I'd definitely recommend automatic writing. Clear your mind, and doodle randomly, or focus on a question like "What could I do right now if no one would judge me for it?", or think about a specific desire... and then write for ten minutes without censoring anything, without caring about your spelling or grammar, without correcting any mistakes. Write random words if you have to, or just scribble. You might end up with gobbledegook, stream of conscious, or some insight from the higher-plane
I tend to do this after a late-night booze session with my partner or friends, when I'm tired and drunk, when I have no natural filter. It's always interesting to read it back the next morning
Earlier this year, I carried out an exercise at work with my colleagues on stripping back surface desires. Basically, we each took a "surface" desire - like "I want a new car" or "I want to get it on with Scarlett Johansson" - and then we'd take it in turns to ask each other "Why? What would that give you?", repeatedly, digging deeper each time.
So it went from
Scarlett Johansson to
sexy time! to
status to
feeling respected to
wanting to be worthy, stuff like that. It's a way of questioning yourself on whether the original desire is a true need or just a distraction.
And while this exercise was about desires, having reflected on it, I guess this could be used as a technique for limiting beliefs too?
And where do desires come from? That's a good question! I don't know... I guess culture probably has a lot to play in this. Maybe family, education - and social media, almost certainly. Basic stuff like desiring money and status and sex probably stems from evolution - the need to be fed, part of a group/family, and to procreate...
