Steps to Spiritualize and Heal the Emotions (3)

Six Steps to and Heal the Emotions (3)

Cycles

The next step is to refine this process even further. The idea here is to take the goals and priorities of the next year or two and get focused as to a timetable for accomplishing these things.

For example, you might say to yourself that this Spring your goal is to focus on writing a book, physical fitness, and maintaining the status quo. Then the summer goal is to spend more time with your family, go to Hawaii and focus on making more money. September to the following Spring, you might want to put energy into practicing meditation and the study of healing.

By doing this you have developed short term goals for yourself. This will help you be more focused, disciplined and motivated. As your life changes you may have to make adjustments, but always set up a new cycle, or short term goal time periods.

It is also extremely helpful, in considering this concept of cycles, to take one of your journal writing sessions and examine the past cycles that led you to your present state of consciousness. We all have had certain cycles or initiations or turning points that led us to our present position. Understanding our past cycles will help in creating what is appropriate in the present cycle and what is appropriate for future cycles.

Examples of past cycles, turning points, or initiations might be when you graduated from high school, got a certain award, made the basketball team, met your first boy friend or girl friend, had your first religious experience, met a certain person, had a baby, or graduated from college. Each of these turning points in your life started a new track or phase. I am suggesting in this journal section that we be much more conscious and aware of these phases. I think you will find doing this very helpful.

Weekly Routine

The next step after cycles is to break and refine this process even further by creating a weekly routine. I am not saying you should do all the things on this routine. It is meant to give you an overview of some of the kinds of things you can put on your weekly routine. The idea of this journal section is to take your present cycle and focus on how you want to create each week.

It is of the utmost importance, in my opinion, that every person have a routine or regime. You will never develop spiritually or on any other level if you don't. The danger of a routine is in becoming too yang or regimenting your life to the point where there is no spontaneity. on the other side of the coin, you don't want to be too yin.

To be too yin is to be too flowing, too flexible, too laissez faire. There are no hard and fast rules in creating a routine. Some people need more structure than others. A routine can be likened to braces that one wears to straighten teeth, guiding us in the direction that we need to move. A routine is to be followed whether we feel like it or not. This is not to say that we have to be neurotic or become absolute slaves to the routine.

Again, it is more of a tentative guide to use except when an emergency or special occasion arises. Its purpose is to help you achieve the goals and priorities that you have clearly set up for yourself. Haphazard exercise is not going to achieve physical fitness any more than haphazard meditation will give you the fruits of the spirit.

Most people do not function well at all without a routine. If you took away their jobs or school, they would be lost and without motivation. Most people look to other people to set up structure and routine for them. Ideally you want to have the personal power and self discipline to set up and follow a weekly routine with your own goals and priorities.

Don't make the routine too difficult or you won't follow it. on the other hand, don't make it too easy. You will find your routine constantly changing as your life changes, and that is fine. But always keep a routine, to help you develop positive habits in your subconscious mind.

After a while you will have positive habits of exercising, eating right, meditating, and so on. Having a routine will also make you much more efficient with your time and more productive. By following a routine you know you are accomplishing your goals, so your free time is much more enjoyable.

Daily Routine

Now, if you really want to get fancy you can take this one step further and have a daily routine. This is something I do and really enjoy. Every night before bed I map out my next day including telephone calls, clients, errands, spiritual disciplines, diet, vitamin and mineral supplements, food planning, physical exercise, thought form and attitudes I am trying to hold, and so on.

I have memorized my weekly routine so I just write out my mental, emotional, physical and spiritual life plan on paper the night before. By doing this I feel organized and efficient, so I sleep better. In the morning I can go right into action because my inner and outer day is laid out before me.

As I think of new things, I write them in; and as I finish things, I cross them off. By writing things down I find I don't have to hold onto things in my mind, which allows me to be more creative and less worrisome. Doing this before bed also serves as a type of programming device. I find to a certain extent that I have the energy that I program myself to have. If I know the night before that I have a big day tomorrow, I do better than if I don't realize it until the morning.

Battle Plan

This particular journal section I find to be one of the most helpful tools of all. I cannot recommend it more highly. The battle plan section is to take whatever area of your life you are currently working on and make a list of every possible thing you can do to achieve that goal.

If you are having health problems, you make a list of every possible action you can take to get better. If you want more clients, business contacts or money, make a battle plan listing every possible inner or outer helpful tool you can think of. I cannot recommend it more highly.

