Your experiences of the past have helped to form what you are, today. For better or for worse, this is largely true. IF we allow ourselves to remain as we are, in our “bubble of reality” that we have created for ourselves from past experiences, this will remain true. Even if our past was highly successful, and we have reached all our goals, it is still a trap.
Life is new every day. To appreciate its newness we need to break free of this bubble from the past. Ekhardt Tolle suggests that we do this when take on a new point of view: that of self-observation. This allows us to have a new perspective that includes the universe outside our own ego (that had been built from the past.) Doing this puts us in the now, with its newness of the moment and its infinite possibilities of creation.
Thus we break free from the past, and free to fulfill the Purpose for which God put us on this earth.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Lesson Plan 3
Describe the Person That You Would Like to Become
The Kind of Person You Would Like to Become goes hand in hand with what your mission in life is, and your goals along the way. Naturally these should all be consistent with each other: the person you would like to be would naturally pursue your mission in life, and want to achieve the goals you set. These three aspects of yourself are congruent and reinforce each other.
Each of us is a “Work in Progress”. What is important is to be on the right track in our journey towards becoming the person we want to be. In the same way we journey forward in our mission in life. It is this journey- life itself- that is the essence of who we are.
Decide Who it is you want to become. Describe this person in full detail, and start to live in accordance with becoming that perfect person. While perfection itself may not be attainable for us mortals, the pursuit of it is. This is your journey in life: decide who you want to become.
The Kind of Person You Would Like to Become goes hand in hand with what your mission in life is, and your goals along the way. Naturally these should all be consistent with each other: the person you would like to be would naturally pursue your mission in life, and want to achieve the goals you set. These three aspects of yourself are congruent and reinforce each other.
Each of us is a “Work in Progress”. What is important is to be on the right track in our journey towards becoming the person we want to be. In the same way we journey forward in our mission in life. It is this journey- life itself- that is the essence of who we are.
Decide Who it is you want to become. Describe this person in full detail, and start to live in accordance with becoming that perfect person. While perfection itself may not be attainable for us mortals, the pursuit of it is. This is your journey in life: decide who you want to become.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Lesson 2 cont'd, understanding goals
Understand the Importance of Goals
We are Driven by our goals. It is of critical importance to understand what a goal is, and how we formulate and select a goal. A goal is an image we form in our mind:
• Images are formed in the creative hemisphere of our brain
• It can be something we desire
• It can be something we fear
Once formed in the creative hemisphere, our analytical hemisphere automatically:
• (Is a “difference engine” that) attempts to reduce the difference between what we have as an image, and what is in the real world.
• So we make changes in the real world to approach the positive image we hold.
• We also, paradoxically, attempt to approach the negative images we hold in order to be able to avoid them. This effort leads nowhere and consumes energy.
When we form images of what we desire, we set ourselves up for success. Dr. Maxwell Maltz, a giant in the field of human motivation, makes this claim in Psycho-Cybernetics.
Dr. Marvin Minsky, head of the artificial intelligence project at MIT suggests this is a key factor in human thinking. In the scriptures, Jesus said, "Whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive,according to your faith will it be done to you." (Matthew 9:29, [NIV])
Spend time each day with your goals, praying and believing that they are being fulfilled. Feel the delicious wonder of it all as you contimue to approach and achieve your goals.
We are Driven by our goals. It is of critical importance to understand what a goal is, and how we formulate and select a goal. A goal is an image we form in our mind:
• Images are formed in the creative hemisphere of our brain
• It can be something we desire
• It can be something we fear
Once formed in the creative hemisphere, our analytical hemisphere automatically:
• (Is a “difference engine” that) attempts to reduce the difference between what we have as an image, and what is in the real world.
• So we make changes in the real world to approach the positive image we hold.
• We also, paradoxically, attempt to approach the negative images we hold in order to be able to avoid them. This effort leads nowhere and consumes energy.
When we form images of what we desire, we set ourselves up for success. Dr. Maxwell Maltz, a giant in the field of human motivation, makes this claim in Psycho-Cybernetics.
Dr. Marvin Minsky, head of the artificial intelligence project at MIT suggests this is a key factor in human thinking. In the scriptures, Jesus said, "Whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive,according to your faith will it be done to you." (Matthew 9:29, [NIV])
Spend time each day with your goals, praying and believing that they are being fulfilled. Feel the delicious wonder of it all as you contimue to approach and achieve your goals.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Lesson 2 cont'd
Action Step 2
Having written down your mission on a piece of paper, you have taken the first step in actualizing your mission in the world. Sure, it’s a small step. But the evidence of your mission now exists in objective reality.
Next create more evidence of your mission. Sketch something that will represent for you the accomplishing of your mission. Put yourself in it. Stick figures are OK! It doesn’t need to be what anyone else could recognize, just as long as you can. Allow yourself to feel the positive feelings of accomplishment when you see yourself in the sketch.
Keep this sketch also where you will see it often. Scan it and put it on your desktop. Or keep it in your underwear drawer. Refer often to this evidence of your mission in objective reality.
Having written down your mission on a piece of paper, you have taken the first step in actualizing your mission in the world. Sure, it’s a small step. But the evidence of your mission now exists in objective reality.
