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Habib Sadeghi, my mentor in this arena and others, who has taught me the way to what is honest. Honesty is crucial to a healthy relationship with ourselves and others. It can help us resolve longstanding issues, find forgiveness, and deepen our relationships with the people who surround us.
Why do we lie? What are the obstacles to achieving this kind of clarity and how do we overcome them? And once we gain clarity, how do we communicate truthfully in a productive and positive manner?
My wife and I were touring the Amazon jungle when our guide suddenly stopped. Carefully, he reached down and picked up a spider from a tree branch. He easily manipulated the hairy tarantula by its bulbous abdomen. It was completely frozen, like a statue.
He pointed to a tiny, pearl-like object on the back of its abdomen and explained it was an egg, planted there by a parasitic wasp. The spider had been stung and temporarily immobilized so the wasp could transplant its egg.
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Soon, the spider would shake off the trauma and go about its life as usual; completely unaware of the danger it carried. Days later and without warning, the tarantula would stop cold in its tracks. Within seconds, a new wasp, that had eaten the spider from the inside out, would emerge from its abdomen and fly away, leaving behind the empty carcass of its host.
Like the wasp larva, feelings buried alive never die, especially fear. Lying comes from fear. You may be late meeting someone and blame it on the traffic or cover up being fired to avoid embarrassment.
The scenarios surrounding why we lie are endless. The fact is that our lies are born from our traumas, both big and small.
Dishonesty begins with the self. Self thoughts were tearing me apart.
Reading the book saved me from the sins of the world with its biblical principles and teaching. Without the aid of Scripture, the With over half a million copies of Telling Yoruself the Truth sold, tens of thousands of people have benefited from author William Backus's life-changing principles Learning to Tell Myself the Truth.
With over half a million copies of Telling Yoruself the Truth sold, tens of thousands of people have benefited from author William Backus's life-changing principles of truth therapy. Utilizing the resources of the Christian faith--the power of the truth and the Spirit of truth--truth therapy has already empowered people to break free from the tyranny of anger, depression, anxiety, perfectionism, and other emotional difficulties.
Learning to Tell Myself the Truth is a stand-alone workbook designed to provide readers with the directive tools to implement truth therapy into their lives. Through self-evaluation, growth exercises, and the spiritual discipleship unique to a workbook, readers will be enabled to identify their own misbeliefs and replace them with the truth.
This stand-alone workbook is designed to provide readers with the tools to implement truth therapy into their lives. Based on the premise that people feel and act the way they think, and that freedom from emotional anguish and emotional paralysis is possible if true thoughts replace the lies a person believes, this book will enable readers to identify their own misbeliefs and replace them with the truth.
As an example, let me tell you the story of Jerry. You'll never amount to anything. It does not tell us to work overtime trying to get people to love us. So, we repress the truth and our feelings about it with a lie to keep the pain at bay. The Counselors say that Depression is Anger turned inward.
Through self-evaluation, growth exercises, and the spiritual discipleship unique to a workbook, the sound principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy CBT will bring immediate and long-lasting results to the way a person thinks, feels and acts. Backus passed away in June Bethany House November 1, Language: Only registered users can write reviews. Please, log in or register. Our educational materials are based on solid, documented scientific research and presented in an interesting and understandable way for both the professional and the lay-person.