I want to talk about something very basic. When I was in my early 20's, I read all of the Seth books by Jane Roberts and Robert Butts. While there are many wonderful exercises in those series of books, this one I am describing here - while not exactly how Seth described it - is one of my favorites. The part that is so empowering is the idea that our "self talk" is a form of SELF HYPNOSIS. So let's learn to hypnotize ourselves in a way that benefits our lives, and helps us feel more peace and joy!
At our most basic level we are energy, energy that vibrates at varying levels – each part of us even vibrates at different levels. In fact, everything in this physical place is made up of energy that vibrates at certain frequencies. Even the table. Think, why does a table or a chair start to fall apart over time? Well the vibrations that kept it vibrantly together begin to change, the bonds of the energy particles loosen – we refer to that as decomposition. Even the air has certain vibrations that we can shut our eyes and “feel” it. Some refer to the vibrations of your being, as “feeling tones” (Seth used this term) or “beingness.” Even your thoughts are made up of this vibrational energy. As Seth describes it, your feeling tones/beingness reverberates out into the universe, attracting things to you, and creating your life experiences – like ripples in the water. I am going to call the feeling tones or beingness just beingness, since that is a term that most of you have heard used.
IN other words, the state of your beingness will dictate your perception of life experience. So if you are interested in experiencing a joyful and peaceful life it is important then to understand how your beliefs and emotions effect the state of your beingness – and most importantly to let you know how you can learn to change those areas of your life that are not in alignment with peace and joy.
Our beliefs are wide and varied – and one of the best ways we can understand our beliefs is to become conscious of statements that we take as “fact” in certain, important areas of our lives. What I mean by this is, that if we believe something about ourselves, there is a statement we can use to describe it. (this is not a time to judge whether the statement is true or not – just that the statement exists).
I want you to read the following statements, and pay attention to your body, write down how you feel – in fact, write it in your journal.
1. Life is tough – full of hardships.
2. It is so hard to make decisions, and I always make the wrong ones!
3. I never have enough money to pay bills
4. It seems like so many people are struggling these days.
5. Everything is so expensive!
Now read the following statements, and write how you feel:
1. Life is full of joy if we look for it!
2. I love looking at beautiful sunsets.
3. I feel so competent at my job!
4. People always come through for me
5. I am lucky – I get what I want most of the time
Here’s another passage – please read through these, but now that you have the idea, I want you to really pay attention to how your body’s energy shifts back and forth between the peace/joy and the anxiety/fear.
1. I am so grateful
2. I am so ugly, especially as I get older.
3. I really love hanging out with my friends
4. People can be so mean
5. I just love getting a massage!
I hope from this exercise you can see for yourself how your thoughts about something (also known as “BELIEFS”), cause you to feel emotions that effect the state of your beingness all of the time.
I am sure that most, if not all, of you know what hypnosis is? I want to use the following definition: “Hypnosis, in it’s natural form, is the acquiescence of the unconscious to conscious belief. In periods of concentrated focus, with all distractions cut out, the desired ideas are then implanted.” (Nature of Personal Reality, Jane Roberts/Seth)
It follows then, that your beliefs are like hypnotic focuses. We reinforce them constantly through the normal inner talking in which we all indulge. This inner communication is just like the concentrated repetition of an hypnotherapist. Id.
So, I want you to do some writing for me: Read each of the following numbered passages, and write down your thoughts on the subject:
1. Think of an area of your life with which you are pleased – or reasonably pleased. Maybe you like the state of your body for example.
2. Write down some of your beliefs about why you succeed in this area – for example, if you reasonably like how your body looks, you might believe that you eat healthy foods, and drink lots of water, or you believe it’s because you exercise most days… that kind of thing. NOTICE THE FEELING TONES THAT YOUR BELIEF’S ABOUT THIS CREATE – try to describe them – maybe it lifts your heart to think that you take care of yourself.
3. Now think of an area of your life with which you are less pleased.
4. Write down some of your beliefs about why you do not succeed as you would like in this area of your life. AGAIN, NOTICE THE FEELING TONES THAT YOUR BELIEFS ABOUT THIS CREATE. I’m too lazy to exercise, I can’t control my eating, etc.
5. What is your IDEAL in this area of your life? Meaning if you had a magic wand, and could make this are of your life perfect, what would it look like? Please describe it – and notice how it feels to imagine it!
6. Come up with a simple statement to describe this ideal for you. For example, if I could wave a magic wand, my body would be lean, fit and healthy.
7. What objective world factors would show that your statement above is true? My size 4 jeans would fit, I would weigh ____ pounds, etc.
NOW SAY: My life is mine and I form it – feel this deeply in your body. WHAT I DESIRE AND WHAT I BELIEVE IS ONE – I WILL COMPLETELY ALTER MY OLD BELIEFS IN THIS AREA AND WILL ACCEPT THIS NEW BELIEF:
STATE YOUR NEW BELIEF HERE: MY BODY IS LEAN, FIT AND HEALTY!
FEEL IT IN YOUR BODY.
KNOW THAT IT IS TRUE
IMAGINE IN YOUR MIND THAT THE STATED BELIEF IS TRUE
HOLD THIS VISION, FEELING AS LONG AS YOU CAN. IF YOU LOSE THE IMAGE GO BACK TO IT. IMAGINE THAT ALL OF THE OBJECTIVE PHYSICAL WORLD FACTORS ARE TRUE – IMAGINE YOURSELF WITH THAT BELIEF TRUE. (The Nature of Personal Reality, Jane Roberts/Seth/Robert Butts).
Do this exercise, and spend 5 minutes each day saying the above statements relating to your ideal - your new belief about the area of your life that you chose to concentrate on - and really FEEL the vibrations/feeling tones of your body as you repeat these statements over the 5 minute period. Do this for a couple of weeks, and then see if your thoughts toward this area of your life has shifted. When you feel ready, focus on another area, and do the same thing!
