I have been reading the recent posts with interest and even replied to three of them, but when I came to post them, on different days, they ALL got lost in cyberspace!! The latest was today. After several moments of understandably frustrated eh verbiage ( I.e. I blow my stack and let forth some not too 'spiritual' words!) I realised that, as we bring about ALL our experience, events included; then the Universe was in fact telling me something. If our outer events mirror our inner consciousness then, indeed, I really should take notice - esp after 3 times!

I have at the side of my PC an affirmation of intent that reads

“ Peace, harmony and poise govern my mind and thoughts at all times “.

and this goes together with the following intent too:

“Throughout each and every day
In and through each and every way
I am increasingly expressing more and more
of God's love,light, truth and beauty”

Knowing that this will not come about magically or instantly, but only as my inner thoughts change and the new way of thinking takes hold of my thoughts, I followed this with the following:

“If an unproductive( ie negative) thought arises I immediately proclaim: 'I think, speak and act only from the standpoint of the True Principles of Life; of love,life, harmony, peace and tranquility and poise within myself. Creative Intelligence leads, rules and guides me in all my ways throughout each day”

( Affirmations and process adapted from Joseph Murphy “ The Power Of Your Subconscious Mind” )

Well I thought I was progressing really well, until this latest fiasco. It seems I have a way to go, but at least I did eventually come back to the affirmation that peace, power and poise govern my day and then all was cool, calm and collected. It is good to know I am progressing along my desired lines all be it slowly!

As P'Taah repeatedly states and I paraphrase:

“Beloved: You need to transform yourself through the changing of your mind through assessing and changing your thoughts”

The above thought processes will help bring that about as long as we stick by them despite what seem to be setbacks.
I repeat them to myself slowly mouthing the words or saying them out loud at least three time a day esp just before sleep, and also as many times as I remember throughout the day. I repeat them silently to myself. I have them each side of my PC too so I can glance at them now and then when on the computer.

Along these lines I share another interesting happening in my life.

I have mentioned in several posts that I have been somewhat annoyed with myself for falling back into my old ways of acting, especially with one, well, addiction would be a close description of this behavior. Well since putting into practice the above procedure and others similar to it I have not had the inclination to partake of this behavior too many times. I still get the itch, so to speak, now and then, but what I have found is that it has lost its 'buzz'. The last time there was NO enjoyment or pleasure at all and I found I was simply going thru the motions just for the hell of it. If it is related to the enjoyment we get from eating, it was akin to looking forward to being immersed in pleasurable taste, only to discover you had bitten into cardboard. Well what's the use of that?? I gave it up as a waste of time. This is a good thing for me- I have been plagued by this annoying hang up or indiscretion since my teens and now I can finally see that the end is nigh. I have been doing 'The Baby Me' process too whenever I remember to do it at the appropriate time ( At the beginning or near to commencement as possible of the thing we want to change or transform.), as well as the above procedures and I am happy to say it has finally brought about change! So don't give up my friends – if it can work for me then it will work for you too.

I just wanted to share these happenings with you as I feel they show we (well especially me) are not helpless in our flounderings and there is always help and hope at hand.

So that is why I have not been seen for a while. I have written this in office so I have a copy of it in case it goes into cyberspace as well-- I will be able to recover and post it eventually!!

So Blessings and Peace to you all. Shalom and Namaste.

Dennis

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Just to add to the above. Whenever I have got annoyed or led into anxious thinking I repeat to myself ( When I finally remember to do so-somtimes it is really quick and somtimes like above it can take some time):

"I think, speak and act only from the standpoint of the True Principles of Life; of love,life, harmony, peace and tranquility and poise within myself. Creative Intelligence leads, rules and guides me in all my ways throughout each day”

and I find inevitably peace comes to my thinking and I am again thinking along 'right' thinking. Sometimes I say over and over again

"Peace harmony and poise govern my mind and thought today and everyday."

and it does!! It is one way we can take charge of our thoughts and one day it will become a habit and we will do it without consciously thinking about it.

Blessinds to you All. Dennis

"Peace harmony and poise govern my mind and thought today and everyday."

What a lovely idea. Because if peace, harmony, and poise govern your mind and thought today and everyday, it can only mean that you are being Love.

And what a gift this is my friend. To BE love. To BE the example. To share the beauty and the pleasure of igniting within another with whom you share your love, the truth of their own Oneness and non-separation.

Whatever it is that can remind us of that is of value, to be sure, and Joseph Murphy, he was one who was aware of himself as Love.

This is the "path" which I often refer to. The path to the awareness of and as.... Love.

Love and deepest gratitude for this beautiful message Dennis. Chris

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As long as it's honest...for me who used to be the "do gooder at all costs" - I practiced peace and harmony and poise at the expense of being true and honest with myself. Because that is what nice girls did...

