12/ 11/ 2016
I’m a little behind in posting November’s Lesson from Somewhere. Actually, I think I needed time to process what I’d learned. Here it goes…
Earlier in November, I listened to a Hay House Live Podcast that a friend sent me. Titled Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing the Uncommon, Dr. Joe Dispenza talks about the brain and its ability to re-program. He says that when we learn, new synaptic connections are formed. But we must continue to “apply, demonstrate and initiate” to change our behavior. Dr. Dispenza goes on to talk about how our past experiences engineer us to respond and think in certain ways. We “live in the past,” and let it determine our personality and response to situations in reality.
The first time I listened to Dr. Dispenza’s podcast, I was skeptical. It wasn’t until taking a second listen that I began to understand. I do operate on auto-pilot. There are painful experiences in my past that shape how I think, feel and respond now. It does seem like I’m functioning in the past, unable to release what’s happened, re-program and move forward.
Dr. Dispenza’s podcast reminded me of something I discovered in a therapy session. You will never have the same experience twice. Yes, similar outcomes could happen, but things will be different. No two people are the same. It’s understandable to want to avoid pain. But living with the expectation that things will go poorly because they went badly before already puts a layer of despair over real life.
Even writing this, it’s difficult to identify a measurable outcome. But I think it’s an improved awareness, of knowing that it’s possible to be fully present in the current moment. We should definitely learn from our past and it should inform our decisions. The cautionary fine line is not staying emotionally attached to painful outcomes.
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