Faith. Almost every person on the planet lives everyday in complete faith. We believe, and we believe in our beliefs. Faith is a powerful force. With every ounce of conviction we can muster we devote ourselves to our beliefs. We commit to upholding them, protecting them, defending them and proving them right.

Problem is most of us put all of our faith in our limitations. We bow down before our “can’ts”… and there are so many of them. “I can’t have what I want.” “ I can’t be who I want to be.” “I can’t do what I want to do.” We live a life that is way below our standards because we have become evangelists of the religion of limitations. We work jobs we hate, struggle to get buy on a measly income, wish for the perfect partner while we sit around alone (watching TV). We don’t have the social life, professional life experiences or freedom we want. We don’t have the power we want, the emotions we want and we are nowhere near having the life we want.

We believe we don’t deserve to have everything we want. We decide we aren’t good enough, lucky enough, worthy enough. And so nothing we have is enough.

But what if the foundations of that religion were to come tumbling down to make way for a new religion?

Each of us has made agreements with reality. Most people signed a pact long ago that they will never be, have or do everything they want. Everyday they live out their limitations wondering why they aren’t fulfilled. But some agreements are meant to be broken.

What if today, right now, you were to make a new agreement with reality? Tear up that old contract and write a new one. In this new agreement you can have anything you want, be anyone you want and do anything, absolutely anything you want to do. As part of this new agreement you put every ounce of your faith in your potential instead of your limitations. You become a disciple of your dreams and an evangelist of the perfect future instead of being a slave to all that you thought was holding you back (which was really just an outdated agreement you made).

Let all of those limitations, the “I can’ts” “I’m nots” and “I won’ts” well up inside of you and begin to dissolve. Make the decision to put your faith in a new religion and watch how your life changes.


 

I tuned in to today’s episode of Oprah on past life regression. On the show, a number of individuals with fears and other stuck issues opted to try past life regression, a type of hypnosis that takes one back to past lives, despite their skepticism. And the results were pretty impressive.

Fears and phobias were eliminated in 30 minutes and other emotional issues resolved just as fast. After the process, the participants reported a greater sense of ease and meaning to life. Oprah and her guests on the show urged us all to “keep an open mind.” One of her guests, Dr. Oz stated that we should be comfortable feeling uncomfortable about what is out there and we should be open to doing whatever it takes to make our lives better.

I am not sure I believe in past lives, but I do know that the unconscious mind (meaning the rest of us, everything besides our limited conscious awareness) likes to communicate in metaphors and symbols. If the mind creates a metaphor for a problem and the metaphor comes to some sort of resolution, the problem disappears. When doing Timelime therapy, which can be considered a form of past life regression, with my own clients, some clients go back to pas lives, and their current lives change as a result.

Timeline therapy has also taken me back to past lives… I don’t know if what I found was real, but I do know the problem disappeared.

I discussed the topic with a friend and colleague, Patrick Luce, certified hypnotherapist and practitioner of regression therapy in Montreal. In his opinion, regression therapy isn’t limited to use for serious problems, but can also be used for more common issues such as uncontrollable anger, relationship issues, bad habits and trouble sleeping.

He also told me (and I think this makes a lot of sense) that regression therapy is especially ideal for issues, the causes of which remain unexplained. Regression therapy takes you back to a cause, real or metaphorical, which brings the problem to resolution.

Like I always say; change is possible when you know how.

If you’re afraid of hypnosis and regression therapy, you can get regressed to deal with that too!


 

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