It’s only a thought, and a thought can be changed.
I believe that everything in our life began as a thought. No matter what the problem is, our experiences are just outer effects of inner thoughts. Even self-hatred is only hating a thought you have about yourself. For example, if you have a thought that says, “I’m a bad person,” then this thought produces a feeling of self hatred that you buy into. If you didn’t have the thought, you wouldn’t have the feeling. Thoughts can be changed. Consciously choose a new thought such as, “I am wonderful.” Change the thought, and the feeling changes too. Every thought we think creates our future.
The point of power is always in the present moment.
This moment is all we have. What we choose to think and believe and say now is forming the experiences of tomorrow, next week, next month, next year and so on. When we focus on our thoughts and beliefs right now in the present moment, choosing these thoughts and beliefs with the same care we might select a gift for a special friend, then we are empowered to set a course of our own choosing in our lives. If we focused in the past, then we don’t have a lot of energy to put into the present moment. If we are living in the future, we are living in a fantasy. The only real moment is right now. This is where our change process begins.
We must release the past and forgive everyone.
We are the ones who suffer when we hold on to the past grievances. We give the situations and the people in our past power over us, and these same situations and people keep us mentally enslaved. They continue to control us when we stay stuck in “unforgiveness.” This is why forgiveness work is so important. Forgiveness – letting go of the ones who hurt us – is letting go of our identity as the one who was hurt. It allows us to be set free from the needless cycle of pain, anger, and recrimination that keeps us imprisoned in our own suffering. What we forgive is not the act, but the actors – we are forgiving their suffering, confusion, unskillfullness, desperation, and their humanity. As we get the feelings out and let them go, we can then move on.
Our minds are always connected to the One Infinite Mind.
We are connected to this Infinite Mind, this Universal Power that created us, through that spark of light within, our Higher Self, or the Power within. The Mind within us is the same Mind that directs all of life. Our concern is to learn the Laws of Life and to cooperate with them. The Universal Power loves all of Its creations and yet It also gives us free will to make our own decisions. It is Power for good, and It directs everything in our lives when we allow it. It is not an avenging, punishing power. It is a law of cause and effect. It is pure love, freedom, understanding and compassion. It waits in smiling repose as we learn to connect with It. It is important to turn our lives over to the Higher Self, because through It, we receive our good.
Love Yourself.
Be unconditional and generous in your love for yourself. Praise yourself as much as you can. When you realize that you are loved, then that love will flood out into all areas of your life, returning to you multiplied over and over. Therefore, loving yourself will help heal this planet. Resentment, fear, criticism, and guilt cause more problems than anything else, but we can change our thinking patterns, forgive ourselves and others, and learn how to love the self, making these destructive feelings things of the past.
Each one of us decides to incarnate upon this planet at a particular point in time and space to learn lessons that will advance us on our spiritual, evolutionary pathway.
I believe we are all on an endless journey through eternity. We choose our sex, our colour, our country, and then we look around for the perfect set of parents who will “mirror” our patterns. All of the events that take place in our lives and all of the individuals we encounter teach us valuable lessons.
Love your life and yourself!
"Spider Pig"
