I release

  Categorised under: Advice, Practical applications

I am driving in the traffic in the pouring rain. It is dull it is cold, and I am in danger of being late for my appointment. The windscreen wiper slashes across the windscreen; whip! Whap! I can adjust the speed if required. I may listen to music and I even have a heater.
BUT, this crazy mental liturgy takes place, thoughts of doom and gloom. Whipping up my anxiety level like the windscreen wiper’s message; whip! Whap!

WHAT IF – the car breaks down, the guy behind me bumps into me, or I bump into the guy ahead. The robot is red again, I’ll never be on time, and I’ll lose my job, on and on the mind turns like a whirly gig taking me to a state of exhaustive anxiety.

Wipe, wipe, wipe goes the wipers, doing the job of wiping the screen clean. Ha! Here’s something I can do to shift my state of mind. I mimic the action of the wipers and repattern my thinking by wiping my mind clean by releasing my anxiety. I release my fear of being late, my anxiety that I may be bumped, my terror of losing my job…and whatever fear or negative belief that may come up. It sounds nuts, but it works on the windscreen, so why not in the mind?

As I reinforce my intention to let go of the doom programme I begin to feel a relief and I relax. My awareness increases and my attention are on the present activity- getting to my destination safely and on time. I have replaced the destructive dialogue with a positive alternative and happily my cells are receiving encouraging messages and the whole body smiles.

I begin to enjoy the music, the warmth, the safety of my car and I add some positive visualisation, I see the robots turning green, arriving with a smile, on time and ready for the day.
I have chosen not to be a victim of my bad news thoughts and I change the endless moaning and complaining through releasing and letting go of the damaging dialogue. I release—- creates a new groove in the repetitive nature of my thinking after all those dreadful outcomes that I fear do not automatically happen, so why not direct my thoughts to happy outcomes while travelling to your destination.

It is true that all the scary movies I run in my head do not happen, and if bad things do happen I will be more aware and ready to deal with them having released the belief that I am a victim of my fate. Wipe, wipe, wipe the screen clean!