Saturday
Harmlessly Simple Molehills
The Ten Commandments of Goal Setting
1. Conceive it, believe it and achieve it.
2. Make the goal specific.
3. List your goal activities. (Every goal has three parts.)
1. Main Goal
A. Subgoal
1. Minigoal
2. Minigoal
B. Subgoal
3. Minigoal
4. Minigoal
When you start working on the goal, you start at the bottom and work your way up.
4. Establish the order (in which subgoals will be worked on).
5. What resources do you need?
Know what the goal is going to cost you in terms of time and money.
6. Give yourself a deadline.
Decide when you’d like each subgoal to be completed and jot down the dates.
Then, starting at the bottom of your outline, assign completion dates to each minigoal.
7. Use a handy form.
Example:
GOAL: Finish the basement.
Subgoal: Plan the layout.
Minigoals ...
Completion
... Resources
Date ... Time ... Money
Call bldg. inspector to find out codes ... 5-19 ... 15 min.
Sketch rough layout ... 5-25 ... 3 days
Buy new tape measure ... 5-25 ... $5.95
Plan wiring layout ... 5-30 ... 2 hours
City Hall-bldg. permit ... 6-1 ... 1 hour ... $50.00
Subgoal Totals: 6-1 ... 3 days, 3.25 hours ... $55.95
8. Be flexible. Sometimes things beyond your control can affect your program.
9. Be enthusiastic. Enthusiasm releases energy.
10. Reward yourself. Be proud of every little accomplishment.
1. Conceive it, believe it and achieve it.
2. Make the goal specific.
3. List your goal activities. (Every goal has three parts.)
1. Main Goal
A. Subgoal
1. Minigoal
2. Minigoal
B. Subgoal
3. Minigoal
4. Minigoal
When you start working on the goal, you start at the bottom and work your way up.
4. Establish the order (in which subgoals will be worked on).
5. What resources do you need?
Know what the goal is going to cost you in terms of time and money.
6. Give yourself a deadline.
Decide when you’d like each subgoal to be completed and jot down the dates.
Then, starting at the bottom of your outline, assign completion dates to each minigoal.
7. Use a handy form.
Example:
GOAL: Finish the basement.
Subgoal: Plan the layout.
Minigoals ...
Completion
... Resources
Date ... Time ... Money
Call bldg. inspector to find out codes ... 5-19 ... 15 min.
Sketch rough layout ... 5-25 ... 3 days
Buy new tape measure ... 5-25 ... $5.95
Plan wiring layout ... 5-30 ... 2 hours
City Hall-bldg. permit ... 6-1 ... 1 hour ... $50.00
Subgoal Totals: 6-1 ... 3 days, 3.25 hours ... $55.95
8. Be flexible. Sometimes things beyond your control can affect your program.
9. Be enthusiastic. Enthusiasm releases energy.
10. Reward yourself. Be proud of every little accomplishment.
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Re: Eliminating Clutter…
Use 4 containers. Label them.
Give Away … Put Away … I Don’t Know … Trash
Re: Eliminating Clutter…
Use 4 containers. Label them.
Give Away … Put Away … I Don’t Know … Trash
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Tuesday
Facilitating Awakening Online
Because each new phase of evolving intelligence
takes place in a fraction of the time
of the previous phase,
...
we can expect the dawning
of a Wisdom Age to take place
in years rather than decades.
It will be
standing
on the
shoulders
of the
Information Age.
Never before have we been able to access so much spiritual wisdom.
A century ago, the only spiritual tradition available to most people
was the one that was indigenous to their own culture.
Moreover, with rare exceptions,
they did not have the benefit of learning
from a truly enlightened being.
Today, we can access teachings from many
different traditions and cultures,
discover their common underlying truths,and translate that perennial philosophy
into the language and terms
of our own time.
Something completely new is emerging:
a single spiritual teaching
that is a distillation of the world's wisdom traditions.
This is coalescing and being disseminated globally
through a variety of information technologies:
books, tapes, Web pages, online forums, and Internet broadcasts.
