What's Your Story?
02/01/2024
We want to spread our love by sharing a few words of wisdom with you. In the previous entry we talked about the Four Levels of Perception and how we apply that concept into our practice. Now, we are going to take this conversation to a deeper level. Let's talk about the Stories from which we live our lives.
When something happens in our lives, most people generally don't see it as a neutral event, but they judge and assess it based on their past experiences, assuming this is a repetition of their past experiences. Then from that judgment they react, and they blame the reaction on the event, not on their interpretations.
In his book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen R. Covey shares a beautiful story that illustrates this concept perfectly. However, it is so good that we're going to let you read it directly from his book. Instead, we'll share another example.
Jack Canfield, author of the book Chicken Soup for the Soul, in one of his live presentations said something like this: Let's say I'm standing here talking to you and having fun. All of a sudden, a lady in the front row says "You're stupid". If I grew up in
an empowering environment, where my parents uplifted me, my teachers praised me for my hard work, and they always made me feel better than everyone else and I lived from that perspective, I would hear this comment and probably react by saying "That's cute. Nice try trying to bring me down. You must be jealous" she could feel embarrassed and leave. However, if I grew up in an environment where I was always put down, my parents told me I was dumb, my teachers told me I would never amount to anything, and I lived my life from that perspective, I would hear this lady's comment and ask myself "It's been 10 minutes, how did she know?" then react by cutting my presentation short and leaving that place as soon as possible.
In both scenarios he reacted based on his perspective, the story he tells himself about himself, which comes from his past experiences. These are both different interpretations of the same situation. Each interpretation is based on the story that he had made up in the past. Are they true? No, they're interpretations.
The FACT is a woman in the front row said "you're stupid". If he was clear of the stories that had been running him, the moment she said those words he could ask her what she meant by that and she might say "That's what I say when someone is funny. You're so funny!" After that their interaction would be completely different and coming from a clear space.
It's important to be aware of the distinction between Facts and Interpretation, specially when we get "triggered". Anytime we get triggered, it's basically a situation that brings up, activates, reminds us of one of our stories, so it's a good time to check in and look at what are the facts and what are the interpretations, from there we can see the stories that are getting triggered, and how we have been living our lives based on those stories, so we know what needs to be cleared.
That's where we come in! Our job as Energy Medicine practitioners is to clear those stories and whatever energy we have around them, so that you can create a new story to live your life from. If you haven't had a session with us yet, we invite you to schedule a 30-minute FREE consultation to see how our services can help you clear those stories.
We hope you got some value from this message, and that you'll start noticing the stories that are generating your reactions, and how they may be affecting your life.
In Ayni,
Ayni Holistic Healing
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