When the Past is Present it Determines the Future
Jul 19th 2008Dov BaronDeep & law of attraction & news & psychology
It’s easy to tell yourself that the emotional upheavals in your life are “all in the past”, yet the question remains: Are they really?
When you stop and think about it much of our daily experiences are nothing than the same past experiences playing out in a new senerio.
What we don’t look at actually controls us; Because it becomes the undercurrent of our personality. Just because “it” is in your past on a time line doesn’t mean that you have actually let “it” go. Here’s a quick exercise.
Think about the last time someone cut you off in traffic, or some other equally frustrating behaviour.
If you remember that you got way beyond mad … and into the range of pure outrage, that’s called a ‘disproportionate response.’
Simply put, it means that from an onlookers standpoint the incident might have rated a ‘3’ on an anger response scale; however, your reaction was more like a 6 or more.
And if you can’t remember a traffic incident, think of another time where you’ve become incredibly angry at the drop of a hat. (Even if, because you have become masterfull at stuffing it no one else would know).
Anytime that happens, it’s a reliable indicator that there’s other ‘stuff’ that you’re upset about. Being outraged at this driver is just a safe place to express what you don’t feel safe expressing in another situation.
Bottom line: If you are having disproportionate responses, your past is not in the past at all and until you deal with “it”, it’s running your life!
What we refuse to acknowledge about ourselves becomes the driving force for a destiny we may not desire.
Try this: Watch for disproportionate responses and ask yourself: “What might I be angry about that actually has nothing to do with this situation?”
There is magnificence within you… Who you are is so much greater than your history. However, until you look at your history you are destined to repeat it in one form or another.
Leave me your feedback, I want to know what you think.
In Gratitude, Dov…
2 Comments »
Annette Bishop on 20 Jul 2008 at 3:48 am #
Hi Dov; For your eyes only please
Wow, after reading this article this morning, I ended up watching all your videos also. Something happened further to what you helped me with a few weeks ago, I went deeper!!
In one of your videos you mentioned manifesting a Million dollars. Within a nano second the thought came into my mind “That’s not enough” Not the first time I have had that thought about money but this time I questioned it.
I realized nothing ever was or ever would be enough for my mother. I never saw her be grateful for anything. We may have said grace before meals when I was young but it was by rote, more of an obligation than a meaningful exercise. Eventually we stopped saying grace.
Also my father’s inheritance was not enough because it ran out when I was 12.
Ta Da ! So I took on the belief that there never would be enough. That I am not enough. What was in the past is present.
So now it’s up to me to accept at a feeling level, that the universe is abundant and if a sex offender can have $53M then so can I.
Thank you so very much Dov. for your committment to make the world a better place one person at a time. Thanks also for your patience with me, I would also appreciate any comments you may have around this.
Love and Gratitude Annette
Brian Wilk on 20 Jul 2008 at 4:14 am #
Dov -
Being involved in your work for 3 years now has shown me so many things in my life. The past repeating itself is one of many that it has shown me.
I have, an still do see, how the past will countinue to repeat itself, with a different set of charactures, over and over again until I do the work to heal the original wound that was created.
Thank you for being who you are and always challenging me to go DEEPer and be the most of who my authentic self is.
Brian