Category: Year Three

Summer Update

A week ago, I attended a conference titled Life Illuminated. The schedule included a powerhouse of speakers from the world of conscious language and the world of emotional clearing with essential oils.

A friend introduced me to Dr. Carolyn Mein prior to conference start, and that began a day of discovery and wonder. Robert Tennyson Stevens spoke first, and his methodology aligns completely with why we speak very specifically to Subby.

Dr. Mein walked us through the process of using her technique to clear emotional issues, and Dr. Benjamin Perkus walked us through the Aroma Freedom Technique after lunch.

We had several other speakers as well, but these three had the greatest immediate impact on me.

I began writing significant updates to my DMP as a result of what I learned, and the language is far more specific than in my current DMP.

Exciting stuff.

 

Year 3, Week 23: Hosting Updates

I got to practice patience this week. I needed to change the primary domain on my hosting account. I knew it was likely to induce complications, so I planned time this week to do it. It affected about half of my sites. This was one of the affected sites.

If you tried to stop in over the last couple days, I have no idea what you saw, but I’m quite certain it wasn’t this site. I’m not quite sure what I did to fix things, but it appears to be operational again, so welcome back.

Year 3, Week 22: Increase Your Rate of Vibration

This week in paragraphs 17-23, Haanel speaks of the healing power of increasing your rate of vibration.

17. Brain cells are constructed in the same way. The quality of the brain is governed by the state of mind, or mental attitude, so that if undesirable mental attitudes are conveyed to the subjective they will in turn be transferred to the body; we can therefore readily see that if we wish the body to manifest health, strength and vitality this must be the predominant thought.

18. We know then that every element of the human body is the result of a rate of vibration. 19. We know that mental action is a rate of vibration.

20. We know that a higher rate of vibration governs, modifies, controls, changes, or destroys a lower rate of vibration.

21. We know that the rate of vibration is governed by the character of brain cells, and finally, 22. We know how to create these brain cells; therefore,

23. We know how to make any physical change in the body we desire, and having secured a working knowledge of the power of mind to this extent, we have come to know that there is practically no limitation which can be placed upon our ability to place ourselves in harmony with natural law, which is omnipotent.

 

I read an interesting book recently with a fascinating premise — essentially that we can heal ourselves with our thoughts. But with Haanel’s lesson in mind, that’s still fascinating, but it’s not surprising, is it?

The book title is HEAL YOUR BODY by Louise Hay.

There isn’t much to read. There’s a large chart with ailments, probable causes, and healing affirmations. I went through the chart for everything I’ve experienced in my lifetime (that I can recall) and copied the affirmation to 3×5 cards.

The interesting thing I noticed is the affirmations fit for long-cleared issues. I also noticed some affirmations elicited a visceral response. What’s also interesting is I’ve noticed that response diminishing as I’ve continued to read the affirmations. So, positive affirmations should raise your body frequency, resulting in greater overall health.

No matter what your issues are, this approach cannot hurt to try. (Please continue all recommended medical treatment as appropriate.)

If you decide to try, please let me know how it goes. I’m very interested in this kind of thing.

Year 3, Week 21: What Am I Attracting?

This week we’re looking at the Law of Attraction. Haanel, Lesson 21, paragraphs 11-15 teaches us how we use this law.

11. These experiences come to us through the Law of Attraction; through the action of this law we meet in the world without the experiences which correspond to our world within.

12. The predominant thought or the mental attitude is the magnet, and the law is that “like attracts like”, consequently the mental attitude will invariably attract such conditions as correspond to its nature.

13. This mental attitude is our personality and is composed of the thoughts which we have been creating in our own mind; therefore, if we wish a change in conditions all that is necessary is to change our thought; this will in turn change our mental attitude, which will in turn change our personality, which will in turn change the persons, things and conditions, or, the experiences with which we meet in life.

14. It is, however, no easy matter to change the mental attitude, but by persistent effort it may be accomplished; the mental attitude is patterned after the mental pictures which have been photographed on the brain; if you do not like the pictures, destroy the negatives and create new pictures; this is the art of visualization.

15. As soon as you have done this you will begin to attract new things, and the new things will correspond to the new pictures. To do this: impress on the mind a perfect picture of the desire which you wish to have objectified and continue to hold the picture in mind until results are obtained.

That’s the secret. We are what we think, and like attracts like. Yes, our personality may be a certain way, but this lesson teaches us how to change our personality. It makes no bones about how challenging this process is, but each of us can do it when we are so inclined.

Year 3, Week 20: Only in the Silence

We’re making great progress in the course. First-timers are starting to see the power of their progressions and the tools at their disposal. Many are learning the power is within themselves to conceive, believe, and achieve what they want most in life.

This week’s lesson reminds us of this. Paragraph 9 in particular:

9. But perception will come only in the Silence; this seems to be the condition required for all great purposes. You are a visualizing entity. Imagination is your workshop. It is here that your ideal is to be visualized.

It comes back to the Silence. Our visualization skills. Our imaginations.