For example, let's say you are sick with some kind of systemic infection and your immune system is run down. The following is a brief example of some things you might write down in your battle plan:

• Own personal power;
• Pray for healing;
• Affirm and visualize health;
• Diet of steamed vegetables;
• Drink lots of water; Take Vitamin C;
• Take herbal immune formula; Take homeopathic remedies;
• Get some acupuncture;
• Lie in the sun;
• Go for a walk;
• Do deep breathing;
• Get into a jacuzzi;
• Keep a positive mental attitude;
• Sleep as much as possible;
• Journal write;
• Have faith.

There are a lot more things that can be done, but by creating this list you are attacking the problem instead of letting it attack you. When you are letting life attack you, you are being victimized and you are going to be depressed. When you attack the problem, even if you are physically sick, you will feel better. I guarantee it. You feel better because you are assertively doing some-thing to remedy the situation.

The creating of this battle plan serves to instigate lots of good ideas and also serves to inspire, attract, magnetize and catalyze what you want. It is very likely that you will have battle plans for a number of areas in your life.

Whenever you are feeling off center or are unmotivated, indifferent, or uninspired, either create a battle plan or review your battle plan. You will immediately feel better. I have mine taped onto my desk so it is right in front of me whenever I sit at my desk.

The battle plan renews your faith and inspires your personal power. Rather than letting life victimize you, become the master of your life The battle plan technique will feed this causal master inspired consciousness.

Quotations And Good Ideas Section

This section of your journal is for writing down inspiring ideas, essays, poetry or pictures. This journal section might even be a separate aesthetic type of journal. Since our thoughts create our reality, having a journal like this can serve to inspire and reawaken us to the joy and beauty of life when we are down or unmotivated. Looking through this journal will help rekindle the ultimate reality that we know to be true.

In summary, try out and experiment with these different tools and find out which ones work best for you. You will be pleasantly surprised at their effectiveness.

Prayer versus Meditation

Prayer is the act of talking to God, and meditation is the act of listening to God. Prayer is the masculine or yang aspect. Meditation is the yin or feminine aspect.

 

Tools For Developing Attunement And Greater Contact With Your Higher Self

1. Dear God Letter

This I find, personally, to be a very enjoyable and helpful tool. The idea is just to write your Higher Self a letter. I do this every morning and sometimes before bed as well. The Higher Self is like an older and wiser brother or sister. Talk to Him/Her as your friend your best friend. Form a relationship in your free flowing letters. You will find that your Higher Self will respond, sometimes in subtle thought channeling, in dreams, or in the other ways I have already mentioned. I sometimes use my "Dear God" or "Dear Higher Self" letters as one avenue of praying.

2. Higher Self Affirmations

Affirming certain statements to yourself throughout your day will create instant attunement. My favorite ones are:

a) I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

b) God goes with me wherever I go.

c) I trust in the Lord, and He will light the way.

d) If God be for me, who can be against me?

e) I have perfect faith, trust, and patience in God and God's Laws.

f) All things are possible with God.

g) Father, I expect a miracle.

h) God and Christ are now bearing my cross with me.

i) God is my co pilot.

3. Higher Self Attunement Visualizations

Close your eyes and imagine a symbol or image that attunes you and reminds you that your Higher Self is with you all through the day. Just as you have a symbol for your personal power, self love, and protective bubble, create a symbol of your Higher Self that you can carry with you to re attune you throughout your day. It could be a dove flying above you. It could be a golden white light hovering above your head. There are infinite possibilities so use your imagination.

Shuttle back to these different images and affirmations throughout your day to reattune you. The affirmations and images provided in this book will provide comfort, peace of mind, strength and power in time of need. It may also be helpful to create imagery for the presence of God and Christ and the guides, teachers and helpers that are also available to assist you.

4. Creating A Shrine Or Altar

A small holy place or shrine in one corner of your bedroom is a lovely Higher Self attunement practice. It can be created in many ways. Some people have little statues of Jesus, Buddha, Moses. Other people have pictures of the great Masters and teachers. I also recommend having incense and spiritual music which helps you attune your consciousness.

Above this can be added affirmations, poetry, or pictures from magazines. Some people create this on a bulletin board or poster. I pin up all my battle plans, centering models, schedules, commitments, and inspiring thoughts. It is really fun and inspiring to create.

Candles can be added. It is nice to meditate near your altar or shrine, if possible. The shrine serves to remind you of your connection to spirit and your high calling.

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