THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW YOU WERE BORN

This pattern of behavior based upon a decision made at birth is called a birth script. They tend to be subconscious. I learned about birth scripts when I trained to become a rebirther. You can bring your unconscious memories about birth to your conscious mind with this process. However, just by thinking about the events of your birth and your life, you can probably see the correlation.

As described, mind is pretty clear: Subconsciously, I resent being on anyone else’s time but my own. I do not want to have anyone else dictate when I arrive anywhere—not even when I have had something to do with it or want to do something.

Here are a few other examples of birth scripts. During her birth, my daughter kept crowing and then sliding back into the birth canal, as if she was afraid to make her grand entrance. There was merconium in the fluid, which worried the doctor. So, a nurse got up on the bed behind me and pushed on my belly. This forced her out—against her will.

Much like her birth, my daughter tends initially to be timid about doing things. She takes a long time to get going. She’ll “crown a few times” before she jumps all the way in and gives something a try. Often she needs to be pushed through her fear, and then she’ll say, “Wow. I’m so happy I was forced to do that!”

I have a friend who’s son was a breach birth. Later, he used to sit in his toy automobiles facing backwards. As he got older, he often chose to do things in ways that seemed opposite, or backwards, from the norm.

As you can see, your birth affects how you live your life to a great extent. When you realize the correlation, you can make changes—or make new decisions—so you no longer allow your first experience in the world to dictate your behavior.