Our relationship to our behaviours - how can we make better decisions in knowing what behaviours are best to start, continue or stop?
Since self-love is all about discernment, let’s go through an easy model which allows us to know what the most self-loving thing to do is when it comes to the daily actions we take and the habits we create for ourselves.
I’d like to share a model with you I came across in the coaching industry. I love it as a way for us to continuously check in and evaluate our behaviours with where we spend our time and energy. This model can be described as “The 4 Levels of Experience.”
The 4 Levels of Experience
Let’s begin at understanding Level 4 and work our way upwards to Level 1 since Level 4 is the least desirable place to be and where our non-self-loving behaviours start. We want to work towards having as many of our behaviours in the Level 1 category as possible.
Examples of behaviours in this level include:
Do you have any behaviours in Level 4 and are you ready to let go of them?
Examples of behaviours in this level include:
Do you have any behaviours in Level 3 which are not filling you up, but rather are just your default positions of certainty and habit?
If so, are you ready to let go of them? Do you have resourceful ways to fill up your buckets of self-care and enjoyment which allow you to have more energy for helping others and fulfilling your potential?
Special Note: “The greater good” can be as micro or macro as makes sense to you. For example, “the greater good” could mean your immediate family to start with. Since there is the ripple effect of what is good for a family can then flow out into what is best for the people and places that family are surrounded by. For all our actions, we can have a bigger picture in mind of what is best for the people surrounding this family, all the way out to the local town, the state you live in, the entire community and out to all of humanity. For example, recycling in the family home and other decisions can be for the greater good of humanity relating to climate change. Small changes at a personal level can create big results and ripple effects.
Examples of behaviours in this level include:
This could be writing that book, learning more efficient ways to run our household, or organising our lives. It’s not fun to start with yet these are those crucial life tasks which improve our lives long term.
At this level, things will feel uncomfortable at first and are likely to bring up self-doubt, critical self-talk and negative emotions. This is your mind thinking it is protecting your old self with what they know. Anything new can threaten the body and mind. Observing the thoughts and feelings by SEAing your emotions, will eventually lead you into level 1 behaviours. These new behaviours will become your new normal and identity.
Are there things you are not doing that you know you need to do?
Examples of behaviours in this level include:
This could be mastering our health practices which are now just part of our daily lives. Running our household in a newly efficient way, and communicating at a deeper level of connection, and so on.
I believe it is at this level and in Level 2 where we come back home to ourselves. Another way to explain this is by asking ourselves; is the behaviour I am currently doing adding to the light or not? The light being the brightest, purest, most resourcefully expressed version of your potential – do you feel closer to your soul/spirit or not? If we are not bringing more light to our world, are we bringing in more shadow/struggle/chaos?
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