Core Beliefs 3
Byjack
Today I was talking to someone who thought that reprogramming your core beliefs and I’ve given this some thought.
- It can be cringe if it isn’t genuine (forcing yourself to believe something that isn’t true)
- It isn’t actually meant to be mindless affirmations but rather trying to get your mind to see a more balanced version of the truth.
- Ex: We are bad and our emotions do push other people away sometimes. But it’s not all the time. When you have a core wound, it’s something you are deeply afraid of and look for evidence for instead of looking at things clearly.
- For example, if you believe you aren’t attractive, if ten people say you look good, and one person says you are ugly, you will believe the ten people are lying and the one person is telling the truth without being rational or logical about it. It doesn’t mean you aren’t ugly to some people, it just means it’s not as simple as you think it is.
- If you successfully reprogram, you will take negative things less personally.
- Reprogramming your subconscious means countering your habits of looking for evidence for the opposite of what you believe so you can see the fuller picture.
- It can also be cringe if it is very surface level (mindlessness listing out five things)
- Perhaps I want to take a more artistic approach and revisit different memories that contrasts against my core beliefs that takes me back to the feelings
Today I’ll do a little poem.
Zubats
It was nighttime in the art studios
Brandon’s smiling face
Shiny in the lights from above
He told me that the zubats were talking
And that he asked
Jack or Michael
Jack of course
He told me that they said
Even though
They thought
I was a bit too arrogant