Royane Real
The One-Two Punch for Success: Authenticity and Alignment
Introductory comments by Royane Real
In the following article, life coach Rebecca Levine touches on the topic of success and discusses one of the hidden reasons many of us never manage to accomplish our goals.
The reason is that while we may believe we want to achieve a particular goal for ourselves, there is also a hidden part of us that doesn't want to achieve that goal. This part of us is hidden from our conscious awareness. Yet this hidden part plays a huge role in making sure we don't succeed at achieving our goals.
We all have these hidden parts of ourselves that have different goals and motivations than our conscious parts have. Our hidden parts are often very fearful, and they can exert a powerful force on our behavior. Sometimes our hidden parts don't want us to be successful and they actually want us to fail!
Why does this happen? The hidden parts of our personalities are not evil. They are just trying to protect us from pain and humiliation. These hidden parts of ourselves keep us from trying new things. They keep us from reaching our true potential.
We can't really override our hidden parts, we can't run from them, and we can't force them into submission.
What we can do is to speak to them gently, and find out what they want for us. We can keep talking to our hidden parts until their message becomes clear. Once we know what our hidden parts want for us, we can start making sure that our entire inner self is aligned to achieve our goal.
In this article, Rebecca Levine offers a technique to start a dialogue with your inner hidden parts.
( These introductory comments above are written by self improvement author Royane Real.
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Have you ever felt as if you are beating your head against a wall? You repeatedly try to reach a goal but you never seem to achieve it. Instead you are struggling rather than moving forward and achieving your goals with grace and ease.
You are not alone. The struggle to move from what we don’t want to what we do want is, unfortunately, a fundamental struggle for many individuals. Believe it or not, it is very common for people to struggle against what they want and to actively limit their good.
In order to have what you want, you must be willing to end the struggle and move into action. Your success is dependent on your ability to reach your goals and achieve.
The easiest way to move from “stuck” into action without struggle is to be authentic and to be in alignment with your authenticity. Authenticity means that you are connected to your core and that your desires are a true reflection of your inner self and soul.
Alignment means that your entire being is in agreement with the goal you want to achieve. For example, you come home from work one evening and you are very tired. But this evening is your work-out night. You sit on the couch and actually have to talk yourself into getting into your gym clothes and heading off to the gym.
What you did in convincing part of yourself to go to the gym when it really wanted to rest on the couch is called alignment. You got yourself into alignment with the idea and intention of going to the gym no matter how tired a part of you felt.
To end struggle and successfully achieve goals, all parts of you must work together for manifestation. That means all bodies, mental, physical, emotional and spiritual, must be in agreement concerning a goal.
There can be no doubts, limiting beliefs or attachments. The following describes a process you can use to do an authenticity check concerning your goals and bring yourself into alignment with your goals.
Step One: Sit quietly – create a peaceful, serene and nurturing space for yourself. It must be a space where you feel comfortable and secure. Spend several minutes in quiet and inner reflection upon your goal. Have paper and pen handy.
Step Two: The Authenticity Check: Ask within if this goal is the appropriate goal for you to achieve at this time. If the answer is yes, skip to the next step. If the answer is no, ask what a more appropriate goal would be for you right now.
By asking this question, you move from being ruled by the needs of the mind (survival issues) and begin to access the soul within. You leave behind the petty desires of the ego and move into realizing the desires of the soul. As a result, your goals become truer and more authentic.
Write down the response you receive. If you need additional clarity concerning the response, ask for it. Keep asking within until you feel complete.
Step Three: Alignment. Once you have a defined and authentic goal, it is time to create alignment. Remain in your space of quiet and comfort; ask to speak to your mental body. (You will repeat step Three with each of the bodies)
Ask your mental body if it is willing to be in alignment with you goal. The purpose of this question is to uncover any blocks or limitations that reside in the mental body concerning the goal. If the answer is yes, proceed to the next body: physical, spiritual and emotional.
If the answer is no, simply begin a conversation with this part of you. Some questions to begin with are: Why are you not willing to be in alignment with this goal? What would it take for you to be in alignment with this goal?
When a part is not willing to be in alignment with an authentic goal, the cause may be fear or insecurity. Usually the situation is remedied by helping the part understand that it is taken care of, that it is safe and that it has nothing to fear. Simply, have a conversation with the part and inform it of the truth.
Once you receive the willingness of all the bodies, remember to thank them for supporting the manifestation of this authentic goal. Affirm your alignment with this goal and your intention to manifest it.
By completing this process, you have created an authentic goal and brought yourself into full alignment with this goal. You can now move forward without struggle because all blocks have been removed. Success shall be yours.
Rebecca Le Vine is a Life Coach helping clients to achieve quick results through her customized coaching plans. For further information, go to www.mysticcenter.com
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