learn to ask for something new

Guy Finley: It's your life, your work, and at all times you receive from life what you sow into it; if you don't like what life is giving you, learn to ask for something new.

Positivelypositive~You Don’t Ask, You Don’t Get

Rasmus Ankersen - Performance Development Coach; Bestselling Author of The DNA of a Winner

“Simple rest without thought, feeling into the spacious relaxation of no mind, is perhaps the best antidote to addiction.  Trying to think oneself out of addiction is, in and of itself, just another addiction, an addiction to thought. If we are going to speak of recovery from addiction, we have to first speak to this addiction to thought itself.  When addiction to thought is released, thoughts still happen, but with no sense of self in them and no sense that they carry a command to engage in some addictive substance or behavior.” ~ Scott Kiloby

Questioning your stressful thoughts is a fantastic way to begin to break apart what you’re thinking, to begin to understand what’s happening in your mind that creates the urge to eat, drink, smoke, shop, watch movies, obsess, clean, exercise.

It doesn’t matter if it’s unrelated to food, or whatever you use for escape or comfort.

Look at these beliefs:

There is not enough of “x” in my life…..and…..there is too much of “x” in my life.

Write these down. Make a list.

Take them through the four questions.

“Addictions are always the effect of an unquestioned mind. The only true addiction to work with is the addiction to your thoughts. As you question those thoughts, that addiction ceases because you no longer believe those thoughts. And as those thoughts cease, as you cease to believe them, then the addictions in your life cease to be. It is a process. And there’s no choice; you believe what you think, or you question it.”~Byron Katie

If you’re wanting to stop doing something that feels compulsive, addictive, harmful…you can stop.

You can stop believing that what you’re thinking is true. Start by writing down what you repeat to yourself that seems stressful.

Then take it through the four questions:

·         Is it true?

·         Can you absolutely know it’s true (if you said Yes)

·         How do you react when you believe that thought?

·         Who would you be without that thought?

·         What’s the opposite of your original thought?

You can do this.

Freedom is on the other side. Question Your Thinking, Change Your Addiction

Dear God,

Somewhere in time, I chose to hold on to something I thought would bring me peace. I didn’t realize that what I was missing was the awareness and greatness of Your love. The quickest way to feel the blessing of Your love is to forgive myself completely. It is not possible for me to experience feelings of guilt and the awareness of Your love at the same time. Today, I choose to forgive myself for my addictive behaviors and any negative consequences that occurred from them. Even with my greatest mistakes, failures and addictions, I have never altered myself or what You created within me. What You created is Divinely whole and perfect, now and forever. It is in this Truth, that I accept my freedom today. Thank You, in advance, for Your powerful strength and guidance as I practice my freedom. Thy will be done. Amen Miracles in Prayer by Robin Duncan