Are you determined to see things differently?

12 Rules for Life

Could you ...? Would you ...? When?

Powerful releasing techniques:

Reframe Your Story

"A healed mind does not plan.
 It carries out the plans that it receives
 through listening to wisdom that is not its own...
 It does not depend upon itself for anything except
 its adequacy to fulfill the plans assigned to it."

ACIM Lesson 135.11.1-2, 4

You use yourself rightly by not using yourself wrongly. Vernon Linwood Howard

Say Yes to the Yes and Yes to the No

Byron Katie: Katie articles in the Huffington Post

Step gently aside. Life is a DREAM.

“The two worst things for a mammal are isolation and restraint” Porges

Too quick to action,
too slow to thought.
The sin of youth and
the penance of old men.

Guy Finley: Here is an encouragement, as well as a certainty for those who persist with their interior journey: Just as the sailor knows that a dead calm often precedes the onset of a set of winds to fill his sails, so can the aspirant who is patient in the face of a growing emptiness be assured that a whole new order of fullness is on its way.

Do not put your hope in this world.

I wish harm or sorrow to no one this day; all persons wish me well. My business is indwelt and surrounded by right action. The Knower in me gives me fresh, vital ideas; I meet nice people, make good contacts, close good sales because people like to do business with me. Frederick W(illiam) Bailes

Salvation comes from nothing outside of you. ACiM - Workbook Lesson 70

COMPLETENESS

A point on which students of mental science often fail to lay sufficient stress is the completeness of man—not a completeness to be attained hereafter, but here and now. We have been so accustomed to have the imperfection of man drummed into us in books, sermons, and hymns, and above all in a mistaken interpretation of the Bible, that at first the idea of his completeness altogether staggers us. Yet until we see this we must remain shut out from the highest and best that mental science has to offer, from a thorough understanding of its philosophy, and from its greatest practical achievements.

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To do any work successfully you must believe yourself to be a whole man in respect of it. The completed work is the outward image of a corresponding completeness in yourself. And if this is true in respect of one work it is true of all; the difference in the importance of the work does not matter; we cannot successfully attempt any work until, for some reason or other, we believe ourselves able to accomplish it; in other words, until we believe that none of the conditions for its completion is wanting in us, and that we are therefore complete in respect of it. Our recognition of our completeness is thus the measure of what we are able to do, and hence the great importance of knowing the fact of our own completeness. …

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Without realizing it, your false identities were created and nurtured, and that has been the world, your world as you understand it to be. These unquestioned, judgmental, apparently unsafe worlds within are projected outward and can be very frightening, very stressful, and are the goblins that keep you from waking up from the dream. Byron Katie: How do you Boo yourself? And WHO are YOU without your BOO?

The biggest of our blocks and the one that hides the deepest is our fear of God (Love). While it’s the last of the obstacles to peace, it can and should be exhumed as soon as possible. Nouk Sanchez

What is the Christ?

A child of God is a magnet for all good things.

The universe is the handwriting of God, and it is both self-organizing and self-correcting. Where there is lack, the universe is already planning to remove it from your circumstances. That is the Law of Divine Compensation. The only thing that can deactivate the Law is if you have more faith in the reality of lack than in the reality of the Law.”
--- From The Law of Divine Compensation ---

Persist in the studies you began. Learn that you are loveable and so your quaintness's are loveable. If you understand Divine Love, you are a healing radiance among the people. ECH

The Four (4) Questions of Cartesian Logic and Cognitive Dissonance.

Cognitive Dissonance. is a psychological phenomenon which refers to the discomfort felt at a discrepancy between what you already know or believe, and new information or interpretation.
One often experiences strong dissonance when one believes something about oneself and then behaves in a way that is contrary to that belief. For example, if I believe I am good but do something bad, then the discomfort I feel as a result is cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance is a very powerful motivator which will often lead people to change one or other of the conflicting attitude/belief or behavior. The discomfort often feels like a tension between the two opposing thoughts. 

