Superstition.
When your mind and heart are truly open abundance will flow to you effortlessly and easily.
Question:
Deepak, please can you tell me what to do when other people’s superstitions affect your own life? I have been brought up to fear the number 13, among other things. Now I have found the house of my dreams and it’s no. 13.
Even though I am in my 50’s and fairly sensible, the nameless terror instilled into me is making me fear us buying this lovely house.
Can you advise me, please?
Response:
You can’t blame your superstition on your upbringing at this point in your life. Plenty of people have outgrown their parents superstitions by making up their own minds about how the universe works from their own experience. And others manage to adopt silly ideas that their parents did not hold.
To be terrified of living in a house only because it has the number 13 on it, means that you need to grow up in this area of your life and clean up some of these incapacitating beliefs. Right now you are making a major life decision based on the belief that a postal address has some magical power over your happiness or misery. Even if something now came up and you couldn’t buy that house, would you really want to continue giving your power of happiness to unintelligible fear and superstition? Take inventory of your beliefs and ideas of the world, and make an effort to keep the ones that are supported by your own experience in life or that make sense to you because they are based on others’ experience whom you have found trustworthy. And even in the latter case, don’t invest yourself further than your understanding permits you. The world will be less scary once you stop fearing “unlucky” things.
Love,
Deepak
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Superstition.
When your mind and heart are truly open abundance will flow to you effortlessly and easily.
Question:
Deepak, please can you tell me what to do when other people's superstitions affect your own life? I have been brought up to fear the number 13, among other things. Now I have found the house of my dreams and it's no. 13. Even though I am in my 50's and fairly sensible, the nameless terror instilled into me is making me fear us buying this lovely house. Can you advise me, please?
Answer:
You can’t blame your superstition on your upbringing at this point in your life. Plenty of people have outgrown their parents superstitions by making up their own minds about how the universe works from their own experience. And others manage to adopt silly ideas that their parents did not hold.
To be terrified of living in a house only because it has the number 13 on it, means that you need to grow up in this area of your life and clean up some of these incapacitating beliefs. Right now you are making a major life decision based on the belief that a postal address has some magical power over your happiness or misery. Even if something now came up and you couldn’t buy that house, would you really want to continue giving your power of happiness to unintelligible fear and superstition? Take inventory of your beliefs and ideas of the world, and make an effort to keep the ones that are supported by your own experience in life or that make sense to you because they are based on others’ experience whom you have found trustworthy. And even in the latter case, don’t invest yourself further than your understanding permits you. The world will be less scary once you stop fearing “unlucky” things.
Love,
Deepak
Why not give the house a name? Register it with the post office and do away with using the number. (don`t know if it works like that in other countries, can in UK) but also, it`s just a number dude. Do you freak everytime you count something `to` or `past` 13?!?! :-). Good luck, hope you take the bull by the horns and go for it!!!
The answer I believe you already know and hoping for confirmation. Keyword 1: FEAR. 2: Other people stuff 3: disowning other people stuff 4: I am sure you have asked yourself that question but here I`m asking whats the worst that can happen? 5: Journey 6: Process. 7: Healing I can`t tell you what to do but I can pray for guidance. I see number 13 as my lucky number as it is the birthday of my grandmother and expect something wonderful to happen on Friday the 13. I also try to get all my important appointments on the 13. So for me the house would be no problem,however it is for you. Sending love and more love.
The comments above are very interesting, i suppose there are things that we will never really know for sure, but belief is a very powerful thing, use it to your favour not against yourself. There must be a reason why you would love a house that has an `unlucky` number, you will know the reason when you stop being afraid.