that threshold, we sabotage ourselves. I am yet to read the book, but I was fascinated by the concept it described. I even began to see how I was applying these limiting beliefs to various aspects of my own life. I had set up thresholds in each part of my life and every time I tended to cross over one I would actually sabotage myself. Consider these examples –

Weight Threshold : While I would love to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight somewhere at the back of my head is a barrier. It takes the form of a limiting belief that once a woman gives birth to a child she will always carry a few extra kgs.

Money Threshold : I know I can attract as much money as I wish into my life, but I feel guilty for trying to get more than I feel I deserve. What’s worse, I know I deserve more, but somehow the guilt just doesn’t seem to abate.

Health Threshold : Every time the season’s change I fall ill. Even when I have no wish to, this childhood conditioning thought that my mother used to repeat just stays with me. So when its change of season time, I have get sick.

Happiness Threshold : If you laugh too much you will have to cry. This was a sentence that was commonly spoken in our home when I grew up. Even today I feel worried when I am laughing too loud or too long. I wonder what will happen to make me cry next.

We should not feel worried about being happy. No one wants us to fall sick. As children of the universe we can draw as much abundance we want into our lives. Then…

Why do we put up barriers to our own happiness? Mostly it is because we don’t even know we are doing it. No one would purposefully keep abundant health and wealth away from their lives. However how many of your own limiting beliefs and barriers are you actually aware of?

For your own good do this exercise. Make a list of any limiting beliefs that act as barriers to the flow of abundance into your life. Now challenge each of these barriers and visually watch them crumble leaving a free flowing path from the abundance of the universe to your self.

Affirm : Only the best comes to me!

Moving from Fear to Trust

The Law of Attractions states that we will bring what we think about into our lives. Affirmations are supposed to make it easier for us to do this. However, when most people first begin using the Law of Attraction, they feel that none of their affirmations seem to work. They seem to be doing everything as per plan - think of positive affirmations, repeat them daily and wait for their desires to come true. Unfortunately they also harbour inner feelings of worry that the universal spirit is not going to answer or disbelief that they can actually get all these goodies in their lives without working really hard to get them. These feelings act as a barrier and don't allow the universe to send these people what they are affirming for.

 “I go beyond barriers into possibilities” Louise L. Hay's affirmation in her book Heal Your Life Meditations can help overcome this problem.

Leave Your Comfort Zone

Each one of us has tested our limits as a young child. Think back to remember what a fearless baby you were. Then you fell, got cut on sharp edges, burnt by fire, and a whole lot more. Your sense of invulnerability disappeared behind the reality of physical hurts and pain. The new experiences insisted that you define a safe zone where you would not get hurt. This became your comfort zone. Within its limitations you knew you could not get hurt, unfortunately within this comfort zone you cannot experience change, and that is essentially to growing spiritually. Only when you are willing to change by releasing your old limiting beliefs and leaving your comfort zone behind can you truly harness the power of the Law of Attraction.  

Fear and Trust are Two Sides of the Same Coin

Once you leave your comfort zone, you leave fear behind and begin to trust that the universe will provide your needs for you. This begins with little steps like asking for a free parking spot when you go to the market or perhaps having a book available to borrow in the library. With each wish that gets fulfilled you begin to develop a stronger measure of trust that the universe does care, and will respond to your affirmations. Then you can scale up what you ask for to include anything from a free holiday in Goa to a great deal when buying a car. You could even affirm for your ideal home and even a soul mate. Go crazy and ask for whatever you want as long as you trust that the universe will give you what you require.

This or Something Better

When asking the universe for something you have to trusts that “mother knows best”. Just like a loving mother will not give an infant what he wants, but instead what he needs, the universe too will bring to you what you need in a timely manner. You may be fixated on a certain request that doesn’t seem to be getting fulfilled, but the universe may be working on giving you something different. This could be something else that you have not even thought of, and may be much better suited to your current life situation. So when you ask for something from the universe tag on to your affirmation, “…this or something better.”

Affirm, "I am open to all possibilities that help me live my highest purpose!"

Through Limiting Barriers Into Infinite Possibilities

Each one of us has a set of beliefs that make us who we are. Some of these beliefs are good for us while others work as limiting barriers. Take for instance the table under your computer. If I asked you what state is the table in, most of you would answer solid. This is only partially true and thus it is a perfect example of a limiting belief that works as a barrier. 

Solid Belief

Come back to the table made of wood. Run your hand over it. It is firm and solid. Suppose we took a sliver of wood from this table and placed it under a microscope. Would we still see a solid surface? No we would begin to see some spaces between the solid particles. If we magnify it some more we would come down to the molecular level where there is a lot more space between the molecules and it hardly looks solid. If we could magnify it even more we would end up at the atomic level where we see a few hints of solid in the nuclei but mostly energy charged ions floating about in their orbits. 

At this level of magnification we will never think of it as a solid. It is more like raw energy. So the table that you thought was solid, is actually an amalgamation of different energies. This is the biggest truth we need to recognize in our universe. Everything that you look at around you is merely a form of energy. This is not limited to non living things, everyone who come across is also radiating some form of energy or the other.

Attraction Exists

It is this energy that makes you comfortable in the presence of some people and uncomfortable in the presence of others.  Think of a bar magnet, and how their poles attract. If you place two bar magnets on a table at the right distance their mutual force of attraction will literally pull them physically together. It is just the same with people. Here too like energies get pulled together. If your energy is similar to someone else you will be attracted to that person. 

On a more sublime note, even your thoughts have energies. At the right vibration the energy of your thought can literally bring what you are thinking about to you. Herein lies the secret of manifestation. The more energy you put behind a thought, the more likely it is to come true. If you keep thinking that you are running late, you will actually become late. If you worry that things are going to go wrong, then they will.

Beyond Barriers

Most meta-physicians will tell you to THINK POSITIVE for this reason. The Law of Attraction (LoA) ensures that what you think about often comes to pass. Thus it makes sense that if you will manifest what you think about, you should think about something good. If you can really truly leave behind the barriers of your limiting beliefs, you can manifest anything you want.

A new career, a new relationship, release from an illness, it is all possible, but only if you really believe it is possible. To eliminate self doubt, use the affirmation from Louise L. Hay's Meditations to Heal Your Life that says “I go beyond barriers into possibilities”.  Be open to Divine Wisdom and see what guidance you receive. Then leave your limiting beliefs behind you and walk into the infinite possibilities that open up before you.

Love and light always…