At our most basic level we are energy, energy that vibrates at varying levels – each part of us even vibrates at different levels. In fact, everything in this physical place is made up of energy that vibrates at certain frequencies. Even the table. Think, why does a table or a chair start to fall apart over time? Well the vibrations that kept it vibrantly together begin to change, the bonds of the energy particles loosen – we refer to that as decomposition. Even the air has certain vibrations that we can shut our eyes and “feel” it. Some refer to the vibrations of your being, as “feeling tones” (Seth used this term) or “beingness.” Even your thoughts are made up of this vibrational energy. As Seth describes it, your feeling tones/beingness reverberates out into the universe, attracting things to you, and creating your life experiences – like ripples in the water. I am going to call the feeling tones or beingness just beingness, since that is a term that most of you have heard used.
IN other words, the state of your beingness will dictate your perception of life experience. So if you are interested in experiencing a joyful and peaceful life it is important then to understand how your beliefs and emotions effect the state of your beingness – and most importantly to let you know how you can learn to change those areas of your life that are not in alignment with peace and joy.
Our beliefs are wide and varied – and one of the best ways we can understand our beliefs is to become conscious of statements that we take as “fact” in certain, important areas of our lives. What I mean by this is, that if we believe something about ourselves, there is a statement we can use to describe it. (this is not a time to judge whether the statement is true or not – just that the statement exists).
I want you to read the following statements, and pay attention to your body, write down how you feel – in fact, write it in your journal.
1. Life is tough – full of hardships.
2. It is so hard to make decisions, and I always make the wrong ones!
3. I never have enough money to pay bills
4. It seems like so many people are struggling these days.
5. Everything is so expensive!
Now read the following statements, and write how you feel:
1. Life is full of joy if we look for it!
2. I love looking at beautiful sunsets.
3. I feel so competent at my job!
4. People always come through for me
5. I am lucky – I get what I want most of the time
Here’s another passage – please read through these, but now that you have the idea, I want you to really pay attention to how your body’s energy shifts back and forth between the peace/joy and the anxiety/fear.
1. I am so grateful
2. I am so ugly, especially as I get older.
3. I really love hanging out with my friends
4. People can be so mean
5. I just love getting a massage!
I hope from this exercise you can see for yourself how your thoughts about something (also known as “BELIEFS”), cause you to feel emotions that effect the state of your beingness all of the time.
I am sure that most, if not all, of you know what hypnosis is? I want to use the following definition: “Hypnosis, in it’s natural form, is the acquiescence of the unconscious to conscious belief. In periods of concentrated focus, with all distractions cut out, the desired ideas are then implanted.” (Nature of Personal Reality, Jane Roberts/Seth)
It follows then, that your beliefs are like hypnotic focuses. We reinforce them constantly through the normal inner talking in which we all indulge. This inner communication is just like the concentrated repetition of an hypnotherapist. Id.
So, I want you to do some writing for me: Read each of the following numbered passages, and write down your thoughts on the subject:
1. Think of an area of your life with which you are pleased – or reasonably pleased. Maybe you like the state of your body for example.
2. Write down some of your beliefs about why you succeed in this area – for example, if you reasonably like how your body looks, you might believe that you eat healthy foods, and drink lots of water, or you believe it’s because you exercise most days… that kind of thing. NOTICE THE FEELING TONES THAT YOUR BELIEF’S ABOUT THIS CREATE – try to describe them – maybe it lifts your heart to think that you take care of yourself.
3. Now think of an area of your life with which you are less pleased.
4. Write down some of your beliefs about why you do not succeed as you would like in this area of your life. AGAIN, NOTICE THE FEELING TONES THAT YOUR BELIEFS ABOUT THIS CREATE. I’m too lazy to exercise, I can’t control my eating, etc.
5. What is your IDEAL in this area of your life? Meaning if you had a magic wand, and could make this are of your life perfect, what would it look like? Please describe it – and notice how it feels to imagine it!
6. Come up with a simple statement to describe this ideal for you. For example, if I could wave a magic wand, my body would be lean, fit and healthy.
7. What objective world factors would show that your statement above is true? My size 4 jeans would fit, I would weigh ____ pounds, etc.
NOW SAY: My life is mine and I form it – feel this deeply in your body. WHAT I DESIRE AND WHAT I BELIEVE IS ONE – I WILL COMPLETELY ALTER MY OLD BELIEFS IN THIS AREA AND WILL ACCEPT THIS NEW BELIEF:
STATE YOUR NEW BELIEF HERE: MY BODY IS LEAN, FIT AND HEALTY!
FEEL IT IN YOUR BODY.
KNOW THAT IT IS TRUE
IMAGINE IN YOUR MIND THAT THE STATED BELIEF IS TRUE
HOLD THIS VISION, FEELING AS LONG AS YOU CAN. IF YOU LOSE THE IMAGE GO BACK TO IT. IMAGINE THAT ALL OF THE OBJECTIVE PHYSICAL WORLD FACTORS ARE TRUE – IMAGINE YOURSELF WITH THAT BELIEF TRUE. (The Nature of Personal Reality, Jane Roberts/Seth/Robert Butts).
Do this exercise, and spend 5 minutes each day saying the above statements relating to your ideal - your new belief about the area of your life that you chose to concentrate on - and really FEEL the vibrations/feeling tones of your body as you repeat these statements over the 5 minute period. Do this for a couple of weeks, and then see if your thoughts toward this area of your life has shifted. When you feel ready, focus on another area, and do the same thing!
Just had to post a picture of my beautiful and dear puppies! Talk about JOY:
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