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 This is an absolutely fantastic article from Gahlil's, author or Professional Dreamer, newsletter. You may visit her wonderful site at www.Professional Dreamer.com
Have I Got a Deal for You!
Imagine:
it’s late at night. You turn on the television and find yourself tuned
into the shopping channel. Art Slater, master salesman, is staring you
in the face with his infamous mischievous look.
Art leans into the camera for a full face shot, points his finger right at you and looking like a mockery of “Uncle Sam,” says:
Interested in unworthiness?
Listen to this folks: if you like work, you’re going to love
unworthiness! Nothing takes more work! Unworthiness is pure survival!
It’s utterly exhausting. It takes so much mental strength to maintain a
sense of unworthiness that’s you’ll be left absolutely shattered, every
single day of your life!
So, what do you say folks? Interested in unworthiness?
Well,
hold on to your hats ‘cause there’s more…Oh yes! With unworthiness, you
get to worry. You get to stress. You get to feel like a spring wound so
tight that if you let go you’ll bust the planet.
And here’s the best part…you can be unworthy just like that—snap
your fingers folks! It’s just that easy. In fact, most veterans of
unworthiness will tell you that all it takes is maybe one or two small
life experiences to feel absolutely crushed and useless…and hold on…for
the rest of your life! That’s right folks! Once you get a hold of unworthiness, you can feel unworthy for years, decades, even an entire century!
Okay, okay, I know what you’re thinking…with so many bonuses included with unworthiness, who wouldn’t want it? You’re absolutely right!
Recent statistics show that 80% of all people feel unworthy. Well, let
me tell you something. In my experience, it’s more like 99%.
Unworthiness is one hot ticket item! Everybody’s doing it! If you’re
not feeling unworthy, you are truly missing out!
Now, I could stop right here knowing you’re already sold on unworthiness,
but I want you to be absolutely sure about your decision to live in
hell. So, I’m going to tell you about all the extras that make
unworthiness a truly unbelievable deal!
First, you’ll never be good enough! For what you ask? For anything—no matter how hard you try! With unworthiness, you will always feel like you just can’t do a single thing right—is that not unbelievable?
You
see, what unworthy people know is that there’s “special” people and
“not special” people. There’s no in between. You’re either special or
you’re; well, sort of damaged; something’s wrong with you. So, special
people go through life catching the breaks, and unworthy people take
one step forward only to be thrown three steps back.
Now,
I know what you’re thinking. You’re going to say, “Hey, wait a minute
there Art, what’s all this talk about “special” and “not so special”
people. I mean, the universe is good. The universe is everyone.
Therefore, everyone is good.”
Hey, listen,
folks: when you’re unworthy you don’t have to burden yourself with
stuff like truth. Not at all! You get to be so completely blinded by a
constant struggle to survive and protect yourself that you won’t see
anything but personal failings!
And let me
tell you this…Do you like purpose? If so, you’ll really go for
unworthiness, because when you’re unworthy, you know exactly what your
purpose in life is: struggle! That’s your lot in life!
Now,
you might be thinking, “Hey, Art, maybe I’m already unworthy? How do I
know?” Good question! That’s easy. You see, early in your life someone
flat out tells you! That’s right! It’s just that simple. Someone
clearly tells you’re not doing things right or they abandon, reject or
ignore you. In some way, it’s made very clear that you’re not important
and should not express yourself…lest you make a complete and utter mess of things!
Okay,
you’re asking, “Why would anyone believe all this?” Oh, I’m glad you
asked this. The answer reveals another whopping bonus to being unworthy—others opinions are the only opinions that count. Unworthy people don’t have opinions! They have to earn the right to ask for what they want, speak their mind or express themselves.
Oh and here’s the best part
…unworthy people eventually lose the desire to express themselves or
completely forget how. They know they’ll only mess up if they do, and
that means they’ll lose affection, attention and love!
Isn’t that amazing?
Unworthy people get to spend the rest of their lives hiding, and
disguising the fact that they’re not good enough, for fear of losing
attention, affection and love!
Is unworthiness not the most unbelievable offer you have ever heard folks?
And get this
: when you’re unworthy, you get to smile a lot—a great big, fake, “it
pains me to do this” smile. Oh, and you’ll pick out your personality
each morning like picking out your clothing. You’ll become an actor.
You’ll play parts that please people. You see, being unworthy means
keeping people happy so they don’t see the “real” you.
And that’s not all!