I am now much more aware of being honest with myself and if I don't feel peaceful, harmonious or poised then I don't fake those feelings (or mask the upset, I guess is another way to say this.)

And yet I also don't mean to say that I am rude or disagreeable to folks who have nothing to do with my "state of mind" - I don't know how to express it really - except to say "to thine own self be true" - Maybe I inwardly admit I'm upset as hell and try to keep to myself until the state of mind changes.

I don't mean to discount what you are saying, I hope that is clear in the above.

Love to you and Chris for all your wonderful sharings. P

Patricia
Thanks for your insightful post. You have a way of getting to the 'nitty gritty' of things succinctly and easily.

Hey it is ok to be honest and true to yourself for, no matter or in spite of, what we think we think we are; we are truly Love "that is the truth of who we are” as Ptaah says. And 'To thy own self be true and then thou canst be false to any (wo)man' A Greek Philosopher (Epictetus??)

I understand where you are coming from and believe me I am no goody two shoes either. I tried to be in my younger years but have come to see that I need to be my own person. But I have found that I can do this: when I realize I am not expressing the highest thought that I can be expressing (which happens often throughout each day), I bring to mind what J Murphy calls the true verities of Life: Love and truth, harmony and poise, peace and tranquility, joy, happiness, lovingkindness and goodwill, health and wholeness, abundance and opulence, correct thought, right action, true expression and proper place. I bring them to mind and think upon them and find most times that the anger or whatever disipates and diminishes and a calmness prevails.

Each moment we have a choice - to be a true expression of God in human form (and this does not mean being too 'holy' to be of any earthly good, but living our life with as full an awareness of our true worth as possible) or to live life swayed by the collective world or race mind. So I reckon; be that we DO have a choice to live our life as we can, why not live it at the fullest expression of our greatest thought and partake of the grandest experience each and every moment??

Chris and Patricia (others too)

We are the only ones responsible for us -how we live, behave and interact in this world. (It took me a long time to see the truth of this and even longer to admit it for/to myself). We CAN take charge of our lives. We are the only ones who can monitor/change transform our thinking by watching and changing the way we think- by changing our own thoughts. I used to think that we can't do this, and I resisted even trying to do so for many a year – telling myself that it was a pipedream and impossible - but I know now that we can. What I have shared is the method that works for me. As I keep doing it and catch myself at the 'right' moment I find I am taking control of my life and it is a great feeling. I mean to say it has taken 50++yrs of living to finally get to this point-now I am looking forward to the next 50 ++yrs with baited breath and anticipation. As the song says: 'It can only get better' and even better!
Discipline and self control used to be dirty words for me, but I have come to realize that they are indeed an essential part of a well lived, happy and productive, fulfilling life- and a major part of us 'growing into 'our perfection.

When we can do that consistently then we will experience the Masters that we are potentially. Chris this goes someway in answering your question too. We are perfect, complete in potential - as seen by All That Is. Divine Mind holds a perfect picture of us in all areas, lines and expressions in the One Mind and is constantly at work within us, sustaining and maintaining us, through what we call the subconscious mind, in perfect accordance to that perfect picture held in the mind of God and we become that more and more as we expand /experience who we really are, through living our lives in the most appropriate, 'best' way we know. Chris when I read Ptaahs words it was as if I finally could see that it was all right and perfectly ok to 'seek out new and better ways of life and expression, to advance our understanding through new experiences, to utilize whatever technology of the spirit or mind to open up new vistas of wisdom and living; in short to keep on keeping on progressing - to boldly go where no (wo)man has gone before.'(Apologies 'Star Trek). I see that we are here to experience life. That includes life as we know it now and as we can come to know of whatever wonderful experiences that await us as we dare advance and make our own where ever our individual and collective search for 'perfection' or 'right' living takes us. I am thinking of spirit and soul enhancements in experiencing what to us at this time would appear miraculous eg remote viewing. body tranformation and other wonders, as well as physical technologies. Why limit the good things we can 'grow into' as we become more and more of who we are. And perhaps there is no end of what we can become?? Sort of like layers/tiers of perfection as we expand our ability to understand and internalize our 'True' being. Think of our perfection as a tower block with many,perhaps neverending, floors and we can go up in elevators to higher and higher floors and experience a vaster and more all encompassing view.

Patricia I am not saying stop being who you are; but to accept who you are, and also to realize that you can be much more - that in fact there is no end to what we can be/experience, that we can keep on keeping on becoming more and more. That no matter how far we think we have expanded into/have understood what is, there is always more to experience - that life/experience/expansion is a perpetual journey - never ending, ever onward, ever upward 'to God who is our home' and beyond eternally and forever life without end. Life has no end only changes in form, experience and expression.

Peace to All of us Dennis

Last Edited on 1-Nov-2009 7:05 AM