THE WHITE TIGER: A ROUTE WITHOUT DOUBT (Overcoming Doubt with Vertical Time)
Return to the Principal
The Impact of Doubt
Doubt is Fear’s sneaky, insidious, sly, subtle, surreptitious, mean little sticky trap.
It is the quicksand of the Psyche - holding you in place, preventing progress, even drawing you into your stuck-ness more deeply.
Because Doubt is a Fear more tied to Self than to Other, it does not hold the same level of threat that an external Fear holds, hence it seems less obvious or critical.
Doubt is predominantly tied to the internalized Fear of Failure; although all of the 7 Core Fears play a role. It also has a tight connection to Fear of the Unknown.
Doubt prevents growth and exploration, in all aspects of life; however, it is particularly damaging to psychological growth.
Have you ever, in the midst of Self Doubt, been given the following advice? “You just need to believe in yourself. You need to stop doubting yourself…”
How helpful did you find those statements to be? Did the light suddenly go on and you were propelled past your Doubt and were instantly able to achieve the objective?
…….Doubtful……
Fear from a Different Perspective
If you have read, or are reading, The White Tiger, you are aware of the extensive role, and degree of impact, Fear has on the Human Psyche. Let’s circle back and examine Fear from a different perspective.
As iterated again and again, Fear is a product of the Sympathetic Nervous System. A Fear response to a threat will induce behaviors of Fight, Flight, or Freeze. These are physical responses that can, and sometimes do, precipitate psychological fallout.
Fear is a PRODUCT created from the stimulation of the Sympathetic branch of the Autonomic Nervous System. It then creates a PHYSICAL response. The Autonomic Nervous System is triggered (you see a tiger), inducing Fear (panic with immediate increase in heart and breath rates), which is intended to drive the physical response (run!). It is a physically hard-wired system designed to promote Survival of the Species.
It is intended to produce a PHYSICALLY REACTIVE BEHAVIOR that moves the individual towards Self Preservation. The point is to stand and fight, turn tail and haul tushy, or curl up in a ball and play dead. All three are purely PHYSICAL RESPONSES.
Any psychological fallout FOLLOWS the physical response.
Fear is a phenomenon of the physiology of the BODY. It can, in fact, BE TRAINED OUT OF THE BODY. Any question about that - ask a Navy Seal or someone in Special Ops.
Soooooo…how do we train Doubt out of our bodies and out of our lives?
Return to the Principal
If you have read, or are reading, The White Tiger, there is a critical and fundamental principal that has been iterated over and over, and over yet again, as a critical key to navigating that which plagues the Human Psyche - INTENTION.
The last post introduced Vertical Time. The two key components of accessing Vertical Time for the purpose of changing your life/Reality are INTENTION and being in the PRESENT.
Vertical Time only exists in this moment - this one - NOW.
Intention is NEVER using the past as a template for the present or the future. Intention is set in the PRESENT and both drives and directs your future. It is the creation of New, fresh, unencumbered, baggage-free, Templates.
Vertical Time is using your set Intentions to drive every choice available to you in the Present Moment, thereby moving you towards your chosen Reality.
When you are experiencing Doubt, Return to the Principal, Intention set in Vertical Time. Shift your focus and perspective away from Doubt and back to the set Intention in the Present moment. This is one of the choices available to you in Vertical Time - choosing to live in and utilize Vertical Time.
Returning to the Principal, is practicing the Scales. If it is your Intention to change your Reality, then you will be willing to put in the work that is called Practice.
Each time Doubt pays you a visit - shift your focus back to your Intention, set in Vertical Time. You will train Doubt out of your Reality using “The Most Powerful Tool.” You will find the Route Without Doubt. You will win.
