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.Rex had also been labeled dyslexic when young.Though he hadbecome successful at many things, he remained confused about right andleft and which way to turn a water faucet After noticing that Rex's timelinewas reversed, I had Ray experiment with flipping his timeline around tothe usual orientation.Several months later Ray said, "I really like myexpanded future from that timeline work! Now I can easily tell left fromright, and I automatically know what direction to turn a faucet"A Key to Personal UniquenessSince discovering timeline codings we have been utterly fascinated bythe ways in which our personal timelines influence our personalities.At firstwe wondered if people were just "making this stuff up." However, itimmediately became clear that when someone tried out another person'stime organization, he literally became very different.The world seemeddifferent to him, and he responded differently.Obviously, these time codingswere subjectively real and impactful.We will share a few more exampleswith you, to give you an even greater sense of this exciting area.Mark, a therapist, first found out about timelines through our book,Change Your Mind and Keep the Change.After reading the timelinechapter, he decided to do timeline work with all his clients that week.Hereported that of about 30 clients, he was able to help all but two of themmake significant changes by making timeline adjustments.Several of Mark'sclients were particularly interesting.One woman complained of depression, explaining she felt like Personal Timelines 211something was holding her back.She felt weighed down, and couldn't moveon in life.Her future was a line going straight in front of her, and the paststraight behind.What was unusual was that the past went about a footstraight behind her, and then lowered and dragged on the ground on intothe past.When she lifted her past so that it didn't "drag," she felt muchbetter, and as if she could move on in life.Her past had literally been"holding her back" by this dragging.It still seems bizarre to us that sucha simple change in a person's way of thinking can make such a profounddifference, but we have become convinced by many other examples.Another man had been to many well-known therapists.Although hewas generally intelligent and competent, his personality problems hadremained the same.It turned out that his timeline had a large, colorful pastthat was easily visible to him on his left.His future, however, was a seriesof tiny postage-stamp sized slides, about a foot and a half apart.Since hisfuture was so unimpressive, it wasn't very compelling.Developing his futureinto a larger movie of connected events resulted in major changes in his life.His friends started asking him what had happened to make him so different.The Value of Unusual TimelinesWe've mentioned that there is no single best timeline.Some unusualtimeline arrangements work very well for people, and are the basis forunique skills or abilities.For example, Tom's future went straight out infront of him in a pathway.We asked him if he was always focused on theimmediate future, thinking that was all he could see.Tom said, "No, Myfuture is a series of transparent, colorful slides.If I want to think aboutsomething happening farther in the future, I just enlarge the slides closer tome so I can see through them more easily into the distant future." Tom'simage of his immediate future literally colored his more distant future.Thisprovided a continuity that gave him an exceptionally rich ability to plansequentially.One man's timeline went from the floor to the ceiling in a straightvertical line.When I asked him to try out a horizontal timeline like mostpeople have, he didn't like it as well.Even though he wasn't clear on theadvantages, he knew he preferred his up-and-down timeline.If your timeline is unique, ask yourself, "What are the benefits of thistimeline arrangement?" If everyone had exactly the same timeline arrange-ment, we would tend to have similar strengths and weaknesses.The infinitevariety in coding time provides a basis for diversity of talent and personaluniqueness. 212 HEART OF THE MINDAlthough we have been doing timeline work since we first beganexploring time in early 1984, we continue to find other interesting ways oforganizing time.We invite you to join us in this ongoing discovery.If you'dlike to learn even more about timelines, read the first two chapters of ourprevious book, Change Your Mind and Keep the Change. Engaging 20Your Body'sNatural Abilityto HealSeveral weeks after our first baby was born, I found myselfwith a sore lump in my left breast At first I assumed it wouldgo away on its own, and didn't do anything about it.Thelump continued getting worse, and soon was accompanied by a bright redpatch of skin.A high fever soon followed.I finally recognized that I neededmedical help.My doctor immediately diagnosed my symptoms as a breastinfection, and put me on antibiotics.Within 24 hours my fever was gone,and the lump vanished several days later.Over the next several years, this became an all-too-familiar scenario.I nursed our first child for 16 months, and frequently found myself gettingthe lump in my breast, followed by a bright red skin patch, followed bya high fever and antibiotics.I didn't like using antibiotics, since I like toavoid medication whenever possible, yet it seemed necessary.Each time Igot an infection, I went through the same sequence.As I became familiarwith the early warning signs, I went to bed immediately with a hot pad,"hoping" that my body would heal itself this time, so I wouldn't have toonce again resort to antibiotics.I was trying to use "positive thinking" to encourage my body to healon its own.What happened, however, was that each time the symptoms213 214 HEART OF THE MINDcontinued to worsen.Each time I held out for a while, hoping my feverwould subside on its own, clinging to my heating pad and drinking hotliquids.When my fever remained at 104 or 105 for too long, I becameconcerned and went to the doctor for a prescription, which always worked [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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