When we decide to upgrade our living room furniture one of the critical things we have to do, besides obviously buying new furniture, is to get rid of the old furniture. Ideally, we can give it away to someone who may benefit from having it as opposed to throwing it away.
The bottom line is that we can’t place our new sofa set in our living room unless we’ve made space for it by removing the old furniture.
Our mind is our house and the subconscious in particular is like the living room we just talked about. Making progress in our personal growth and spiritual unfoldment is not about just accumulating more teachings and tools. This is what most people focus on when they embark on the path of personal growth.
One of the fundamental first acts needs to be an assessment of our living room (our subconscious mind). Do we have old furniture that is no longer serving us? A moldy rug? A rickety rocking chair? A lumpy stained couch? You can’t place new furniture in the living room of your mind if it is already well populated with furniture that is not serving you.
What are these shabby furniture in the subconscious mind that we are talking about? These are the unresolved emotional experiences from the past. The negative habit patterns. The self-doubt and fears. Erroneous beliefs. People that drain our energy rather than ones that uplift us (yes, they live in the subconscious too). Negative ways of thinking and more.
Personal change requires a degree of sacrifice at some level. To get something new you have to give up something old.
You have to make room in your subconscious mind for what you want by first consciously working on eradicating the old furniture. This is the starting place. Get help if you need. It’s ok and wise to ask for help when we are struggling or don’t know how to do something.