Next create more evidence of your mission. Sketch something that will represent for you the accomplishing of your mission. Put yourself in it. Stick figures are OK! It doesn’t need to be what anyone else could recognize, just as long as you can. Allow yourself to feel the positive feelings of accomplishment when you see yourself in the sketch.
Keep this sketch also where you will see it often. Scan it and put it on your desktop. Or keep it in your underwear drawer. Refer often to this evidence of your mission in objective reality.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Positive Thinking Lesson Plan II
Lesson 2
Action step 1
When you have decided what it is that you want, what your personal mission in this world is, you are ready to take your first action step. Describe, in written words, what you see is your mission at this point in time. Your first action step is to write it down. Do it now. You will never be the same again, which is a good thing. If you do remain the same, it’s all over.
You have now put to work the unlimited power of one hundred billion neurons, and their infinite number of interconnections, on the task of making your dream come true.
This written description is your dream, your mission: for now keep it between you and God. Keep it somewhere that is both private and where you will see it frequently. You are now on automatic pilot.
Action step 1
When you have decided what it is that you want, what your personal mission in this world is, you are ready to take your first action step. Describe, in written words, what you see is your mission at this point in time. Your first action step is to write it down. Do it now. You will never be the same again, which is a good thing. If you do remain the same, it’s all over.
You have now put to work the unlimited power of one hundred billion neurons, and their infinite number of interconnections, on the task of making your dream come true.
This written description is your dream, your mission: for now keep it between you and God. Keep it somewhere that is both private and where you will see it frequently. You are now on automatic pilot.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Lesson 1 cont’d
Discovering Your Mission in Life
You were put on this earth for a Purpose: your search for, and pursuit of, that Purpose will define who you are, and what you will accomplish in your life. It makes good sense to spend time discovering what this, your life’s mission, is. Take time each day to consider what this Mission is, adjust your vision of it- even change it as necessary.
There are some essential ingredients to consider.
• Your mission should have an eternal aspect. A mission must have something beyond even the loftiest goal.
• Your mission should also be your passion.
• It should be beyond your current reach, but not beyond your ultimate reach. In NLP there is a technique, future pacing, that involves imagining yourself at some time into the future. Imagine yourself at a far distant time when you have developed beyond your current self. If all things were possible, what purpose would you pursue?
Finally, your mission must be defined so you will indeed know when you are on the right Path. In NLP language- it should be a “well formed outcome”. For help with this, and in setting goals in general, visit: http://www.nlp-now.co.uk/wfo-6qs.htm
You were put on this earth for a Purpose: your search for, and pursuit of, that Purpose will define who you are, and what you will accomplish in your life. It makes good sense to spend time discovering what this, your life’s mission, is. Take time each day to consider what this Mission is, adjust your vision of it- even change it as necessary.
There are some essential ingredients to consider.
• Your mission should have an eternal aspect. A mission must have something beyond even the loftiest goal.
• Your mission should also be your passion.
• It should be beyond your current reach, but not beyond your ultimate reach. In NLP there is a technique, future pacing, that involves imagining yourself at some time into the future. Imagine yourself at a far distant time when you have developed beyond your current self. If all things were possible, what purpose would you pursue?
Finally, your mission must be defined so you will indeed know when you are on the right Path. In NLP language- it should be a “well formed outcome”. For help with this, and in setting goals in general, visit: http://www.nlp-now.co.uk/wfo-6qs.htm
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Positive Thinking Lesson Plan I
Decide What It is that You Want
The first step toward positive thinking is to determine what positive is for you. Where does your unique combination of talents, experience and dreams lead you? What is positive for you may have little meaning for someone else, or even be negative. This is your journey, so you choose the destination.
The first assignment then, is to decide what it is that you want. Decide what you want to be, to do, to have—the whole works! See where you are now, and imagine your ideal self in the future.
To accomplish this, Observe yourself as you are now. As you observe yourself, realize that the “real you” is doing the observing, and that you are evolving all the while. Develop your Observer self.
Meditate. Find a quiet and relaxing time and place to do this. Allow yourself to enter into a meditative state. See the link for "Oprah's 10 minute mind Spa" for some help in entering a meditative state.
Pray for guidance and wisdom in discovering your mission in life. Allow ideas and images to come forth: of what you want to accomplish in the future, what you want to be part of. Listen for that "still small voice" within.
As you observe yourself, meditate, and pray for direction in your life you will discover what course to pursue. You will be ready to take-- in fact already have taken-- your first step.
The first step toward positive thinking is to determine what positive is for you. Where does your unique combination of talents, experience and dreams lead you? What is positive for you may have little meaning for someone else, or even be negative. This is your journey, so you choose the destination.
The first assignment then, is to decide what it is that you want. Decide what you want to be, to do, to have—the whole works! See where you are now, and imagine your ideal self in the future.
To accomplish this, Observe yourself as you are now. As you observe yourself, realize that the “real you” is doing the observing, and that you are evolving all the while. Develop your Observer self.
Meditate. Find a quiet and relaxing time and place to do this. Allow yourself to enter into a meditative state. See the link for "Oprah's 10 minute mind Spa" for some help in entering a meditative state.
Pray for guidance and wisdom in discovering your mission in life. Allow ideas and images to come forth: of what you want to accomplish in the future, what you want to be part of. Listen for that "still small voice" within.
As you observe yourself, meditate, and pray for direction in your life you will discover what course to pursue. You will be ready to take-- in fact already have taken-- your first step.
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