……. THE JOURNEY TO ENLIGHTENMENT……. BECOMING A MORE LOVING PERSON…….DISCOVERING EVERYONE IS YOUR FRIEND
……………. STEP 1………when someone upsets you, seek a quiet place.
Calm down by visualizing LOVE flowing through you
……………. STEP 2……… write down what you think the other person was trying to tell you
……………. STEP 3 …….. return and thank him for having the courage and taking the time
to point out areas for you to improve making you a more loving person
This step is very very difficult as you must first overcome your fear
……………. STEP 4 ……… show him your list of ideas he suggested, ask him if this is what he meant to tell you.
He will be happy to point out where your list is correct and where it needs to be revised.
Thank him again for his suggestions and tell him you will be working on them and want him to keep an eye on you
and let you know when you need more help
……………. STEP 5 ……… return to your quiet place, divide the list into three piles, put the most difficult one’s on your mental shelf to be worked on when you are able to address them.
Make a second “almost able to do” pile.
Now start working on the easiest pile
……………. STEP 6 ……… watch the other person’s reaction to your efforts to remove your faults using his suggestions
You have turned an enemy into a teacher, into a friend
……………. STEP 7 ……… WHEN THE STUDENT IS READY THE TEACHER WILL APPEAR
*********** YOU HAVE JUST MET ONE ***********
……………. STEP 8 ……… anytime someone upsets you, repeat these steps
You will eventually reach a point where you will be seeking out people who can upset you
and they will become harder and harder to find…
… ABSOLUTE JUSTICE… Your thoughts are magnets and will attract others with similar magnets
The two coming in contact will dissipate each other.
The result will be as pleasant or unpleasant for you as the thought was when you created it
This is an absolute system of justice
and by your choices you are your own judge…
… MILE MARKERS ON YOUR JOURNEY…
self………………….individual consciousness
self centered………focused upon your own interests
self serving………..advancing your own interests
self willed…………..tenacious adherence to your own interests
self doubt…………..questioning your direction
self judgment………evaluating your direction
self pity…………….seeing your lack of concern for others
self evaluation…….determining your worth
self mastery……….removing ego from all decisions
self less…………….your primary concern is your effect upon others
self………………….group consciousness.
All of us will reach this last ‘Self’,
where we are over qualified to be famous
and under qualified to be invisible
by allowing Love to express through us
we are becoming a quiet helper, a teacher.
Some call these Angels…
… LIVING AN IMPERSONAL LIFE …
use ‘I’ and ‘me’ with an apology
‘You’ with a compliment
refer to ‘Self’ by first name…
… INTEGRITY…integrity has he who is what he believes others should be …
… IS THE CUP HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY ?
…assume the cup is our mind and can hold only negative and positive thoughts.
If it is half full of negative thoughts, trying to remove them one by one,
we end up with an empty cup.
But if we keep putting positive thoughts into the cup, each positive will push a negative one out of the cup.
We end up with a cup full of positive thoughts…
… EXPERIENCE…
understanding (belief) is what you read or were told: “the stove is hot”
knowing (faith) is the ‘action’ of personal discovery: touching the stove
The difference between understanding and knowing is ‘experience’
and each new experience creates more compassion and less fear
moving you closer to your ‘ideal’…
… IDEAL… a moral guide post or compass
I am Light going to meet Light and only Goodness can result
Let there be more love in the world and let some flow through me
I AM expressing I AM THAT I AM
Create your own ideal,
refer to it frequently
and only make decisions that match this ‘ideal’…
… CRITICISM AND SUGGESTION ARE THE SAME WORDS…
criticism — being reminded you are not following your ‘ideal’
and unhappy you were reminded
suggestion –being reminded you are not following your ‘ideal’
and thankful someone took the time to tell you
seek out people who can upset you
and thank them for pointing out your faults
refer to ‘Discovering Everyone Is Your Friend’ above…
… HOW DO YOU FIND A TRUE TEACHER ?…
Criticize him. A ‘true’ teacher will never react feeling it was a criticism.
He will know it was a suggestion.
To him criticism and suggestion are the same word.
There will be a pause, as he analyzes your input
using the eight step program above
then he will thank you…
… FORGIVENESS CLOSURE…
You cannot forgive another, only yourself for holding such anger against another.
Forgiveness will happen when you are able to refocus your thoughts.
Anger attracts anger..
Calm attracts peace ‘closure’
‘Absolute Justice’ will establish balance…
… JUST A SUGGESTION…
“be more aware of MY presence”…
… LOVE…
There is an eternal creative presence in each of us.
Our purpose is to allow this presence to express through us. This expression we call LOVE:
by giving attention, acknowledgment, appreciation, respect and admiration to all we encounter
until it becomes so automatic we are no longer aware of doing it.
We have become a channel for this expression by giving what we wanted to receive
we became that which we sought…
… THE SILENCE… Purpose of yoga and meditation: become quiet.
Assume a comfortable position, focus on a positive mental image until you are aware of your body and mind
but they no longer interfere.
Enter the silence. You are no longer aware of your mind and body: you and your soul are One.
Become absorbed by the ‘presence’, your soul is one with the ‘presence’
Your focus is absolute without ‘time’, your minds are joined
allowing the ‘Presence’ to express through you.
Your whole life changes, becoming easier,more fulfilling, healthy,
You are no longer responsible for your actions, you are only responsible for remaining ‘receptive’
this is called…
… ENLIGHTENMENT
… THE AWAKENING
Richard Parsons