Is it Live or is it Memorex?
Legacy signals
Legacy popularity: 2,772 legacy views
I was reminded by a commercial many years ago (which will of course date me from the 60's LOL!). There was singer Ella Fitzgerald with a high pitch voice near a wine glass. The commercial showed the glass shattering. Next was a view of a cassette tape player (hopefully I am not the only one who grew up with one!) which was playing the sound of the opera singers voice which shattered the wineglass. The message was that the glass couldn't tell that it was a recording of the high pitched voice and neither could you while listening to it.
How many times in our life do situations come up that we question? Is this really happening in my current experience or is it a recording of my past? Sometimes it appears so real it’s hard to tell the difference. So what can we do to differentiate what is our reality and what is just a replay from the past? What works for me is to check in on how I'm feeling. If I'm feeling good about what's happening, this is a validation that this is my reality now. If what's happening is not making me feel good, it's probably a trigger from something that happened before showing up now to be healed.
If you've realized this to be a Memorex recording of the past, one that feels so real that it must be the truth, take a step back for a moment as there is an opportunity to resolve something incomplete. Acknowledge that this is a message from your past appearing now to be healed so it doesn't have to keep showing up. Allow yourself to go within and experience what this recording of your past is trying to tell you. Is there something you need to learn from this to help you in a current situation? Was there no closure on something in your past that you can validate, accept for what it was and now be ready, willing and able to release it? Do you need to feel the feeling from this past situation so that you can move on?
Many people challenged in moving ahead from their divorce time and time again are confronted by message from the past. It is sometimes difficult to know the difference between their truth and something from their past that makes them question who they really are. By understanding this dynamic when questing whether something is real or a message from their past can go a long way in doing the work with themselves to get their life on track and not feel stuck from the loss of their marriage. Moving ahead is just a thought away and it depends on how you choose to live.
Our past is useful not to dwell on but to understand and celebrate as it contributed to who you are today. We constantly get reminders of our previous life experiences and get the choice on how we allow them to shape our present and future. By accepting what happened before and acknowledging their purpose if they appear again is the healing lesson we can have as we continue on this path called life. When life asks you is it live or is it Memorex, take the time to answer the question. What you will find will make a difference for the rest of your journey.
Watch the Memorex commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG8K0yl4_hcRemember, you are Perfect, You are Powerful, YOU are on Purpose...Now go and live the life you were meant to live.
!
-joy! Namaste
Article author
About the Author
Anthony Diaz is The Divorce Empowerment Coach; a family law atto
ey and mediator who has guided those healing from the pain of divorce to find true happiness, meaning and purpose in their lives.
In addition to working with others affected by divorce, Anthony has personally experienced the pain and healing from his own divorce. He realized it was time to help others navigate through the divorce process, move on and heal easier with a life filled with happiness and infinite possibilities.
Anthony is co-author of the books “Faces Behind The Pages That Inspire” and “Creating Relationships And Family With Courage And Compassion” and is currently working with clients who are ready to heal and move on from their divorce NOW.
Further reading
Further Reading
Article
How to be More Self-Confident
Have you ever wondered how to be more self confident? What is it that you are looking for when you think of self-confidence? To be more self confident the first thing you must do is become your own best friend. You have unique talents and gifts that were given ONLY to you. Isn’t that wonderful! Every single person that is living, has ever lived and will live are all different. Can you imagine how boring the world would be if we were all the same? Who would be there to guide us? Who would be there for us to teach?
Related piece
Article
Peaceful Divorce An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Ask most people what it is like to go through a divorce and chances are you will hear a litany of horror stories about high legal costs, unfair results in court and lawyers who don't care enough about their own clients to return phone calls. Splitting up a family and the assets that have been ...
Related piece
Article
Is There Such Thing As A "Good" Divorce?
If you are like half of married people, you are going to divorce. It is a sad but true fact of life. If a marriage has to end, at least end it with as much dignity as possible. A public court brawl is not nice to watch and even worse to live through. If you have children together or have ...
Related piece
Article
Families Don’t Have To Be Ruined In Order To Get A Divorce
You are preaching to the choir when you outline the emotional and financial devastation that can be wrought on emotionally vulnerable couples who get involved in the adversarial system that IS divorce court. I was a child of a litigated divorce. I taught emotionally disturbed ...
Related piece