I haven’t written a newsletter article for the past few months now. As someone who has always struggled to take consistent action, writing this article was a gentle reminder for me to take action from a place of inspiration and not through pushing.
In this article, I choose to write about when same patterns repeat in our lives. Hope you find this useful and interesting.
Patterns of life keep repeating until you learn the specific lesson. – Vandana Sharma
Understanding of life begins with the understanding of patterns
I was talking to my friend and accountability buddy last month and during our conversation she mentioned that she is just not able to accept herself because of her dyslexia. My friend, who is a brilliant design engineer, very organized and hard- working, said that sometimes she feels very stuck because she misspelled a word or searching for words during a conversation.
During a session when clients share such experiences, we always ask if there was a time in their life when they experienced similar feelings. In my friend’s case, she mentioned that when she was in Middle School, she had an English Teacher who got very mad at her every time she made any mistakes in reading and writing. This in turn lead her to believe that she is worthless, not lovable, and not good enough. Even though each of these phrases can represent different limiting beliefs, energetically all of them mean the same. In my friend’s case, she was always intimidated of authority figures and also had a fear of getting attacked both verbally and physically because of this experience.
Even though we may not even remember events that happened a very long time ago, these memories can be held in our subconscious mind and can get activated during stressful times.
When these memories have been not been processed, as adults we may be leading a normal life without even having the awareness that these limiting beliefs are keeping us stuck in many areas of our life.
In real time, we may end up meeting people who may be very similar to my friend’s English teacher. This person can be your spouse, partner, neighbor, boss, co-worker or anyone else. You can actually get really triggered and activated by this person and you may be wondering why you feel out of control when you are around this person. It is because your subconscious mind is thinking that the event is happening in real time (it is actually thinking that you are in Middle school in your English Class)
When these events and memories are addressed using a tool like tapping, we are able to discharge the emotional intensity, and break free from these repetitive patterns that show up in our life, as we are energetically unhooking from these memories and patterns.
When clients want to work on an issue, most of the time, the problem that we are tapping on is actually not the problem. The issue has its roots from the past and when we address these core issues, the client experiences emotional freedom. It can also change the way they show up in the world.
Until next time, keep tapping!
Sending all of you much love, light and healing energy!
Meenakshi.