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What do I believe about life exercise |
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What do I believe about life exercise The "What do I believe about life" exercise is one of a variety of possible starting points from which to start the exploration of our beliefs and our belief structure. Caveats on this exercise Three caveats need to be made about this exercise and doing this exercise. This exercise is from workshops where their intended purpose was to create discussions in specific areas and to help the attendees to focus their attention and awareness in a given direction in a given way. Much of what was exactly done with this exercise is unique to the attendees and the information they provided through the exercises. A key part of the exercise was in the attendees sharing their results. As such, using the exercise by oneself or even with another will lose some of the power of the exercise. However, as a starting point to being an inquiry in the topic which this exercise addresses, many insights can still be obtained. As an exercise given in a workshop, each step was provided only after the previous step was completed. It is recommended you do the exercise and complete each step as you read the step the very first time. Reading the entire exercise and then coming back to do each step will change the results you get. To help divert your attention from reading ahead, a space is provided between each step. Additionally, a thought, relevant or irrelevant, is inserted between steps to divert your focus from reading the next step. Try not to read ahead. This exercise is best done where you can share your results with another. Either another individual doing the exercises with you or a trusted individual who is supporting your efforts at exploring what you believe.. Background considerations in exploring any belief Experiential knowing can be quite different than intellectual knowing In doing any exercise which explores what we think we believe, what needs to be clearly understood is what we think we believe about something is not necessarily how we will respond if we are faced with that something in our life. As a result any exercise we do where we can sit and intellectualize our answer probably does not reflected what we really think about a topic and how we will response when faced with a situation were we are called to act upon what we really believe. In this regard, creating something like a "not doing" exercise and/or a metatheater relative to each of the beliefs explored in this exercise is much better at surfacing what we really believe about something. Or, we can set the intention to discover what We will be surprised at the opportunity Creation provides for us to see what we really believe about what we think we believe. Exercise - What do I believe about life? Perform the following steps noting any thoughts and/or feelings which may arise as you do the exercise. Complete each step before reading and doing the next step. List five to ten things you believe about life Yes, you need to provide at least five and it should be ten things. Remember, a tree drops it leaves to make room for the new leaves. Identify your most trusted friend. A trusted friend is one whom you can trust with anything you value. As one friend said to another "I would trust you to be in bed with my spouse" - (whatever that means) . Identify your most valued possession - can be a person, thing, idea, or belief. Think about what you really value in life. What is your most valued possession. Can it fit in a cigar box? It is bigger than a bread box? Is it too big for your house? Does it have a taste? A color? Is it warm and fuzzy or cold and clammy? Based on that list, how do you respond to the following situation, Get read, Get set, Go........ "Your most trusted friend walks out of your life taking your most valuable possession" Note your immediate feelings in reading this. What would you think and how would you respond if such a thing happen to you? Give yourself permission in your creative imagination to allow yourself to see this happening to you. Create a situation in your creative imagination to see this happening. How does the five to ten things you believe about life influence or not influence your response in this situation? Look carefully. Look carefully at how you think you would respond. Then look to see how these beliefs about life apply to this situation. If these listed beliefs do not influence your response, what does that tell you about what you believe about what you think you believe about life? Look carefully at this question. Life is about living and interacting with others. Each of us would not be here unless two individual got together and interacted with each other. If what you believe about life does not in some way impact the event described here, think about what that says about what you think life is all about. If possible share the observations you made with another. Pulling the string It is recommended you pull the string to how and why you have the beliefs you do. Why these beliefs as opposed to any other. Look to see if you can figure out their origin. That is, look to see if they are: your beliefs because you internally know it is true; your beliefs as a result of what you have personally experienced in life; or those of another that you have adopted for one reason or another. Exploring the truth of what we think we believe To really explore the truth of what we think we believe about life: Set the intention to explore the truth of what we believe about each of the belief in question Ask the universe to provide us the opportunity to see what we really believe about each.. Watch and observer our life for the opportunity which comes along. Note the results we find. Compare the results to what we said about what we believe and see how the two do or do not correspond. Explore the reason for any differences observed.
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