Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 5

[Shannon]

Hey Shannon

I just read in THolts ARA journal that you advised him to move away from ARA if he wanted to deal with fears instead of using ARA to hide from them (I haven’t read the entire journal, so I apologize if this is taken out of context).
I used ARA for several months because I was extremely busy at work. However, I’m now at a point where I won’t be super busy until the beginning of February.

I hope that LTU 6 will be out around that time, but I know that it might be longer. So, my question is if it makes any sense for me to switch to another program if I want to deal with some internal development until LTU 6 is out? It is my impression that you don’t recommend people to use a sub for under 3 months, and I’ll absolutely do LTU 6 when it is out.

If so – would LTU 5 be most effective, would E3 be more effective because it only deals with emotions or would DMSI be most effective since it has the newest technology?

Thanks a lot in advance.

You and he have very different situations.  He used UMS and got scared of something, and responded by trying to use ARA to deal with the anxiety, instead of using UMS to continue working through it.  After all, it is illogical to stop using UMS because you are afraid of not having money; that points to a fear of making money and/or being successful, not having too little money.  Running away from a program to gain in wealth and money isn't what you do in response to fear of not having enough wealth and money.  So he has touched on one or more deeper fears that are stronger than his fear of not having money, which have apparently to do with having money and/or success.  Using ARA will relieve the anxiety, but it won't work you through the root cause to overcome them, as UMS will.

You, as I understand it, are using ARA to help you deal with stress at work.  The advice I gave him, then, would apply only to him.  If you want to switch to a different sub for what you're talking about, I suggest LTU5.

@Shannon

I seem to have acute anxiety attacks on programs and tend to run away from them.  Hopefully I can stop doing this and stick with it.

How about this.

Use UMS.  If and when you have anxiety, use ARA as necessary - but keep using UMS.  In the mean time, find out exactly what it is you are so afraid of.  Success?  Being wealthy?  Something else?  And once you know that, find out why you're afraid of that.  And then why you're afraid of that... until you've uncovered the real root fear.  

Hiding from your fears does not move you past them.  If I hid from my fears instead of trying to work past them, I would never have started selling subliminals in the first place.  Now look what we have, and where we are going.

You can do this.  Just have to go about it the right way.