Summers here....dreams are spreading...people are growing.
This book brought me out of the darkist corners of my mind 6 years ago
My dad sent me this book when i was in depression, with a stress caused ulcer
I had both for 3 years, and the doctors couldnt help me at all
I read the book 3 times before things started changeing Visably
I liked what it made me feel like and the thoughts it inspired
took me 3 months of intent to shead my ailments in the forthought of my mind
To rid myself of them
then i spent 5 years looking within, learning, unlearning, teaching, inspiring,changeing myself, into this person i am happy to be with my dreams makeing the presant and the future shine brightly through me
None of it was hard....just one aggreement or choice of how to be, or how not to be at a time
Life is simple, all major decisions are nothing but a sting of small choices
To be made one at a time, day by day, constently building the life you think and dream about
I am closer to my dreams every day, oppertunity is knockin on my door
And my life is abundant, sweet, beautiful, and inspiring
Life wants action, decisiveness, movement, and the universe is willing to give you what you want as long as you truely want it, feel it, think it, and act upon it.
I would love to hear your sucsess stories, so we can pass on the insperation to each other and others
Salute to the free
Change is good, change means growth, and growth is life
Drink in the beautiful chaotic storm of life
And strive to be at the eye of the storm
Where you have the freedom
and consciousness to act,
rather then react
This book brought me out of the darkist corners of my mind 6 years ago
My dad sent me this book when i was in depression, with a stress caused ulcer
I had both for 3 years, and the doctors couldnt help me at all
I read the book 3 times before things started changeing Visably
I liked what it made me feel like and the thoughts it inspired
took me 3 months of intent to shead my ailments in the forthought of my mind
To rid myself of them
then i spent 5 years looking within, learning, unlearning, teaching, inspiring,changeing myself, into this person i am happy to be with my dreams makeing the presant and the future shine brightly through me
None of it was hard....just one aggreement or choice of how to be, or how not to be at a time
Life is simple, all major decisions are nothing but a sting of small choices
To be made one at a time, day by day, constently building the life you think and dream about
I am closer to my dreams every day, oppertunity is knockin on my door
And my life is abundant, sweet, beautiful, and inspiring
Life wants action, decisiveness, movement, and the universe is willing to give you what you want as long as you truely want it, feel it, think it, and act upon it.
I would love to hear your sucsess stories, so we can pass on the insperation to each other and others
Salute to the free
Change is good, change means growth, and growth is life
Drink in the beautiful chaotic storm of life
And strive to be at the eye of the storm
Where you have the freedom
and consciousness to act,
rather then react
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Re: Sucsess Stories
Sun, June 18, 2006 - 5:57 PMThank you for sharing your story Ishi. What a profound impact this book has made on your life... what a blessing your father gave it to you and you found it.
This book has changed my life mostly in the aspect of "not taking things personally." However I still struggle a lot with this concept. Yet reading the book powerfully helped me with it.
Have people any advice on this agreement, "not taking anything personally?" I am very, very, very sensitive... this works for and against me.... I am extremely compassionate and can feel energies of people... on the other hand, I take in people's negative energies too, and am really hard on myself.
(Sorry, this is a mixture of success story and also question....)
Blessings.
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Re: Sucsess Stories
Sun, June 18, 2006 - 10:26 PMIf you are sensitive to energy as you say, there are techniques out there to "ground yourself" so as not to take in the energy of others. I'm a massage practitioner, and we discussed this in class--- haven't had much experience with it, but I hear it works for some!
RE: not taking things personally...this one was really hard for me at first, too. I was always always internalizing what others said to me. But, I kept reading The Four Agreements, and what I came to realize is-- we can never really know anyone. We can really never know what their motivations are for saying/doing things to us. And....whatever comes out of their mouth, is THEIR STUFF, worked through all their filters & societal b.s....... how should that affect ME? These other people are secondary players in my reality. Only my opinions can shape my world, I don't GIVE OTHER PEOPLE the power over me.
By LETTING someone's words affect you (and it's 100% your choice), YOU are giving THEM power over you.
And that sucks--- why would you let some stranger (and yes, when it comes down to it, everyone else is basically a stranger) have that power over you?
I chose not to do it.
I chose to just brush it off and go "pffth, why should I care if they are yelling/said something nasty/are rude? It's their problem, they are probably having a bad day. So glad *I* am not doing that!".
It takes practice! But it's SO liberating.
Although, I have to admit, it's MUCH harder when it's someone very very close to you who is saying something that you choose to take personally. It's harder to NOT take it personally, than if it was some random person on the street....
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Re: Success stories
Sun, June 18, 2006 - 10:40 PMI used to be very hard on myself. One of the things I found helpful was to be impeccable with my word. By that I mean not using the word against myself, even if I never spoke. What we tell ourselves is often more damaging than what other people say to us, isn't it?
Our insecurities about ourselves are the very things other people pray upon (consciously or unconsciously). Even if we never voice our innermost thoughts, we act them out. Through our own insecurities we become entangled in drama we might not otherwise be affected by.
To stop that destructive inner dialouge, I started to become aware of when I was doing it, and I would stop myself. I would take a deep breath and feel whatever I was feeling, without the running commentary.
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Re: Success stories
Tue, June 20, 2006 - 9:09 PMThank you, both Scout and HeatherLyn, very much for your feedback.
I think taking things personally and being hard on ourselves is something probably a lot of people really deal with.
At the moment, I am most especially dealing with the sensitivity-to-energy issue. HeatherLyn, I have noticed that massage helps some, now that you bring it up... acupunture also helps *alot*!!-- but I am looking for other methods to clear energy. I also chant every day, a mantra. This helps too. I still need more though, it's a constant unbalance. I am going to see a shaman-type person next week, I hope that helps. For instance, also I am soooo affected by astrology (I think?). I know, it's like one of you will say, if you think about it, you are more affected by it...(I have heard this before), but I really am affected by it.
Anyway, sorry to blab about this on this tribe, it seems like the wrong place... there must be a tribe for this type of thing, I'm going to look around.
Thanks for any feedbaack anyone.
Best,
Jenna
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