The Processing Quandary

Every so often I’m drawn into the temptation to “process” blockages, to clear myself of negative beliefs by rooting them out of the subconscious mud of my past, or to discover hidden passions and goals by fishing for lists of them in the great ocean of possibilities. It’s an old habit and one shared by many people I know. I used to have a therapist friend who constantly dragged me back to childhood to make me find wounds I wasn’t sure existed. We ended up in friendly fights, as I maintained that I didn’t need to go there, that the secret to freedom was in the present moment, not the past. He thought I was the Queen of Avoidance.

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Stepping through the Doorway

Lots of us sense that we’re in a doorway, passing from one reality into a brand new one, and the rules of how life functions are SO different between what’s behind us and what’s ahead of us. Part of the challenge now is that we’re not totally conscious of what the “old” reality is, and what the “new” reality feels like. Yet once we get a whiff of how great the new reality is, we don’t want to go back—ever! I’m convinced that most people won’t take that step through the doorway until they feel safe, until they know what they’re stepping into. First we must identify the “old” reality so we can consciously decide we don’t want life to function that way.

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