Feel Safe, Strong & Protected
Deal with Real & Perceived Threats to Your Safety in Life
What You’ll Learn:
- How natural disasters can trigger your FAT Programs
- Why it’s crucial that you feel safe, strong and protected
- Simple strategies for reducing fear, anxiety and stress
- Letting go and finding peace
There is so much I want to write and have been writing almost non stop in my journal since my experiences with visualizations and the Gabriel method. The Safe and Protected visualization was the most powerful one for me personally. I had been suffering with some of the most intense anxiety and fear that I have ever experienced in my life. The interesting thing was, my outside circumstances were actually in a better state than my life had been accustomed to in the past- I was better off financially, respected at work, being able to express my artistic talents, and yet I was experiencing the worst nightmarish thoughts about possible future events that I was sure were “coming to me”. I realize now that I had an enormous amount of guilt for the good things I currently had in my life- who was I to be able to pay my bills on time this month when others can’t make ends meet? Especially in today’s economy where it seems we are all struggling with a lack of money, here I was, for the first time in my life-able to pay my bills and have money left over. This seemed almost like a set up or a trap- I got the belief that somewhere, something, someone was going to come in and take it from me- punish me for having more than I deserved. Guilt and paranoia followed me constantly, everywhere I went. I eventually set myself up for a disaster and in a sense created a situation that mirrored the thoughts in my head “They all hate me, they want me to fail, they are mad at me, I am going to lose everything” in which I suffered a mental breakdown. Another one of my major fears is that I am crazy or will go crazy. Now here I was, unable to go to work as a waitress, unable to really function, and the only explanation I could give anyone who asked why was “I just can’t put my apron on and pretend that everything is o.k.” I knew it was impossible for me to put on a smile and face the world, and to go back to the life I had been living. I truly believed I was a dangerous liability to my workplace and that even if it meant I could never come back, I knew I had to stay away from it until I was better. I spent a month alone at home with my thoughts. In this time I was able to see just how negative my thoughts really were- I felt as if I were living in a hell of my own creation- and indeed I was! I knew I needed to change my thoughts and remembered Loise Hay’s books about the power of affirmations. I started reading everything I could find that would uplift my thoughts and get me back to a state of grace. I found Jon Gabriel doing a Google search for “Gabriel”, as in the Archangel, because I kept seeing his name and felt it was a sign to look deeper into his meaning. I had never seen or heard of the Gabriel Method, and almost turned away because I have been disappointed on every online weight loss program I have looked into. Because his name was Gabriel, and it matched up with the sign I had felt impressed to follow, I gave it a chance. I felt like everything he talked about was what I had already come to realize on my own, but was a bit afraid to try it out. I used the safe and protected visualization before my gallbladder removal surgery and had the best hospital experience I have ever had. I used the digestion visualization before and after the surgery and have had no problems adjusting my digestion. Every one of Jon’s visualizations have helped me feel more vibrant, more alive, more my TRUE SELF. I also no longer worry about the number on my scale. I saw 9 pounds appear in one day after my surgery and then watched it effortlessly go away in 3 days- it was water retention, but it helped me see how weight can be “flushed away”. The “letting go of unnecessary weight”was a brilliant way of wording the visualization, because it isn’t specifying how much you HAVE or NEED to lose. This too, eliminates stress and guilt that we usually feel when trying to lose weight- but again, it isn’t about trying, it is about letting go, and letting it happen….the changes I have made in my life happened naturally, and I believe it was due to the meditations/visualizations. For me, it has been the absolute best investment I have ever made.
Bravo Jon, for addressing this! And how to adapt to living in a world of real and perceived threats.
I’m going to be using this little jingle in my walking meditation/visualizations and periodic get thin or get eaten speed ups: “Jane be nimble, Jane be quick, Jane jumped over an earthquake QUICK!”
By the way: I’m healing knee injuries so I am not very quick just yet (I have been an injured, fat storing hibernating animal for a long while now) but I know I will become a stronger version of my potential because of the beauty of your life example! Thank you a million times over for this new lease on living.
Also it has occurred to me that I can playfully use the SMART Music programs to invent my own hypnotic visualizations for healing my knee and re-patterning my tissues so I return to a normal gate and resorb the adhesions and scar tissue –swapping them out for siky new tissues, everyday as I add more and more vital foods to my eating routines.
Hey Jon, I love the Feel Safe, Strong and Protected Visualisations. I am doing it every day since becoming a member on here. The funny thing is though yesterday I did the visualisation at around 3.30pm, and was feelling nice and safe, then I went into the kitchen to make myself a choc/bananna smoothie (love the coconut water BTW) and I jammed one of my fingers between the fridge door and the pantry door handle. OMG did it HURT!!!! I thought “Where’s that column of white light and those angel wings when you REALLY need them?” LOL. It took a couple of hours for my finger to stop pulsing and it is still sore. Crazy man!! Anyway I had better go and do my visualisation now….but I think I will take a raincheck on the smoothie. Hahahaha
I’ve been trying to download the Safe and Protected Visualisation repeatedly, and though it shows to be 13 minutes long, when played it’s only the first second or so. Has anyone else had this issue? Can anyone help with this????
Hi Tammar,
I wonder if you’re still experiencing issues with the visualization?
Feel free to send an email to help@thegabrielmethod.com for further assistance.
I am taking your advice and have been rewiring my brain with visualization and meditation with amazing results.I feel that taking care mind body and soul is what turned my fat switch off and put my thin switch on. I have now lost 3.1Kgs since Boxing Day and am looking forward to saying goodbye to the other 53.1 Kgs this year.
Thanks again Jon for all your support and knowledge
Have A Great Day
Lilian