EXPERIENCE has taught us that there are basic truths we can operate from in our healing processes—basic guides, if you like. These truths are all about us, and none are about our supposed circumstances. All, if respected, will allow us to step a little deeper into our conundrum, develop an appreciation of our life’s predicament and, possibly, if we are paying close attention, reveal how to get out of it.
1) Each one of us holds beliefs, some conscious and some unconscious. Our behavior is shaped far more by our unconscious beliefs than by our conscious ones.
2) Most of our unconscious beliefs were formed early on in our lives (before age three) and are strongly influenced by the culture we grew up in.
3) There are structures of our consciousness, or states of being, that further the hurt and pain within us. These are places or conditions of non-peace, states of fear that verge on terror, and places of buried or denied hurts, deep distrust of humanity, and frustrated hostility that is always ready to boil over.
4) It is normal for any of us to exhibit strong resistance to even recognizing any evidence that challenges the legitimacy or the adequacy of these deep-set unconscious beliefs.
5) Despite all the resistance, unconscious beliefs can be changed.
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