How the Sedona Method Helps You
in Challenging Financial Times
How to Get Over Your Resentment
in this Economy
(Your Success & Health Depend On It!)
by www.Sedona.com
The economy is a touchy subject these days, almost as touchy as the topic of personal finances. Add the two together, and you’ve got a surefire recipe for resentment that has clouded many Americans’ thoughts.
In fact, late last year, in a survey by Decision Research, a think tank for risk assessment, 41 percent of 802 respondents said they were very angry about the current financial challenges, while 32 percent said they were moderately angry.
A similar number of people also reported feeling fearful, worried and sad about financial challenges, and 51 percent believed they had no or only slight influence for controlling the impacts of the economy on their lives.
Of course, resentment is a form of anger, so if you’re feeling angry, you’re also feeling resentful. Aside from the unpleasantness that resentment brings up in us, why else should you want to get over resentment?
These thoughts put your mind into a place of negative energy in which you:
- May desire to strike out to hurt and stop others
- Feel intense and explosive sensations
- Have noisy, stubborn and obsessive thoughts
- Think about how to “get even” or “make others pay”
- Take destructive actions toward yourself or those around you
“When you feel anger and resentment you don't realize that you are holding in mind conflict and creating resistance,” says Hale Dwoskin, CEO and director of training of Sedona Training Associates. “Even if your anger or resentment is justified, it is looking backwards as opposed to noticing what is actually here now and what you can do about it.”
What Does Resentment Do to Your Finances … and Your Health?
Absolutely nothing positive.
In fact, the more you resent what’s happening, the more stressed out you’ll feel. And stress detracts from life, robs you of energy and damages your health.
An American Psychological Association (APA) study actually found that 43 percent of all adults suffer adverse health effects from stress!
And while your health is suffering from fatigue, an impaired immune system, headaches and a myriad of other stress-related issues, your productivity goes down, along with your attitude.
It’s next to impossible to think clearly and move ahead with your life and career when your mind and body are encompassed in a cloud of negativity, so the more resentment you feel, the more you can expect your health, your success and your financial situation to decline.
It Doesn’t Matter if Your Resentment is Justified or Not
“One of the places where we get stuck with resentment is believing that our anger is justified or we are right,” Dwoskin says.
You may feel that you’re right to be angry about being laid off, and now facing a home foreclosure as a result. Or you may not be exactly sure what exactly you’re angry about -- bankers, politicians, the AIG executives, they may all play a part -- but you know you’re right in feeling this way.
“If you find yourself getting stuck in feeling right or justified, now is the time to ask yourself what's more important,” Dwoskin says. “Would you rather be right or justified that you can't get what you want, or would you rather be more successful and achieve your goals?”
“If you'd rather be right,” he continues, “then let go of wanting to be right. And if you'd rather be successful, you’ll find that you naturally let go and see solutions where before you only saw problems.”
When you use The Sedona Method, letting go of negative feelings like resentment and anger is easy. You simply ask yourself a serious of questions, then release.
Letting go of negativity brings you to the peace that is your essence, and this peace has room for many seemingly ‘different’ opinions that are, in fact, all facets of the larger whole.
“So if you're feeling any anger or resentment about the economy in general or about what is happening to you financially, the best thing to do is allow yourself to welcome the anger and let it go,” Dwoskin says.
Source
ScienceBlog.com October 10, 2008 | 
