Change

More and more people are consulting with me concerning patterns of behavior they are convinced they can not change. We are not supposed to be victims of our own behavior and addictions. We are powerful yet we can not seem to master ourselves enough to live from that empowerment. What is in the way?

we have three centers from which to perceive and act. They include the moving center (instinctual), the emotional center, and the thinking (intellectual) center. It is important to learn to observe oneself from this perspective. We have to clean up the centers so they are utilized for the correct purpose and not mixed together in inappropriate ways. Body centered healing practices tend to attempt to work with the three centers especially the instinctual or moving center since it is on this level where primary traumatic imprints are stored. David Becelli In the Trauma Release Process has identified very effective exercises to begin to clear yourself on this level.
One must simply allow the body to vibrate at the end of the exercises and allow emotion to flow if it occurs. It s very important not to "think"  (or act) in the middle of emotion but simply to allow the flow of emotion. Emotion distorts thinking.
Our thinking center is best utilized for learning information, and for comparing and contrasting, and categorizing. It is useful in the practical situations of life.
It is the emotional center that decides value, what is wanted, desired, and aimed for in life. This leads to the emotions of anger, sadness, joy, and fear. we are built to experience these emotions based on our desires. If we pay attention to them and realize the reflected desire behind them we can understand better how to work with them.

We are not created victims. we become victims due to our early experiences, our conditioning and the resulting misconceptions we carry about ourselves and about life.

Do not attend therapy that defines you as a powerless victim of circumstance or biological make-up. If you are not shcizophrenic, and experiencing hallucinations or our of control manic-depressive episodes, then you can change. IT is work but it can be done. If you have used drugs today you will experience depression, anxiety, and other related imbalances that take an extended time to heal and overcome. Don't give up. Do your work. Take responsibility, open up to the world around you. Help is everywhere. Do not trust your negative patterns of thought and the emotions that justify them.
You can change, but you must take full responsibility for every thought, emotion, and behavior you create.