Common Sense Wisdom Based in the Four Agreements
Change doesn’t happen because we wish for it or want it.
Change happens through taking different actions. Even if it is the action to not believe a thought, or imagine a different interpretation. Even these are steps of change.
The bigger the action, the more it is different than what you do normally, the bigger the change.
Believing is something that you do.
Faith is what you do it with.
Faith is a kind of personal power you have. You can put it in concepts and ideas in your head and make agreements with it. Or you can put your personal power of faith within your self.
A warrior refrains from the first, and does the latter.
How does a Spiritual Warrior fight Lies? You fight lies with Truth.
How does a Spiritual Warrior fight Fear? You fight fear with Love.
How does a Spiritual Warrior fight injustice? You fight injustice with Forgiveness.
Winning the war going on in your own mind is easier as you develop your skills with Truth, Love, and Forgiveness.
These tools may not always work when dealing with the outside world, but they are the best tools for fighting the fear, lies, and injustice in your own mind.
More practical steps for winning the war in your mind in the Self Mastery course on my other site.
As you become aware you see things with clarity. When you have clarity you will see the world is chaotic, filled with, inequities, and uncertainty. With clarity you are aware without a doubt that your future, and the future of the world around you is completely unknown.
The temptation is to try to make sense of the world, or put order to it, or control your world, so that you feel safe. This is to chase the illusion of safety for a single human can not control all circumstances and changes of life.
The real challenge is to remain completely aware that the world and future is unknown to you, and to be accepting of this fact. Acceptance of this fact will make your mind quiet and your heart peaceful.
To find, or in another sense create, a quiet mind and peaceful heart in the midst of a chaotic world with an unknown future is more challenging, and yet clarity reveals it is the only choice we have in the matter of how we will live our lives.
Sometimes we struggle making a choice. We know we have to, but we don’t know the right thing to do. Maybe they are difficult because each outcome results in someone getting hurt. Or each choice is good so we want them all.
Sometimes, when we can’t see clearly what to do, it’s because it’s not time to make a choice. Sometimes, not all the time, it’s best to wait, and watch. Observe more closely. Take the time to look more closely at what you really want. Take more time to develop clarity about the nuances of the situation and possibilities.
Sometimes by patiently waiting you can watch the people around you react, fidget, and do their drama in the way they do it. If you sit still, you can see their drama for what it is. This gives you an extra level of clarity to make a better choice. When you develop clarity you don’t struggle to make a choice. You don’t struggle at all. You just see it.
Of course,,, you have to be able to sit still long enough to get the clarity. You could say that making wise choices is a developed skill. Good luck with your practice.
The irony here is that those that seek power often do so because they are powerless over their fear.
As a spiritual warrior,,, you will not develop real personal power until you develop awareness and win over your mind from fear.
I don’t buy into the Law of Attraction. You don’t always attract what is in your consciousness. You only need one instance to prove a law invalid. Christ had his body beaten and crucified but it wasn’t something he attracted because he had it in his consciousness. He was treated that way because of beliefs other people held in their consciousness
Nelson Mandela spent years confined to prison, but not because it reflected his consciousness. He was held in prison because other people held in their consciousness beliefs of apartheid. You don’t always attract what is in your consciousness. Sometimes you are the recipient of what other people express from their belief system.
If something is a law it operates all the time everywhere. The law of gravity is a law because it applies to everything we know everywhere we can measure and test it. If it only worked sometimes or in some places it wouldn’t be a law. The same with the Law of Attraction. It’s too inconsistent. It’s only a theory that doesn’t hold up under scrutiny. It’s not a “Law.” It’s a Myth of Attraction. If it really worked a lot more people would have what the want.
Originally posted at The Law of Attraction is a Myth
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The challenge is not to free your mind.
The challenge is to free your self from your mind.
This post by Gary van Warmerdam at https://www.toltecspirit.com/2010/02/free-your-mind/
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For practical steps and exercises to inventory and change your own beliefs/agreements there are exercises in the Self Mastery course.
Speak Up For Your Self
Speaking up for your self doesn’t mean that you have to speak down to anybody.
It’s actually a much harder life if you don’t change the fears and false beliefs that are driving your unhappiness.
The most common comment of resistance that I hear while guiding people through the process to change their beliefs and emotional driven behaviors is: “This is Hard.”
It’s a simple enough comment and we might easily accept it as true. But here’s the trap. It’s a lie that makes the changes you are attempting more difficult.
Yes it is difficult to change beliefs. It is challenging. However to say that it is hard, implies that doing nothing is easier. And this is a lie. It is actually harder to continue to live with the same false beliefs that are driving your unhappiness.
This post originally at Change is Hard
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Some people say change is hard. It’s one of those things that sounds true, but turns into a big lie. Change is challenging,,, but not to change,,,, that is a really hard way to live.