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Strengthening the Spiritual Immune System Spirit Releasement Therapy / Past Life Therapy / Recovery of Soul Fragmentation / An excerpt from a forthcoming book
Pay Attention Paying attention is one of the greatest, oldest and deepest spiritual masteries; and very few of us have achieved any significant degree of proficiency in it. The simple task of observing, and acknowledging, which thoughts, words, emotions, and actions one is choosing, is not only life enhancing, it makes life credible. When I am fearful, I am harmful. When I am loving I am helpful. Love joins; this is healing. Fear separates; this is traumatic. What could be clearer? Consequently, with everything I think,
say, do and feel: I am always either contributing to the light or adding to the
darkness of this world. What a (potentially) wonderful or disastrous
responsibility! Most of us live in a kind of trance. We're pretty much running on automatic. In our "overcrowded" lives, we are scarcely able to recall what we did yesterday, much less be aware as we are doing it. Therein lies the problem. Until we are paying attention we cannot measure our spiritual expertise. Thus we cannot know accurately where we are on our journey to spiritual expertise; usually we give ourselves more credit than we deserve. Homework: commit to paying attention one day per month. At the end of the day tally how well you did. Thoughts We are a product of thought. All thoughts, our own, other people's, and the collective world thought, affect us. Thoughts are things. Until we fully comprehend that the power of our mind is sufficient to "create" the world we live in, we can delude ourselves into believing that so long as we don't realize what we are thinking, or doing, we will be spared the consequences of those thoughts. Christ said to pray unceasingly. All thoughts are prayers. All thoughts call for a response from the universe. All our thoughts will either contribute to our healing, and therefore the world's healing; or they will postpone healing. Such is the power of our God-created mind. Consequently, we must recognize what it is we are praying for. When we focus our thinking on what we would avoid, or what is destructive or fearful, or dreadful, or painful, to ourselves or another, we re actively praying for the unwanted to occur. Thus does our "prayer" empower those things which are contradictory to well-being, or which oppose the integrity of our being. Homework: One day per month commit to observing one's thinking. Notice how much is "stinking thinking." Keep score. Declarations We may not think of speaking as a privilege. In this moment consider the power and the consequence of the spoken word. Frequently we neglect the discipline of intentional, careful use of our words. For the most part we pay little heed to what we say, how we say it, or when we say it. Such a lackadaisical attitude regarding the power of our declarations has sometimes gotten us in trouble. At one time, all agreements were contracted by a person's word. What one said had substance, and people were categorized by whether their "word" was good or bad (which meant meaningless). Now, however, we don't seem to take our words as seriously as we once did. Every day we say things which we do not mean, or what we mean we do not say. In emotional outbursts we blurt out cruel words, vile words, words which compromise ourselves, and any others in the path of those words. This is a mistake. Words are still as potent and meaningful as ever they were; and like all volitional proclamations, the consequences of our words remain one of our great prerogatives. For we can have the fruits of our pronouncements, or will suffer the consequences of them. For this reason, we must not allow our wounds, fears, or weaknesses to "speak" for us. Unfortunately, this is often what we do. Homework: One day per month commit to observing the quality, or lack thereof, of the day's declarations. Take note of "foul mouthed" (as in stinking thinking) words and what they produce. Actions How many times have we heard: "Your actions speak louder than your words." To know what we truly believe, simply watch what we do. We may talk differently, but we always do what we believe. Our behavior will tell the truth about who we really are. There are not enough good intentions or sweet words to cover up the actuality of what we do. Right action is an important part of the triune law of life: purity in thought, word, and deed. We are foolish if we believe we can bypass any of the three parts of wholesome spiritual living. We are measured by our actions. Homework: One day per month make your words match your actions and thoughts. Speaking aloud what you think and what you do will force you to take not of your "real" beliefs. Keep a record. Beliefs In my experience, fear can be summarized within three main categories:
Though we may not realize it, a disproportionate amount of time we are involved in some kind of fear thought. It is shocking to discover we live as fearful primates. Fear is the single most effective tool of the dark. Without our fear the darkness would have very little influence on us. Honest examination of one's mind set will likely lead, directly or indirectly, to a hidden coffer of fears. Fear is a universal condition. It is the great barrier to human growth. As we grow older we learn more and more fears so that by the time we reach maturity most of us are loaded with them. Unknowns create fears. When these unknowns are commonly and regularly exposed, the fears seem to diminish and disappear. In most cases this is but a temporary repression of what was never reconciled, only exposed. Thus does the buried fear putrefy and spread like an infection of the mind. The trick is not to deny the presence of fear, nor to attempt to banish it by force. Rather admit to fears, as well as mistakes or shortcomings, and acknowledge them openly. "Confessing" this way is sufficient to unplug the emotional charge of fears and inadequacies which undermine calm, clear thinking. Confession can be an intensely, empowering act of self-reclamation. "Unfriendlies," whether they be self saboteurs or the DFEs, use our secret fears and guilts as effective tools for twisting self worth into self loathing. Fear of exposure must be active in us in order for DFEs to use these secrets and fears as a weapon against us. Ask yourself: Am I thinking, or am I fearing? Fear is anything unlike peace, love or well being. Therefore all worry, concern, anxiety, doubt, uneasiness, revenge, guilt, blame, condemnation, resistance, and so on, is fear. No matter how slight the disturbance, it is nonetheless. Just as a female cannot be a little bit pregnant, so also we cannot be a little bit fearful. With our thoughts we are either "growing" fear and thereby adding to the darkness; or we are "growing" peace and thereby contributing to the light. It is that simple. That clear. That unequivocal. There is no middle ground of fear. Homework: Daily ask yourself all through the day, am I fearing or am I thinking? Before retiring, think about: How am I growing my fear?
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