Gentle Healing 2 ~ Day 223 -NTI 2 Thessalonians 2

Today, we are taught exactly how to heal the ‘I am bad’ belief.

1. Ask to see it.
2. Look at it while being aware that it is a belief (not a fact).
3. Rest (rest-accept-trust).

You can practice these steps repeatedly until every shred of the ‘I am bad’ belief has been healed.

To help support today’s reading, here is guidance I received about letting go of the ‘I am bad’ belief:

Question: In order to feel my feelings (e.g., guilt, unworthiness) instead of repressing them, I cannot fear them. The problem is that I fear them because I still think they define me. I think they are true about who I am. How can I let go of this perception?

Answer: Letting go of this perception comes from the mind, since the belief that holds to the perception is in the mind. This is why I have been teaching you that the cause of guilt and unworthiness is not in the world or in anything that you experience. The only cause is belief in the mind. It’s important to remember that belief in nothing is nothing but belief.

To change your perception, look at this belief and say, “This is only belief.”

Call it by its name:

Not true, only belief

Be consistent and repetitive in this. That which isn’t true is coming into your mind now to be seen. This is a good thing, a great thing.  Look right at it in full confidence of who you are—full trust and knowing. Don’t trust your eyes or your thinking mind. Trust only your Heart, which knows. With knowing, look at your beliefs and say, “Not true, only belief.”

It is important to practice the previous guidance with clarity and not with fear. Your underlying motive for the practice is essential  to its effect. Truth realization is a different motive than the desire to avoid or escape something unpleasant.

Note: I recommend printing this tip for future reference.