So many questions about the Desire virtual class starting Thursday.
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In a nutshell, each class you will log-in (and dial-in using your phone or skype) to a webinar and follow along in exercises geared entirely towards:
a) identifying what you’re lacking in important areas of your life
b) noticing what does work in these areas, even if very small
c) burning your stressful beliefs by questioning them
d) naming and claiming your own personal core desired feelings–the living turnarounds–in these same areas you care about the most
I’ve loved doing this work myself and found it sooooo affirming.
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I’ve identified what I really thought I wanted, what felt desirable, in many areas of my life.
I’ve wondered openly what I would have, if I attained my greatest desire.
In the end, it’s usually some kind of feeling….safety, happiness, excitement, ease.
What is it you desire? What do you think you’d have, if you got it?
Are you sure you can’t feel this now, in the present….without attaining that great desire, that condition, that person, that object?
We’ll question our stressful stories around moving towards what we think we want. We’ll do this together in the class, I’ll guide you through.
After doing this work (combining the Work of Byron Katie and desire mapping and exploring feelings) I’ve landed….for now….on my own core desired feelings:
Amazon, Luxurious, Mystic, Serenity
Just saying these words feels creative, delicious, and like powerful medicine personal to my path.
As I do The Work of Byron Katie, when I arrive in the turnarounds, the opposites to my stressful thoughts (the last step in The Work) I can call in these feelings, these words, and imagine how I would live if I felt these feelings.
Some examples.
I notice I desire time, insight, being of service, and freedom from dread—instead, joy.
So what do I perceive is NOT working when it comes to time, insight, being of service and freedom from dread?
Well! Glad you asked!
Time: I don’t have enough.
Insight: I need more time with my teachers and books.
Being of service: I could reach more people.
Freedom from dread: Life seems like more fun without dreading something in the future (ha ha!)
I start with the one on top of the list: I NEED MORE TIME.
I get a good solid sense of a situation in which I believed this to be very true.
Yah, I got it. Yesterday when I had to pick up my kid unexpectedly right in the middle of rush hour traffic, right in the middle of recording my podcast.
I need more time!!
I take this situation through inquiry.
Is it true that I need more time?
Yes Yes Yes.
Absolutely?
Uhm. Well. No.
How do I react when I believe I need more time?
Frustrated, tight, clenched, small.
Who would you be without the belief you need more time?
Wow, in that moment? Hmmmm.
I’d be freely moving from microphone, into car holding keys, wearing my cute slippers, heading out to the school. Break time. Time to talk with my kid. Listening to 3 messages from one of closest friends in the world. Breathing deeply. Relaxed.
Turning the thought around: I do NOT need more time. I have ENOUGH time.
Can I find real examples, genuine examples, of how this could be just as true…..or truer?
Well….one of the most important things in my life are my kids and spending time with them, and that’s what I get to do when I pick her up. It doesn’t even have to be long, it only takes 20 minutes door-to-school-to-door.
I also notice I’m not dying today (I know that’s dramatic, but its an example)!
I also have enough time because I am not a special case–I get just the right amount of time for me–not unlike many other humans.
I have enough time to buy groceries, get gas, work out at the gym, read books, write these Grace Notes, work with clients, create classes, facilitate retreats, do interviews, record podcasts, watch Birdman last week (won best picture), work with deeply important spiritual teachers, go out to lunch with a colleague, and meditate.
And that’s only starters.
What if I felt amazon, luxurious, mystic and serenity when it comes to time?
Ha ha! *AWESOME!*
Waaaaaaayyyyy different than powerless, scarce, tiny and frustrated.
Nice turnaround to live, these beautiful feelings I identified for myself.
You can do this too.
You can zone in on the unique feelings you celebrate, honor and love to experience when you turn your stressful thoughts around.
Come find out how on Thursday….join us!
If you can’t because you’re in an alternate time zone, or you’re scheduled, don’t worry.
This means its not right for right now.
You can follow the process I just outlined and find your core desired feelings, and your stressful beliefs about why you can’t get there, and take your beliefs to inquiry using the four questions.
I know you can do it.
“I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. From the moment of birth, every human being wants happiness and does not want suffering. Neither social conditioning nor education nor ideology affect this. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment. I don’t know whether the universe, with its countless galaxies, stars and planets, has a deeper meaning or not, but at the very least, it is clear that we humans who live on this earth face the task of making a happy life for ourselves. Therefore, it is important to discover what will bring about the greatest degree of happiness.” ~ Dalai Lama
Love, Grace