Lifeskills classes work on the surface, where cognitive lifeskills can go deep and make permanent changes. Common lifeskills classes are normally used for education purposes such as balancing a check book or writing a resume.
Trying to use lifeskills to correct serious behaviors is a waste of time and effort. Lifeskills are at the same level of Traffic Schools and retention is in the days and weeks. Cognitive restructuring lifeskills on the other hand has the ability to permanently change distorted thinking and self defeating behaviors.
But the question begs how, how is it possible to go into a persons mind and permanently change their negative subconscious thoughts into positive ones? The answer lies in Dr David Hawkins book “Truth vs Falsehood.” Truth operates in its own sphear and has its own energy. It is this energy that can pierce the viel of self imposed faulty thinking errors and make permanent changes.
The truth can penetrate the veil of self imposed darkness that keeps people trapped by their own falsehoods and self defeating behaviors. The truth can literally free people from years of negative programming. The old saying “The truth can set you free, is accurate. The truth can be seen by its positive results, it is what it is.
The truth is what it is. Our perception of the truth doesn’t alter it. Truth does not change. It is not limited. It is free to all, it is not influenced by outside forces. No one owns the truth. You can’t break the truth, you can only break yourself against it. A cat is a cat, it is what it is. The earth is round no matter who believed it was flat.
Denying the truth won’t change it. If you can find the truth and live it, it will lift you to a higher plane. Criminals and other self deceived people are not aligned with the truth.The absence of truth in their lives renders them ignorant. Ignorance is defined as a lack of truth. People who operate, below the truth serve only themselves. They own their own falsehoods and suffer the consequences of living outside the truth.
By Larry Lloyd, Lifeskills Counselor See www.accilifeskills.com
Most Drug Rehab Programs don’t work because their curriculum and format are weak and ineffective. They lack the energy and knowledge to take the addicted and restructure them to a higher calibration. A chemically addicted person’s cells are subtonically saturated with each drugs DNA signature. The addicted becomes wholly and completely addicted, that is physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
Each person has two selves, the physical self and the ego self (mental, emotional, spiritual). Begining at birth there is a constant struggle between the flesh and its wants. People who have a weak ego have little self control or self mastery. They easily give into the addictions of the flesh. They spend their life running after their deep cravings and end up sucked into the swamp of despair. They remain captive and worship the chemical of their choice.
To break free of the chains forged one at a time by their bad decisions, require an infusion of light and hope into the ego self. To leave the darkness of their self imposed prison requires strength beyond themselves. As long as their ego remains weak, lost, confused and deceived, no steps to sobriety can be taken.
The first steps towards sobriety are desire and self awareness. Self deception, denial and pride are huge barriers that keep the addicted from leaving their prison. Humility, a willingness to abstain and emerge out of secrecy takes gut wrenching strength that many cannot muster, especially on their own.
The single most effective counseling tool that can help people come out of their self made prison is cognitive restructuring. Cognitive restructuring can help the addicted overcome their faulty thinking errors and self defeating behaviors. If this first step is never taken, the last can never be achieved.
By Larry Lloyd, Substance Abuse Counselor
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The single most compelling reason for negative thinking about self and others is self deception and living below 500 on the life scale.The life scale is a Measurement from 0 to1,000 People who live below 500 suffer from self defeating thoughts and behavior. Self deceived critical thinking people see life from the inside the box.
The problem with negative thinking self deceived people is they are not aware they are deceived. They can’t think they are wrong therefore everyone else must be wrong. They are deaf and blind to solutions or self improvement that would take them out of their box and live life above 500. Self deceived negative thinking people who live below 500 are pessimistic, fault finding, critical, detached, angry, controlling, provoking and always justifying their actions. Living with such people is a lose lose situation because being human, people will always have faults that negative people will focus on.
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