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Nic Askew's avatar

On considering this I realize that I have made so many films on the subject! Including these few minutes with @ByronKatie who has always wondered if 'it is true' - https://soulbiographies.com/library/is-it-true/

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Samantha Hall's avatar

Words by themselves have little power. However, the beliefs we have about those words are extremely powerful. Moreso, how significant someone is to us, gives words their power. Because we believe them. And not just their words. We often believe how the significant people in our lives treat us. Especially as children. When a child is told by the most significant people in their lives that they are stupid, worthless, no good, etc. Eventually, the child believes it. When a child is treated as if they are worthless, eventually they believe it. And then it becomes reinforced over and over again in different relationships. It is a nice idea that it would only take the magic of one person to undo a lifetime of false beliefs but in my experience, it doesn't work that way. Especially if words and actions do not line up. 'Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is as important as the one we pass on ourselves, for that judgment touches the very center of our existence.' ~Nathaniel Branden

Please note, the above is a very generalized example of the dilemma and does not accurately depict my life or any other person I know. It was generalized and simplified to keep it somewhat short.

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