Opening In, Opening Out

This is the second article in the trim-tab series. A trim-tab is a tool that, when used at the right moment in the right way, will give you powerful results with minimal effort. To read about trim-tabs, click here.

Trim-Tab #2: Opening In, Opening Out
A Question to Ask Over and Over Again

by Alan Steinborn

Hello People,

It's confession time.

My confession is that I have been struggling in a MIGHTY WAY.

I have been searching in vain for a way to adequately describe the all
encompassing benefits you can reap by using the simple tool I am about to give you.

The tool I am introducing can literally help you get past the main culprit to all manner of suffering you experience in your life, be it extreme emotional disturbance, be it 'big sticky can't see through it stuckness', be it 'minor everyday don't realize its stuck, but its kind of annoying stuckness'.

The culprit I am talking about is:

YOUR UNEXAMINED JUDGMENTS!

This tool is about getting past all manner of judgment and getting back to a beginner's mindset.

This tool helps you feel ANY feeling, and face ANY person or situation with openess.

It is the magical key that unlocks doors you didn't even know were there.

So without further ado, the tool:

I call it opening in, opening out.

Opening in, Opening out is a one step process.

It is a question you ask yourself whenever you need to get out of your own way.

Ask this question silently to a person who is trying your patience; over and over if need be.

Ask this question to a sensation, or emotion that is troubling you.

Ask this question silently to anything that seems to be keeping you from where you want to be.

The question you ask silently to the offending
person, feeling or situation is:

What do I get to learn from you now?

Don't wait for an answer, simply stay with whatever sensations you are experiencing in the body.

You may never get a logical answer to the question. Don't let this deter you. The point of this question is not so much to get an answer you can put into words. It is, rather, to experience your present moment with a new level of openness.

When this happens you WILL learn something.

You will see the person, emotion, sensation or situation in a completely new way.

Your relationships will become more trusting, your world will become a safer place--basically you will become richer, happier, healthier and sexier.

Sounds hard to believe?

Try it and prove me wrong! or, better yet, try it and prove me right!

And let me know how it goes!

If you want to gain a new level of fearlessness and life mastery, I offer training and coaching programs that help you achieve success and satisfaction in your work and life as a whole.

Feel free to contact me at 512/306-9446 or alan@speaknow.biz.

Yours in Presence,

Alan Steinborn

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