Soul Eclipse

David had run in to a little problem with his affirmations. “Whenever I say the word ‘winner’, I get a little uneasy and doubtful” he told me.

Each time David affirmed that he was a winner; he felt a stirring within that made him feel that it was a mis-match. This is what psychologists call cognitive dissonance, it simply means, that David was trying to believe two things that were opposed to each other. Deep inside, David knew that he wasn’t really a winner and this brought about a strong feeling of self-doubt.

Susan also had a problem with the word “young”; this stirred up within her a strong feeling of mis-match. She had no problem with “youthful” but her mind kicked up a fuss whenever she tried to impress “young” into her self-image.
She explained, “At the age of 70 I’m not young. And I would not want to go back to my youthful days for all the tea in China. They were unhappy times…it took many years for me to gain the peace and knowledge I have now.” Read more »