Banish Negative Voices by: Yemaya

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Our histories supply each of us with a library of old memory tapes. These can support or plague us in our day to day lives and behaviors. If you have issues with confidence and self esteem, it may well be that your “old tapes” are negative or destructive. These voices can be subliminal, so that you’re not actually aware of them unless you really tune in and pay attention. When you get those feelings of “not being good enough,” that’s the time to tune in and see if there’s an image or memory there. Will you hear a grandmother, father, or older sibling telling your childhood self something negative, perhaps more than once?

It might have been an off-hand remark to them, yet you have a broken record of their words of discouragement. These are “old tapes.” These can come from past or even current lovers, friends or even our own low self esteem! We collect them, and if we do nothing to banish them, they can drum up a virtual chorus whenever we attempt to move forward, take risks, or even add new people, places or things to our lives!

“Hugin” and “Munin” were magical ravens of myth and legend, also known as “Thought” and “Memory.” Nordic tales of these two creatures were that they could control a person’s destiny! Using “Thought,” or conscious thinking, when a “Memory,” or old tape, affects you in the moment that it occurs, can heal or banish those negative influences from your mind! Old tapes are phrases or words that repeat so often that they have “worn a groove” into your thoughts. You can replace them. The concept is easy, it’s the actions that take a concerted effort on your part.

You must seek out the phrases, thoughts, or memories that are stuck in your mind and write them down. Now you can find the “balance statement.” If the old tape says “you aren’t smart,” you can balance that with “I’m smart enough for all I do.” If the tape says “you aren’t that pretty,” balance it with “I am beautiful.” After you’ve written down the balance statement, use them as positive affirmations. Put them up around your home. Most importantly, when that memory causes a negative reaction, stop, breathe, and then tell yourself that “the TRUTH is…” and put in your positive statement to balance it – and more than once. Before you know it, you’ll have rewritten the old negative tapes with a new, more balanced view of yourself!
By: Yemaya