Clearing emotions and limiting decisions with TimeLine Therapy / The Four (4) Questions of Cartesian Logic

Why the Emotions Disappear using Timeline Therapy, (or even Morty Lefkoe or Byron Katie’s “The Work”) for that matter.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no wars and no poverty. I have made myself personally responsible for the fate of every human being who has come my way. - Anais Nin

Salvation comes from my one Self.

Correct action is action against anything which is _wrong_, not merely against whatever is wrong with the neighbor or the social system. It is an endless trick of egotism to see wrongness outside of itself, while conveniently forgetting its own falsity which contributes to the very social system it denounces. By seeing both sides of wrongness at once, both within and without, we no longer divide it, which means we are no longer wrong. VH

Osteens talk role of faith after Boston, Texas tragedies

The problem?

Reality is WHAT IS (YouTube - Byron Katie Loving What Is *). Take a walk in nature, don’t worry about what’s behind you (past) or what’s in front (future) of you. See the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees.  When you do that everything becomes up close and personal. Then you see things as they are . Not as you are.

That’s part of my 10^th speech at Toastmasters I gave yesterday. I’m now designated as Competent Communicator (CC). 

'Not in a thousand years,'

said Roy R., 'would I have seen myself as I really was, had it not been for a shocking experience. After years of family life, I suddenly found myself outside of the domestic circle which had given me a feeling of comfort and security. The shock showed me how weak and insecure I really was. Fortunately, my despair turned me toward a study of esoteric principles. I advise every beginner to also turn in this right direction.' VH

Esoteric(inner) and Exoteric(outer)

Events have no inherent meaning

You can never draw any conclusion, for sure, from an event. In other words, you can’t know anything for sure about anything merely as the result of an event or a series of events. All you can know for sure is that the event happened.

THE STORM

A group of friends rented a mountain cabin for a few days. When an unexpected storm kept them indoors, the first few hours were spent in pleasant conversation. But one man suddenly revealed a deep bitterness by complaining of past mistreatment by people. Surprised by his outburst, the others said little.

Next morning, the complainer asked someone who had just stepped out the door, 'Is it still storming?'

'Not out here.'

“_It is the inner storm which needs attention and correction._"

Vernon Howard

“Reality” is what you see and hear now.

Period.

I felt a HUGE love for God. For reality, reality, and for what we have now!!!

For the last 5 years I have investigated many thoughts about rockets, but I saw that it was only the thoughts that were causing damage and not the rockets!!! So what does it matter if it’s Hurricane Sandy or rockets “Red Alert”? Everything is what is in the moment!!! (this is the role of reality) and love is what’s left after I question the stressful thoughts.

The Byron Katie Newsletter

NOVEMBER 2012

Read: Red Alert

Excerpt from someone who lives in the western Negev in Israel, what you hear in the media as a “near Gaza “ Road (4 km and 4 km from Rafah to Egypt)

You are the creator not the creation.

I have beliefs, I am not my beliefs.
I have thoughts, I am not my thoughts.
I have feelings, I am not my feelings.
I do things, I am not my actions.
I am the consciousness that creates and then observes my beliefs, thoughts, feelings, and actions.

Beliefs are the meaning we give (usually) to a series of events. Beliefs are broad generalizations, for example, I am …. People are …. Life is ….

Whatever situation you find yourself in now is the effect and YOUR beliefs were the cause. Quimby would have liked Morty Lefkoe’s work.

As ACIM teaches: You are the DREAMER not the dream. “ As the course also teaches:“I am willing to see _________ differently.” The willingness to change your perception and instead of choosing the ego as your teacher you come more in alignment with the Holy Spirit.

And Morty Lefkoe also says:

There are three ways to “know” something:

1.       First, by understanding it. This is conceptual and involves language and explanation. You can understand that you create your life when someone explains it to you or when you read about it.

2.       Second, by experiencing it. You know you are the creator of your life in a totally different way when you experience it.

3.       Third, by bringing something into existence by creating/distinguishing it. When you distinguish yourself as the creator of your life as distinct from the creation, you know you are the creator of your life in this third way, which cannot even be described.

I create my Beliefs.
My beliefs determine what I do and feel.
Therefore, I create my life and I can change it.

