Trade in Your Critical Voice
For some of us, our initial reflections on ourselves have been the voice of the programmed human self, rather than our true self. Until we meet the source within and allow that to change us into the realization that that is who we are, we are living by the story that we were taught. We register with thoughts such as “Am I good enough: strong enough, worthy enough, pretty enough, talented enough etc.” These are the common wounds of the lower self of humanity repeated by the critical voice inside that wears on our self-esteem. Hopefully we recognize these beliefs are not the true reflection of our divine nature.
An Experiment in Advanced Intuition Class
A few weeks ago in advanced Intuition Class, we were discussing the difference between our true inner voice and the critical voice. We discussed how to change the critical voice. We decided to try a new way of reprogramming it. We actually enlisted the help of the critic. We asked it these three questions. Do you know me, love me, and have my best interest at heart?
We were each pleased to get a yes. We then asked the critical voice if it was willing to change what it had been telling us, and tell us something new and more helpful. Again we each got a yes.
We then took turns sitting in the middle of the room on a swivel chair, while our classmates around us chanted beautiful things in our ear, modeling for the new voice things like: You are beautiful, I am beautiful, He/she is beautiful, you are loving and loved, you are enough, you are worthy, you are patient and you are kind. We used first, second and third person perspective: “You”, “I” and “He and She”. That seemed to really support a shift.
Since that class some of us have had some close to miraculous changes in our reflections. That voice has shifted to a more empowering voice telling us better things about ourselves. I’ve been contemplating why this worked so well. My insights are: 1. We honored the positive intention of the voice and enlisted it’s help. 2. We replaced the words in first, second and third person perspectives. 3. We sat behind each other to whisper the new words. This is the position where most of us felt our critical voice was coming from. 4. Some of us reinforced this work by saying these things to ourselves in the mirror over the next few days.
You can use the mirror to do this work. It’s very powerful.
Much Love,
Dawn
