Sequethia Asks a Question Part Three

Once the “dust” had settled, Sequethia asked me “What was that all about”?   

I shared with her that her experience was actually quite typical.  We often apply meanings to things based on past experiences, and when we interpret the present based on the past, we tend to project  past patterns forward and attract* the same experiences.  In Sequethia’s case, she was so traumatized by unaffirming experiences that she had in the past that she automatically projected the same prospect of “getting fired” forward.   This is quite common.  

For example, you may have a date with someone, yet your mind is polluted by your past or most recent experience.   You may expect him to “cheat” just like your last romantic entanglement, you may expect him to have “forgotten” that he was married with children, or you may suspect him of being a liar, just like your previous experience.  When you are in this mode, it is easy to “overcorrect” by being “hyper-vigilant”, “hyper-critical”, or “hyper-sensitive”.  You are so hypnotized by the past that you are unable to enjoy the moment because you are so busy looking for evidence that he is a liar and a cheat, and you unconsciously sabotage the chance that you have for fulfillment in the current experience.   

Sequethia then asked me “how do I stop doing that?” 

A Course In Miracles, lesson 3 is a thought form “I DO NOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING I SEE (in this room, on this street, in my mind, from this place, etc.).  By applying this thought form to all that you see around you and to all that you sense inside you, you can begin to remove past associations from those things that you encounter so that you can stop projecting (and repeating) the past.  Go ahead, try it.  You’ll be surprised at how much we associate the past with a current experience, and how much this affects our perception, our mood and our ability to be happy in the moment.  

*For more on the law of attraction, check out this excerpt from my forthcoming book The Soul of Prosperity