1. Is it true?
Yes! They are charging ridiculous prices for just a little inlay. Why does it cost thousands of dollars?

2. Can you absolutely know that it is true?
No. Obviously it is. So, no, I cannot absolutely know.

3. How do you react when you think that thought?
I feel like victim. I see that my teeth need work yet I cannot take care of them. I get upset and angry that I don’t have dental insurance. I get aintsy that it may be a while until I do get dental insurance.

I go into the past and how long I have been putting dental work off due to the high expenses even with dental insurance. I feel stressed and worried about doing permanent damage to my teeth.

I strike out at the whole medical service industry. I see them as greedy. I see the world as unfair. Someone taking care of children make so little in comparison of someone taking care of teeth. I feel small. I blame. I separate from people charging a LOT of money for their service. I see the medical service industry as greedy, inhumane, uncaring.

When I believe that thought, it feels like trying to stop a truck from rolling down a hill. I feel powerless, hopeless. I feel that in my body. My jaw is tight. My face is tense. My shoulders too.

With the thought: STRESS, separation, attacking others, focussing on lack

4. Who would you be without the thought?
I would return to myself and be back in my business. I would trust reality. Dental work is expensive. That’s what is. I would be more at peace with it.

I would also acknowledge that I have never gone or called a dentist to inquire about prices here. I just IMAGINE that it is expensive.

Without the thought I might make an appointment to have my teeth checked and get some facts about cost of inlays or whatever dental work is required – if any.

Without the thought I would not lash out at dentists and other medical professionals. Well, if I truly didn’t believe the thought, there’d be no problem. A banana is yellow – I don’t argue with that. A dog barks, a cat meows, dental work is expensive. It loses its charge and stress.

Mh, interesting!

With the thought – stress. Without the thought peace. And with or without the thought – expensive dental work. So reality is going to be the same. I just get to choose whether to experience stress around that or peace. Tough choice!

Turnarounds:
Dental work should be so expensive.
- Because that is what is.
- So I get to see how insane it is to oppose what is.
- Before a dentist gets to make the first dollar, s/he has to study for at least 8 years. That is longer than just the regular 4 years of college for other professions.

My thinking shouldn’t be so expensive.
- Yes, it is sometimes costing me my happiness. I mean, look at question number 3!!
- Yes, sometimes I am just wasting it with endless thought circeling and opposing reality.