At the same time,
a growing number of people
are becoming fully awake,
and proving themselves
to be excellent teachers.
Many are using the Internet
to share their wisdom and help awaken others.
Instruction in practices
that facilitate awakening
are appearing online,
and could become
much more sophisticated.
It may even turn out that darshan,
the Indian word for a direct transfer of higher consciousness,
can be transmitted via the net.
Awakening is often a sudden event.
Once a person is ready
—the necessary groundwork done,
the circumstances propitious—
the shift can happen more or less instantaneously.
It's possible that research into the neurological
correlates of spiritual awakening
will lead us to methods of promoting
the process directly.
There will likely be other unforeseen discoveries
or developments
that help us free our minds.
Whatever they may be,
the more we learn how to
facilitate a shift in consciousness,
the faster it will happen.
As this becomes a mainstream phenomenon,
...
humanity will relate to the world in wiser,
more compassionate ways.
-
A Singularity in Time; a chapter by Peter Russell
...from the book, "The Mystery of 2012."
Monday
There is No Out There
Two years ago, I heard about a therapist in Hawaii
who cured a complete ward of criminally insane patients
--without ever seeing any of them.
The psychologist would study an inmate's chart
and then look within himself
to see how he created that person's illness.
As he improved himself, the patient improved.
who cured a complete ward of criminally insane patients
--without ever seeing any of them.
The psychologist would study an inmate's chart
and then look within himself
to see how he created that person's illness.
As he improved himself, the patient improved.
When I first heard this story, I thought it was an urban legend.
How could anyone heal anyone else by healing himself?
How could even the best self-improvement master
cure the criminally insane?
It didn't make any sense.
It wasn't logical, so I dismissed the story.
How could anyone heal anyone else by healing himself?
How could even the best self-improvement master
cure the criminally insane?
It didn't make any sense.
It wasn't logical, so I dismissed the story.
However, I heard it again a year later.I heard that the therapist had used a Hawaiian healing process
called ho'oponopono.
I had never heard of it,
yet I couldn't let it leave my mind.
If the story was at all true,
I had to know more.
I had always understood "total responsibility" to mean that
I am responsible for what I think and do.
Beyond that, it's out of my hands.
I think that most people think of total responsibility that way.
We're responsible for what we do,
not what anyone else does--
but that's wrong.
The Hawaiian therapist who healed those mentally ill people
would teach me an advanced new perspective
about total responsibility
.
His name is Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len.
We probably spent an hour talking on our first phone call.
I asked him to tell me the complete story of his work as a therapist.
would teach me an advanced new perspective
about total responsibility
.
His name is Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len.
We probably spent an hour talking on our first phone call.
I asked him to tell me the complete story of his work as a therapist.
He explained that he worked at Hawaii State Hospital for four years.
That ward where they kept the criminally insane was dangerous. Psychologists quit on a monthly basis.
The staff called in sick a lot or simply quit.
People would walk through that ward
with their backs against the wall,
afraid of being attacked by patients.
It was not a pleasant place to live, work, or visit.
That ward where they kept the criminally insane was dangerous. Psychologists quit on a monthly basis.
The staff called in sick a lot or simply quit.
People would walk through that ward
with their backs against the wall,
afraid of being attacked by patients.
It was not a pleasant place to live, work, or visit.
Dr. Len told me that he never saw patients.
He agreed to have an office and to review their files.
While he looked at those files, he would work on himself.
As he worked on himself, patients began to heal.
"'After a few months, patients that had to be shackled
were being allowed to walk freely,' he told me.
'Others who had to be heavily medicated were getting off their medications.
And those who had no chance of ever being released were being freed.'
I was in awe.
'Not only that,' he went on, 'but the staff began to enjoy coming to work.
Absenteeism and turnover disappeared.
We ended up with more staff than we needed
because patients were being released,
and all the staff was showing up to work.
Today, that ward is closed.'
He agreed to have an office and to review their files.
