The Fear Cure: Cultivating Courage as Medicine for the Body, Mind, and Soul

by Lissa Rankin

COURAGE-CULTIVATING EXERCISE #24 Your Operating Principles List your Small Self Operating Principles. What limiting rules are you living by? If you can’t think of anything, consider what you believe is right and wrong. Reflect back to the rules your parents taught you. What rules do you teach your children? What did you learn in the church or temple or mosque about how to live? What do you believe you have to do to get love? Success? Health? Money? Security? Write down any beliefs or rules that come up. List your Inner Pilot Light’s Operating Principles. Now consider who you are at your deepest core. What really matters to you? What do you yearn for? What do you really believe about what’s right or wrong? What are your core values? What principles are aligned with your soul’s integrity? Compare the two lists. You’re bound to see discrepancies! Which list drives your life? Which rules guide your decisions? What would it be like if you could operate on the principles of your Inner Pilot Light instead of your Small Self? Your Fear Diagnosis