One of the first items that I had to grab hold of (and put in my suitcase) was the truth that God didn’t just HAVE to love me (because the Bible says He had to) – but that He actually DOES love me and also really really likes me!!! This was not a concept that I could just have in my head. I had to actually believe it with my whole being, especially my heart! This transfer from my head to my whole being was not an easy one for me.
I had spent most of my life living in my head and my head was not kind to me. It constantly told me that I was not good enough, that God would never love or accept me, and that there was something wrong with me. Sadly, most of these thoughts came from religion. Religion is a head thing – spirituality is a whole body thing. That is why I now say I am a spiritual person, not a religious person.
In order to move from my head to living from my whole being, especially my heart, I had to quiet the head noise. (The head is just a thought generating machine programmed from our childhood and our learned responses to try and protect us from emotional and physical pain).
If you struggle with living from your head as well, this is what the process looks like:
* Become very aware of your thoughts – STOP, LISTEN, BREATHE
* Realize that you would never talk to a friend like you allow your head to talk to you
* Tell yourself that the self-condemning negative thoughts you have are not God speaking to you
* Let your thoughts pass through without judging them or grabbing on to them
* BREATHE
* Speak words of life over yourself
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