I just completed the 14-day Detox OOLA Tea challenge, and through that process and other things happening, I’m beginning to realize I haven’t been dreaming big enough. I’ve been hearing this for some time, but life is making me realize my dreams have not been large enough. While there are many things I can do, there are more I cannot. I have the vehicle to fix this, but it begins in my mind. I visualized some possibilities a few months ago, but I left them sitting there. Since then, the universe has been conspiring to make me realize they are important enough to do the work for them. Time to spend some time in my workshop.

Year 3, Week 19: The Mind Gym

The MKE has a progression where we workout in our Mind Gym. There are specific steps for this, but I’m winging it here because I can. I’m in my third year of the course — one year as a student committed to following the steps as taught and two years independently applying what I have learned, following along with the live course, and modifying as I see fit.

I checked the workbook for this week and saw the instructions for the continuing Mind Gym exercises, and I immediately thought it’s a good time for a reminder about progress in the Gym.

What are my reminders?

  • Don’t judge your progress on your journey by what you SEE in others. You don’t know the struggles they face inside and you may not know how far they’ve come or how far they have to go. But do encourage them.
  • Secondly, don’t judge your progress on your journey by your end goal. You shouldn’t necessarily look back too often to gauge how far you’ve come. You may look down and see only a short distance, but there are a couple of possibilities. Perhaps you’ve climbed the sheer cliff to get to the tiny purchase you’ve been able to cling to while checking your progress. Or maybe you’re not a good climber, so you’ve taken the long, meandering goat path which has taken you seemingly far out of your way to get to the cliff you’re clinging to now. Neither journey has been easy. Just different. It’s your journey, so savor it.
  • Maybe you do look back and are amazed by how far you’ve come but you’re still frustrated by how far you have to go. This journey is your life. It will take as long as it takes. Savor each moment and build upon that going forward. Live in the moment. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow may never get here, but you have today. Seize it! Make it yours! No matter what life throws at you, calmly, with firm purpose, stand boldly, and say with conviction, “Bring it on!”

Year 3, Week 18: Your Last

We begin Scroll V today. “I live this day as if it is my last.”

If you knew this was your last day on earth, would you do anything differently? What?

To a certain extent, we can’t completely throw caution to the wind. Most of us, if we knew it would be our last day on earth might not show up for work, but that isn’t the point of this exercise. Most of us do not know when our time on earth will expire. We could have many years. Somebody didn’t wake up to read this this morning.

You’ve heard it before, but are you ready to really examine your life and listen yet? If today were your last day, you wouldn’t waste is lamenting what happened yesterday. You wouldn’t be worrying about what would happen tomorrow. You’d be focused on today. Today is your eternity. How do you start the day?

You fall on your knees with gratitude and cries of joy. You lift your arms in thankfulness for this priceless gift of this day. You make the most of each moment. You savor the events. You savor the people you spend those moments with.

You don’t procrastinate. You act. You make the most of the moments you have. You do your best work. You take the best care of your children and loved ones. You want to be remembered well.

And should this day turn out to not be your last? You fall to your knees and give thanks.

Week 17 HJ: This Hero’s Journey

This Hero has been traveling a rocky place on the road. Many potholes, many unmaintained roads, but the view? It’s fabulous.

I’m approaching the Abyss in my Hero’s Journey. I’ve been avoiding it for awhile, and I will likely continue to avoid it for awhile longer, but I’m actively seeking the path.

I’ve never liked change. I’m not wild about the unknown. I’ve gained insight recently into why that might be, and it’s been liberating. One tool I am finding helpful is a book called HEAL YOUR BODY by Louise Hay. Just this week, I added 90 index cards designed to affirm new thought patterns to alleviate various health issues–many in the past. Will they help me deal with them? Even if they don’t, they won’t hurt, but our MKE training all points to the power of our minds in creating our realities.

The book is an easy read. It has a short introduction and conclusion but most of it consists of a huge three column table consisting of PROBLEM, PROBABLE CAUSE, and NEW THOUGHT PATTERN. As I read the problems and look at the probable cause, I find myself nodding thoughtfully, “Yes, that could be it.” I was surprised by the near visceral reaction I had to the affirmations for one of my prior health concerns. (Hint: It wasn’t positive.) Coupled with the Daily OM course, A Year to Clear What is Holding You Back , that I’m taking, I’m finding these discoveries fascinating and very hopeful. After my initial reaction, subsequent readings of those affirmations that started so negatively have been softened. I still don’t like them. In time, I may decide to address them more directly, but for now, I’m working on lower hanging fruit. Or, perhaps, with continued reading, my mind will take care of them for me. 

I’ve recently switched one of my PPNs to Legacy with the only guide being “I am the change I want to see in the world.” So far, that’s all that’s coming to me on that, but I believe with these Hero’s Journey paths I’m currently taking, this PPN will gain greater clarity as I continue to travel. I’m happy to take the road less traveled (which, from how rough it’s become, I have to suspect it’s a lot more heavily traveled that I’d like to believe) as I continue to pick my way to the Abyss.

Year 3, Week 17: Plastic Material

Thought is the plastic material we use to build images of our new lives. What kind of lives are we building with our thoughts this week?

I’ve been working with shoddy materials this week and have been looking for a new supplier. I’m not happy with the quality of what I’ve been building. I’m sending a lot of it back and getting better quality stuff.

How about you?