You are not your beliefs,
you are the creator of your beliefs.
You are not your life,
you are the creator of your life.

You must distinguish yourself as the creator instead of the creation you thought you were.

And when you make it real for yourself that who you really are is consciousness,
you will no longer be at the mercy of the effect of the cause, which is whatever has been upsetting you.

Food for thought:

Let all things be exactly as they are.

It’s not about looking at the world through rose colored glasses or about candy coating the world.

Thoughts create our reality. And our beliefs tend to guide our thoughts. But what I’ve discovered is some of our beliefs were instilled relatively early in our childhood. That’s not bad. It’s good. Because if we can look back at our belief and think back we can see that our belief was postulated due to our reaction to something that happened. Parents, grandparents or peers, there was some situation that we perceived incorrectly. If I felt I was never accepted by someone was that true. No. It’s how I viewed it. Maybe they did accept me. Do I or did I need be accepted by everyone. No, I’m me. I accept myself the way I am. I change my habits of judgement, worry and guilt and I remember my oneness, ONE-ness. ACIM says ATONEMENT. Cramer and Brooks spelt it at-ONE-ment. We've been programmed from birth to believe it's okay to be guilty.

We are the dreamer of our dream. We are not victims. We created the universe. We created the universe to hide out from God but there is no world. We’ve created a dream of separation and we’ve never left home.

WE ARE AWESOME. The “Busting Loose …” books have a great analogy. WE created that restaurant we love to eat at. WE cleared the land, dug the foundation, designed the building both inside and out, picked the fixings, did the decorating, selected the food and hired the person to cook it. WE ARE AWESOME. And WE get a great meal and WE sit there reflecting after dinner about how AWESOME WE ARE. But the waitress, who doesn’t know all this says something negative and we get thrown for a loop. We always do.

And there’s no reason to feel guilty. We have been conditioned to feel guilty. There isn’t supposed to be any guilt. I had someone on the street ask me for money for a coffee. I said “No, sorry”. And the got a few steps past them and realized what I’d said. We are conditioned to feel guilty.

My brother got mad pushed my face into the carpet when I was little. I ended up with a scab but went on playing. Years later my dad mentioned it and said he was surprised I didn’t hit him back. He had responded according to his "rules of engagement"/"map of the territory"/beliefs, not mine. ACIM teaches us to look at things and see them from a different perspective. And, as we do, we become more peaceful in the process.

Do we carry the weight of the world on our shoulders? Some say yes, but I realized this week it’s on our chest. Where is the heart? In the chest? If we’re supposed to remove the blockages of loves awareness all around us then there is a lot we have to get off our chest.

A part of us starts to get it. And part of us doesn’t want to (the ego). The “Song of Prayer” talks about a ladder. I was reminded today of how people will cycle into our loves and may or may not drag us down a few rungs. It’s not them but it’s our inner turmoil that hasn’t quite grasped the ideas. Our new beliefs haven’t fully rooted. At least, not yet. But we get stronger the more we practice. Old habits die hard? Actually, according to “The Work” that’s a limiting belief. Take it to inquiry.

It helps to heal relationships between you and others people by inviting the into your circle of Atonement., making them part of our circle of light. Some people write letters. One of the steps of the AA program is to make amends. Whether you physically do it or mentally do it depends on circumstances. Would you want someone contacting you or would you rather hear they’d turned their life around. You action should be determined by whether you feel peaceful.

The more we let go the LIGHT-er we become.

As the heart opens there is an inner warmth and inner peace. External vibrations are a belief in something outside of the body.

As long as you remember ALWAYS that you never suffered anything because of anything that anyone ELSE did, past memories are not dangerous.(Urtext,CH1)

Sit in quiet meditation and ask to be shown what belief is weighing heavily on you, whatever it may be. Let it rise slowly to the surface like a sunken ship being raised to the surface of your awareness. Ask to be shown and trust that you will be shown; create the space and willingness to be shown, and you will be. Ask, what is the belief are YOU harboring within YOUR-self that is keeping YOU from YOUR joy and peace?’