Oh no! You get to constantly do for others, martyr yourself, sacrifice
day in and day out, and then, be constantly reminded that others never
do for you! And you can count on this! As an unworthy person,
you’ll be a very well practiced actor. You’ll teach others how to treat
you. You’ll teach others to take advantage of you all the time!
By
choosing to be unworthy, you get to go through life second guessing
everything you do! You’ll expend enormous amounts of energy calculating
people’s reactions to your behavior and making constant people-pleasing
adjustments!
(Art waves his hands in the air like an overzealous television evangelist…) You
get to be a perfectionist! You get to place exceptional expectations on
yourself! You get to feel angry for weeks, guilty for years and
frustrated like nobody’s business! You get to work harder than anyone
else just to maintain a pathetic level of goodness so no one is tempted
to look at what lies beneath your mask!
Hallelujah!
And folks, I promise you, unworthiness will affect every area of your life! It’s the gift that just keeps on giving!
If it’s a relationship you’re thinking about, forget it. You’ll run
like fire from relationships! Because unworthy people know that if
others get close, close to the “real” them, they’ll be disgusted, which
inevitably means rejection—loss of affection, attention and love. And,
if it’s success you’re thinking about, forget that too! You’ll be so
tied in a knot that you’ll never enjoy success even if you ever do
manage to attain it, which, let’s face it folks, is unlikely. You’ll
either drive yourself into the ground with your constant “trying so
hard,” or you’ll discover that you can avoid doing almost anything in
life by being unworthy.
Imagine!
I have to say it again …(Art leans into the camera one more time and smiles…) Unworthiness is quite the deal!I wish I could give it away folks, but I can’t. You’ve gotta buy into it!
So,
I’m going to make you the deal of a lifetime here, literally! Declare
yourself unworthy, right now, and I promise you’ll feel horrible within
the next fifteen minutes!
Hey, hey, hey, the phones are ringing off the hook!
Okay,
I’ll go one step better! Declare yourself unworthy right now and I’ll
also guarantee you struggle and promise you’ll attract one challenge
after another in the days ahead!
(Art throws both hands in the air and laughs!) Folks, there is no easier way to screw up your entire life than by choosing to be unworthy! So, don’t delay! (Art moves in closer to the camera…) Just tell yourself you’re not good enough folks and watch the pain and misery start a rollin’ in!
What
do you think? It doesn’t seem right somehow to poke fun at me…oopsy…did
I say “me?” I guess I was a ring leader on the whole unworthiness
thing. I did feel pretty bad about taking up space on the plant for
almost 40 years, but what I meant to say was this: somehow it just
doesn’t seem right to poke fun at unworthiness…or does it?
Isn’t something so utterly ridiculous laughable? I mean, unworthiness doesn’t make one bit of sense!
If the most talented salesperson in the world came up to you and tried to sell you unworthiness, and you were the most gullible person in the world, would you buy it? Is there even one
thing about unworthiness that’s appealing? I don’t think so. And yet,
80% of us have bought into it and worse, we’re still paying for it
every single day of our lives.
Listen, I
realize there is no way to convince you that in the moment you declare
yourself worthy—let go of your well practiced behaviors of
self-betrayal, stop hiding your power, agree to honor your likes and
interests and stop worrying about what others think—you’ll experience a
shift in your energy such that joy will show up in your life and your
true relationships will deepen.
I realize
there is no way to convince you that the moment you declare yourself
worthy new, more meaningful events, people and things will come into
your life (rush into your life!) to replace all the unwanted garbage
you outgrow and release.
So, I will say to you this: “You
must decide for those beliefs that most benefit your life and then find
your truth in doing—for it is in doing that we leap from rationality to
understanding.” (Professional Dreamer, Pg. 279)
YOU MUST DECIDE …
YOU! No one else can do it for you.
MUST!
You cannot function without belief and it makes darn little sense to
decide for beliefs that harm your life when you can just as easily
decide for beliefs that benefit your life.
DECIDE!
Nothing happens until you decide. It’s all about choice! You are unique
among all creatures. You can think and think about yourself thinking.
You have…let me say this again…HAVE…the power to choose.
Choose.
Reprinted from Gahlil's August Newsletter . Gahlil is Author of the bestselling book:
Professional Dreamer
Professional Dreamer
is the book that will guide you in attaining everything you’ve ever
needed and desired. Written by Vancouver author Ghalil, Professional
Dreamer provides a step by step process for changing your outlook and
life and manifesting all that you’ve ever wanted.
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