How many of you frequent practitioners who are supposed to help you monitor and/or help repair damage to your body? Well I'm sure most if not all of you.

Have you ever stopped to contemplate what fundamental belief you harbor deep inside of you that motivates you to look outside of yourself to others for help? Well if you think about it long enough I think you will recognize that the belief goes something like this:

"I do not have full control over my own mind/body."

You see, if you did, then there would be absolutely no need for you to look for help anywhere other than right within yourself, would there?

Now you may at this point be having some conflicting feelings and/or thoughts that go like this:

"Well it's normal for me to not have full control of my own mind/body."

"I feel somewhat vulnerable, helpless, inadequate and/or dependent now that I realize that I don't have full control over my own mind/body."

"Why don't I have full control over my own mind/body, after all it is mine?"

Well the truth is that in fact you do have full control over your mind/body; you just "think" that you don't and thus behave accordingly.

Now I don't expect you to believe me on this but I do hope that you will follow me on a short journey that I trust will help you to realize this truth for yourself. Here we go.

Let's start with the belief itself:

"I do not have full, absolute and complete control over my mind/body always."

Now if you analyze the usefulness of holding such a belief you will find that it goes something like this:

1. This belief helps me be aware of my limitations, so that,

2. When something goes wrong with my mind/body I can turn to someone who knows how to help me, so that,

3. I can be helped, so that,

4. I can feel well again, so that,

5. I can feel healthier, at peace, safe, secure, peaceful, happy, joyful, contented, a decrease in my stress level, more confident in my ability to look after myself, like my health is in my hands, and like my longevity is enhanced.

So in summary we have:

(A). The belief that "I do not have full, absolute and complete control over my mind/body always" makes me feel healthier, at peace, safe, secure, peaceful, happy, joyful, contented, a decrease in my stress level, more confident in my ability to look after myself, like my health is in my hands, and like my longevity is enhanced.

Is that the case? Well I ask you to "get right into" the feelings that go with the belief itself:

"I do not have full, absolute and complete control over my mind/body always"

and while you are there notice how it makes you feel.

If you are honest with yourself about what you are feeling there you will notice some or all of the following:

(B) Feeling vulnerable, weak, nervous, anxious, inadequate, lacking, alone, needy, sad, helpless, dependent, like your stress level just went up, tired, drained of energy and so on.

In other words the belief has associated with it the effects described in statement (B) above. So is this state associated with (B) toxic to you or not?

I think you will agree that it is very toxic, correct?

Now compare (B) to (A).

Are they not saying exactly opposite things about the belief?

If you recognize that then can they both be true about the belief? Well of course not because they are absolutely diametrically opposed to each other.

So which is true for you (A) or (B)?

Notice what you feel inside each and every time you bring up the belief itself. What do you feel? Well everything described in (B), correct?

In fact even when you are not actually "thinking" about the belief you know that it is inside you and acting "on you" in a negative way.

To keep yourself from being overwhelmed daily by the feelings that go with the belief you actually have to use some of your vital life energy to keep them suppressed from conscious awareness. Even just doing that means that it, the belief, is draining your energy. Energy that your mind/body relies on to keep it healthy and vibrant.

After all isn