While he looked at those files, he would work on himself.
As he worked on himself, patients began to heal.
"'After a few months, patients that had to be shackled
were being allowed to walk freely,' he told me.
'Others who had to be heavily medicated were getting off their medications.
And those who had no chance of ever being released were being freed.'
I was in awe.
'Not only that,' he went on, 'but the staff began to enjoy coming to work.
Absenteeism and turnover disappeared.
We ended up with more staff than we needed
because patients were being released,
and all the staff was showing up to work.
Today, that ward is closed.'
Just found a boat load of fucks. Buzz me if you're a little short.
This is where I had to ask the million dollar question:
'What were you doing within yourself that caused those people to change?'
'What were you doing within yourself that caused those people to change?'
'I was simply healing the part of me that created them,' he said.
I didn't understand.
Dr. Len explained that total responsibility for your life
means that everything in your life -
simply because it is in your life
--
is your responsibility.
In a literal sense, the entire world is your creation.
I didn't understand.
Dr. Len explained that total responsibility for your life
means that everything in your life -
simply because it is in your life
--
is your responsibility.
In a literal sense, the entire world is your creation.
Whew. This is tough to swallow.
Being responsible for what I say or do is one thing.
Being responsible for what everyone in my life says or does is quite another.
Being responsible for what I say or do is one thing.
Being responsible for what everyone in my life says or does is quite another.
Yet, the truth is this: if you take complete responsibility for your life,
then everything you see, hear, taste, touch,
or in any way experience is your responsibility
because it is in your life.
This means that terrorist activity, the president, the economy
or anything you experience and don't like--
is up for you to heal.
They don't exist, in a manner of speaking,
except as projections from inside you.
then everything you see, hear, taste, touch,
or in any way experience is your responsibility
because it is in your life.
This means that terrorist activity, the president, the economy
or anything you experience and don't like--
is up for you to heal.
They don't exist, in a manner of speaking,
except as projections from inside you.
The problem isn't with them, it's with you,
and to change them, you have to change you.
"I know this is tough to grasp, let alone accept or actually live.
Blame is far easier than total responsibility,
but as I spoke with Dr. Len, I began to realize
that healing for him, and in ho'oponopono,
means loving yourself.
and to change them, you have to change you.
"I know this is tough to grasp, let alone accept or actually live.
Blame is far easier than total responsibility,
but as I spoke with Dr. Len, I began to realize
that healing for him, and in ho'oponopono,
means loving yourself.
If you want to improve your life, you have to heal your life.
If you want to cure anyone, even a mentally ill criminal,
you do it by healing you.
I asked Dr. Len how he went about healing himself.
What was he doing, exactly, when he looked at those patients' files?
If you want to cure anyone, even a mentally ill criminal,
you do it by healing you.
I asked Dr. Len how he went about healing himself.
What was he doing, exactly, when he looked at those patients' files?
'"I just kept saying, 'I'm sorry' and 'I love you'
over and over again," he explained.
"That's it?"
That's it.
over and over again," he explained.
"That's it?"
That's it.
Turns out that loving yourself is the greatest way to improve yourself,
and as you improve yourself, you improve your world.
Let me give you a quick example of how this works:
One day, someone sent me an email that upset me.
In the past I would have handled it by working on my emotional hot buttons
or by trying to reason with the person who sent the nasty message.
and as you improve yourself, you improve your world.
Let me give you a quick example of how this works:
One day, someone sent me an email that upset me.
In the past I would have handled it by working on my emotional hot buttons
or by trying to reason with the person who sent the nasty message.
This time, I decided to try Dr. Len's method.
I kept silently saying, 'I'm sorry' and 'I love you.'
I didn't say it to anyone in particular.
I was simply evoking the spirit of love to heal within me
what was creating the outer circumstance.
Within an hour I got an e-mail from the same person.
He apologized for his previous message.
Keep in mind that I didn't take any outward action to get that apology.
I didn't even write him back.
