Loved the story about the childhood fear even though it’s sad those realisations are so powerful in helping us change.

My efforts with mindfulness are helping me realise some of these patterns and the next step is re-educating myself so these tips really help.

Two questions:\

1. Re Evoke the core emotion with tapping. So in this example the core emotion is self dislike which is why you mention the opposite emotion you want to evoke of self love?

2. Re Prayer please can you give us an example? I agree it is so powerful but since I am a non believer I don’t do it. What do you do just pray to no one in particular? Or maybe Buddha since you are a Buddhist?

Thank you so much, you are wise and wonderful.

I remember thinking when I saw the Fatima story that having God or Mary talk to me would be too much responsibility. I feared that I’d have to carry out tasks or deliver messages to an unbelieving world. I especially feared that I’d be doomed to live a monastic life without friends and fun.

Fortunately, when God has spoken to me it’s been at critical turning points in my life and the directives were in response to burning dilemmas I had posed. Frankly I think God gave up hope that I would catch hints and signs he put in my path, so he chose to speak loud and clear so I wouldn’t miss it.

I was brought up believing in the power of prayer, but as I’ve become more enlightened I’ve changed the way I pray.

Other tools that have helped me deconstruct my thoughts or break patterns have been tapping, changing subconscious thoughts with Psych-K, spiritual counseling, reading loads of books, listening to enlightened folks, and surrounding myself with positive and uplifting people.

I have occasionally journaled and meditated, but not consistent enough to call them personal practices.

None of us will get through life without encountering negative thoughts, sad experiences and problems. Our happiness and peace of mind depend on us discovering and using techniques that work. It’s the inner work that only we can do for ourselves.

I like your approach of stopping, using the breath, and observing the emotions. If we can do that on the spot, we can transform so much so quickly! Thanks for adding your approach to the conversation.

You have a really good think going with Re-evaluation Counseling, which sets you up to be more cognizant in your whole life. I’m sory worry and fear have troubled you, but it’s wonderful to see how you have mastered them so well. It’s an inspiration for all of us. Poems are a wonderful way to track where we are at and express ourselves too!

Love,
Amanda

thanks for this article. It helps in knowing the various helpful methods when I am in an emotional turbulence. One sharing from me is when I am experiencing the onslaught of emotional negativity, I stop for a while, take several deep breaths and observe my emotions there on. Usually, it helps. The negativity dissipates.