Myths of Life – Identifying and Removing the Myth of Limitation

Rejection is a Myth. Think about this. Someone might fear doing something because they believe they might get rejected. e.g. asking someone for a date, seeking a promotion or asking someone to buy their product or service. Before asking for whatever they want, they do not have it, so even if someone turns them down, they still don’t have it, In reality, nothing has changed.

However, what has the potential for change is the story they attach to the denial of their request. If they ending up saying ‘I am no good, my product is not wanted or I feel embarrassed’, they havecreated this. The Myth of Rejection is another example of our co-creation of our Being with our environment.

For many people, the 31st December marks the end of the one year and the ushering in of a new one. Excitement looms, largely due to the collective excitement of people around us. Yet when we look more closely at what the New Year really is, it is a social and cultural construct hoodwinking us into believing there is an objective entity called New Year.

The reality is that it does not exist objectively but through the individual and collective consensual creations of our perceptions. As with all co-created elements of which the human is part, we have the opportunity to choose how we create that reality through the lens of our own perception.

This year, take full responsibility for creating your life meaningfully and purposefully, fully mindful of ways in which you relinquish responsibility for your life by blindly adhering to social and cultural constructs. Your life will be richer better when you own 100% responsibility for all your experiences.

Christmas is a celebration which few, it seems, question what is being celebrated.  Anyone who questions the existence of Christmas is often criticised as cynical, Scrooge-like or Humbug. If you ask someone what they are celebrating, they probably look at you incredulously saying ‘But it’s Christmas!’ and go on to mention the religious, family or holiday connotations or simply have no idea how to answer.  Many people at this point say ‘Well, it’s for the children’ as if this justifies them not having an answer.

Unquestioned assumptions surround the existence of Christmas and like most myths are rarely questioned – they simply reduce our ability and responsibility in choosing how we spend our lives.  This is not to say that Christmas can’t be an enjoyable and reflective time of year.  It does mean that if it is blindly responded to with the associated ’should ought or must’ language attached, then we are hoodwinking ourselves into believing we are choosing to life on our terms.  I encourage you to examine your own myths and choose meaningfully in everything you do.