I just experienced a very embarrassing moment as I was eating dinner, bringing me almost to the brink of tears... What just happened to me, compelled me to share an intimate life experience with you, FB family. At the end, I will also share a secret that may help your self or someone you maybe coaching or Mentoring. The secret is relative to the story, so I figure WHY NOT share it... Im sitting down eating dinner in the concession area of a Childrens indoor amusement park, where my Daughter is having A BLAST! Suddenly, a song by the band Rolling Stones, called Wild Horses starts playing in the background. The song for some reason HITS ME emotionally like a bag of bricks, bringing me to the brink of tears. The song un-earthed a memory buried deep with-in my brain, as a way to cope with the pain and suffering I was experiencing at the time of the memory. During that time, I didnt have the healthy crisis coping skills I have now. However, non the less, seems like life had me tend to unfinished business, today. Years ago, a person who was supposed to guide me as my spiritual teacher, destroyed my person. First, he left me homeless by robbing me out of my savings, scamming me into lending him large amounts of money at different times to assist him in projects that never existed. Second, he destroyed my spirit, driving me into depression, leaving me feeling helpless. At the time when all this was happening, I was very young, recently escaping a domestic abusive household. I attached my self to my ex-godfather as a Paternal figure due to my circumstances at the time. He betrayed & capitalized off my trust towards him, using my vulnerable state to his bidding, knowing that I would help him unconditionally. When I finally uncovered the veil he had over my eyes, it shattered my heart a second time. Driving me into a hysterical rage that left me in an unstable state of mind, leaving me wandering like a nomad with out a tribe, living from state to state, looking to find my life purpose. So why did that song trigger such deep emotion? Through out my nomadic travels, with no home, money and a very vague meaning of my life purpose. I met a woman whom became a guardian angel. She helped me get on my feet by giving me rides to our job. We worked at a walgreens warehouse center where I sorted products that were returned from national stores. One Saturday evening, after a very looong and frustrating day of work. I exploded into tears on the ride back home after hearing the song Wild Horses. I shared with her the very rough times I was living with lack of identity, family to depend on and I was literally lost and alone. Since she was a big fan of the Rollings Stones, I had no choice but to listen to the songs on her radio during our rides from home to work. Because of constant heighten emotional experiences I kept having through out that time, the songs became what is known in psychology as Anchors. Anchors, are symbols, sounds or a physical touch that becomes immediately present at the exact moment a person is experiencing a heightened emotional state. Ever been in a place where suddenly a person you completely resent, enters and shares the same space as your self. Then, as you see the person come closer to you, face to face, now you begin to relive the anger or resentment you feel towards that person? That is the work of an Anchor. Anchors are symbols, memories, sounds or physical experiences that lock into your brain during a time of heighten emotional state. Whether it was a positive or negative emotion, that is irrelevant. All the brain knows is, what ever youre feeling during an Anchor, the brain will program it into your brain. Therefore, Anchors have the ability to on command make us relive emotions created in our past experiences just as if it happened today. So my friends, I am well and ok now. In my Humble opinion, the brain is an amazing mechanism. I passionately live my life, discovering new things it can do. What Anchors do you think you have programmed that empower you or disempower you? ~Rigo
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 06:02:47 +0000
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