By Anthony Meindl | Posted Feb. 13, 2014, 10 a.m.

Last week I discussed changing our narrativessimply the negative stories we most often tell about ourselves that no longer serve us.

When we make an investment in something, we are hoping to receive a benefit at some point in the future. What if we made an investment in telling a new story? Because it will pay off in the long run.

The stories we want to invest in are often the stories we tell about othersHes so talented, Shes so beautiful, They have something I dont have.

But we never use these stories to describe ourselves. Its true. When was the last time you woke up in the morning and said to yourself, Im wonderful?

The more we tell our habituated stories, the more we disconnect from the energetic potential of who we are.

We dont really tap into the resources of energy that are available to us, because that potential is distorted by the way we view ourselves. Its like looking into a clear body of water but what is reflected back to us is murky and clouded because of the left brain narratives we tell.

Paramahansa Yogananda, a guru and spiritual teacher who came to America from India in the 1920s said, Incredible amounts of energy are hidden in your brain; enough in a gram of flesh to run the city of Chicago for two days. And you say you are tired?

Thats a lot of energy.

Now mind you he was discussing Chicago some 80 years ago, but even if we adjusted for the energy demands and outputs of what a city of that size is generating todayif my numbers are correctwed still have enough energy to light up the Windy City for 7.3 hours!

See the original post:
Take Control of Your Own Narrative, Part 2