Yet, by saying 'I love you,' I somehow healed within me
what was creating him.
I kept silently saying, 'I'm sorry' and 'I love you.'
I didn't say it to anyone in particular.
I was simply evoking the spirit of love to heal within me
what was creating the outer circumstance.
Within an hour I got an e-mail from the same person.
He apologized for his previous message.
Keep in mind that I didn't take any outward action to get that apology.
I didn't even write him back.
Yet, by saying 'I love you,' I somehow healed within me
what was creating him.
I later attended a ho'oponopono workshop run by Dr. Len.
He's now 70 years old, considered a grandfatherly shaman,
and is somewhat reclusive.
He praised my book, The Attractor Factor.
He told me that as I improve myself, my book's vibration will raise,
and everyone will feel it when they read it.
In short, as I improve, my readers will improve.
"What about the books that are already sold and out there?" I asked.
"'They aren't out there," he explained,
once again blowing my mind with his mystic wisdom.
"They are still in you".
He's now 70 years old, considered a grandfatherly shaman,
and is somewhat reclusive.
He praised my book, The Attractor Factor.
He told me that as I improve myself, my book's vibration will raise,
and everyone will feel it when they read it.
In short, as I improve, my readers will improve.
"What about the books that are already sold and out there?" I asked.
"'They aren't out there," he explained,
once again blowing my mind with his mystic wisdom.
"They are still in you".
In short, there is no out there.
It would take a whole book to explain this advanced technique
with the depth it deserves.
Suffice it to say that whenever you want to improve anything in your life,
there's only one place to look:
Inside you.
When you look, do it with love.
“Forgiveness is the fragrance left by the violet on the heel that crushed it.” ... Mark Twain
Sunday
Thursday
:)
Sex on television can't hurt you unless you fall off.
Anonymous
Remember, if you smoke after sex you're doing it too fast.
Woody Allen
Ducking for apples - change one letter and it's the story of my life.
Dorothy Parker
There is nothing wrong with going to bed with someone of your own sex. People should be very free with sex, they should draw the line at goats.
Elton John
Anonymous
Remember, if you smoke after sex you're doing it too fast.
Woody Allen
Ducking for apples - change one letter and it's the story of my life.
Dorothy Parker
There is nothing wrong with going to bed with someone of your own sex. People should be very free with sex, they should draw the line at goats.
Elton John
Wednesday
Do Not Face Reality
Do not face reality unless it is a reality you want to create---for any “reality” only exists because someone has focused it into being.
Someone will say, “But this is a true thing, and therefore it deserves my attention.” And we say that you make whatever you give your attention to…your Truth. And so, it is extremely beneficial for you to focus primarily on the way you feel while giving only scant attention to the manifestations as they are unfolding, for whenever you are giving your primary attention to things as they are, you are hindering the expansion of what-is.
Someone will say, “But this is a true thing, and therefore it deserves my attention.” And we say that you make whatever you give your attention to…your Truth. And so, it is extremely beneficial for you to focus primarily on the way you feel while giving only scant attention to the manifestations as they are unfolding, for whenever you are giving your primary attention to things as they are, you are hindering the expansion of what-is.
All those statistics that are gathered about your own experiences and about others---are only about how somebody has already flowed Energy. They are not about any hard-and-fast now reality.
Within your current society, there are many who gather the statistics of human experience. Their lives have become more about labeling the behavior or experiences of those with whom they share their planet than about their own creating.
And so, they find themselves in a very uncomfortable position as they come to believe that their happiness or Well-Being depends upon the behavior of others. They point to people, behaviors, or beliefs and call them inappropriate, saying no to them, without realizing that they are including into their experience the vibration of the very thing they do not want. And so without the knowledge of how it is that those unwanted things are making their way into their experience, they become increasingly guarded and fearful.
Freedom from the fear of unwanted experiences will never be achieved by trying to control the behavior or desires of others. Your freedom can only be allowed by adjusting your own vibrational point of attraction.
Abraham-Hicks
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