As you wait words or images may come to you. Simply notice them without censoring or judgment. Perhaps you will recall long forgotten incidents from an earlier time, or a feeling will arise that is painful or brings with it tears. If tears arise, let them do their cleansing work.

The circumstances of your life will become more friendly and welcoming to you as you become more friendly and welcoming to yourself. Never judge your life or your Self as a failure. Never judge your life at all. Simply welcome and befriend it as it is. Nothing grows nor thrives on under the dark cloud of judgement. Accidents are not accidental. All that happens in your life is for you, not against you. They happen to alter the course of your life. We are to lovingly allow our lives to unfold and know that we are greatly loved.

Kenneth Wapnick, Ph.D.discusses shrinking the gap between cause and effect.

.The journey from mindlessness to mindfulness

There are many paths

Robin Duncan ( www.FreePrayerBook.com ) uses ACIM,

Jane Woodward ( http://www.sigler.org/woodward/ ) and

Emma Curtis Hopkins ( Forming a New Covenant with God ).

But only one destination.

If you really want it then LOVE IT.

You are your own worst enemy.

That was a thought I had Friday. I’d listened to a tape from a ACIM practitioner this week. We worry warts will invent something new to worry about when the old ones cease. It’s a mstter of not being judgemental about yourself. When it happens to me I realize I am making progress but at my own pace. When Cady wrote Loose Him and Let Him Go she never really provided a means. That’s where faith comes in. I adopted a couple of prayers from www.FreePrayerBook.com to my needs and I don’t worry about a few people anymore. It’s like a reprieve or breath of fresh air. We’ve been taught to feel guilty and manifest from fear but what if we realize God is our source and start manifesting from Love. Isn’t that more in line with the teachings of the bible and certainly ACIM?

 We’re like the “Lone Ranger”. Donning a black mask, mounting a white horse and shooting silver bullets to make the world a better place. Instead of realizing where we are, discovering our true identity and living up to our full potential of what we Truly are.

How The Idea of Eliminating Beliefs By Video Was Born

Click Eliminate “I’m not capable” to eliminate this belief.

Love happily replaces all fear.
Christ is the link that keeps you one with God, and guarantees that separation is no more than an illusion of despair, for hope forever will abide in Him. Your mind is part of His, and His of yours.Christ remains at peace within the Heaven of your holy mind. This is the only part of you that has reality in truth. The rest is dreams. Christ is the Self we share, uniting us with one another, and with God as well. Christ is the Thought which still abides within the Mind that is His Source. Christ has not left His holy home, nor lost the innocence in which He was created. Christ abides unchanged forever in the Mind of God. Stillness is the peace of God and it is Mine.Through this the Truth will enter where illusions were, light will replace all darkness, and We. your children, will know we are as God created us.

ACIM lessons 271,272, 273, 274

“In my defencelessness, my safety lies.” (A Course in Miracles.) “The meek shall inherit the earth.”

We are slowly recovering our real power and letting go of fear. When someone says something to you, when you don’t feel the need to defend or justify there is hope. You have brought that on to test yourself. Have your beliefs aligned with your actions? The interrogator/questioner/attacker is mirroring you former or current beliefs.

The Japanese Soldier – A Metaphor
When we are faced with a difficult or traumatic situation — particularly when we are very young and have difficulty understanding the world around us — we respond with the best survival options available to us at the time. As children, we all learn many “emotional habits” and knee-jerk responses in this way. Some of us may have learned to cut off our feelings, as an effort to avoid pain. Or we might have learned to throw a temper tantrum when it appears our needs aren’t being met. Or the habit of seeking approval, of finding fault with others, etc. Most of us recognize that the response patterns we learned in childhood tend to persist into our adult lives, even though the challenges we face are different. This is true even when our automatic responses have serious negative consequences for us.
It’s easy to understand this idea with our conscious minds. Yet this may have little impact on our unconscious behaviors. These tend to be more responsive to narrative — a story that presents the same understandings in a different way.

 A true story Click on this link: http://realpeoplepress.com/blog/the-japanese-soldier-a-metaphor