The Bible says, "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." But what does that really mean? How can a modern-day urban yogi or yogini glean wisdom from an obscure passage that seems to hint that we are sheep who shouldn't want those rockin' new Lululemon pants? Well, according to author, speaker, and coach Robert Stevens, that passage from the Bible is really talking about using Conscious Language.
Most of us have grown up using a language filled with notions of struggle, lack, and separation, and this kind of talk subconsciously leads us down a pathway that blocks us from victory, well-being, health, enlightenment, and total happiness. Just like fish who don't recognize the water they swim in, we don't recognize our self-limiting beliefs until we are made aware of them and overcome them.
After reading the 11 domains of self-sabotage lanuage, you may be surprised at the limitations you may be harboring in your sub-conscious mind and reinforcing through your thoughts and speech patterns:
1. The Domain of Limitation and No Choice (I want, I can’t)
2. The Domain of Non-Choice (I choose not to go)
3. The Domain of Ineffective Choice (I try)
4. The Domain of Absolutes and Grandiosities (I always, I never)
5. The Domain of Conditional Choices (If, when)
6. The Domain of the T’s; This, That, These, Them, They, Those, It, The (The family… vs. My family…
7. The Domain of Cancellation (Isn’t it interesting? Wouldn’t you like to go?)
8. The Domain of Process Without Outcome (Working on it, dealing with it)
9. The Domain of Co-Dependence (I am happy if you are happy)
10. The Domain of Specific Quality Without Personal Connection (I choose joy {how in what way, shape or form/})
11. The Domain of Outcome, Almost (I choose joy with Dad {about what?})
So in other words, you aren't "trying" to follow God. You're not "working towards" following God. You don't "want" to follow God. You aren't choosing to believe in something, as soon as you figure out what that obscure thing is out there that you believe in. The passage "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want," means that the Lord is your God. Notice the present tense and the ownership in this language. God exists in the present, which is all that is. If you are seeking God, wisdom, prosperity, happiness, love, peace, or anything in the future, you are looking in the wrong place and will never find what you are seeking. in order to change these self-conscious beliefs, you must change your language, which immediately affects your subconscious, unconscious, and conscious self.
