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Transformation is often more about unlearning than learning – Richard Rohr. <\/strong>I am reading a number of books at moment and this seems to be a common thread through all of them. I am a little slow sometimes and need to hear things repeatedly before they sink in, but once they do, it changes things for me.<\/p>\n

About 9 months ago I had to find a new therapist, and one of the first things she did was give me script to repeat out loud multiple times a day in an attempt to rewire my brain and the way I think. I was really diligent the first few weeks and then life happened – as it does – and I forgot. I have started again recently, and hopefully, will keep it up.<\/p>\n

But, from what I understand RR to be saying, it’s about unlearning my automatic responses and not about learning some new method or ideology. It’s about unlearning the lies I based my behaviours on -actions and reactions – and learning the truth, replacing the lies with the truth. It’s about becoming the real me and not the me I think you want me to be.<\/p>\n

RR also says “We are largely concerned with surviving successfully<\/em>“. I have made a career out of doing this – surviving. But isn’t life about more than that? Shahna Nequist says something that resembles me – “I choose to outrun and overstuff my life to avoid the darkness<\/em>.” I am learning, though, that this doesn’t work – you can’t outrun anything. The darkness, pain, nightmares are still there, lurking. The only way to outrun the darkness is to turn on a light, or light a candle – shine a little truth on the situation. I have decided I am too old now to pretend to be what I am not.<\/p>\n

I have been reading a little book called “You are what you believe” and it too hints at unlearning <\/i>beliefs we have based our lives on.<\/p>\n

“Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy . Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.<\/i>” – Anthony Robins. If you doubt about the power of your beliefs contrast the one who is willing to strap on a vest and blow himself and those around him up, to the little nun in Calcutta, who dedicated her life to the poor and sick, because of what they believe.<\/p>\n

The experts tell us that we have 4 basic needs<\/p>\n