© 2019 - Bill Mauldin
Making Your Dreams a Reality
Step 2 Next - Meditate - Pg. 5
The truth is that every day of our life, every day we wake
up, we are at a CROSSROAD. We make a choice both
consciously, and subconsciously as to how we view our
today, as well as the path we choose. Our conscious
decisions spring from how we subconsciously handle our life.
What controls your happiness? YOU
YOUR MIND. YOUR FREE WILL.
When you awake, the first thing that happens is your
mind starts to have thoughts. What kind of thoughts are
they? Good, Bad, Happy, Angry? These thoughts do not
usually begin consciously. They usually flow from the
programming you have in your subconscious mind.
Do you know the difference between waking up and
feeling happiness or feeling anger?
It is only waking to the choice of happiness over
anger, that simple, but you must re-program your
subconscious to desire the same things that your conscious
mind desires, otherwise they will be at perpetual war, and
your life will always be in turmoil.
It is within our ability to change ALL that is in our path.
The following steps are building blocks to your future.
You do not have to complete all of them at one time to start
improving your life.
By following these simple steps, you will take control
of your life, happiness, destiny:
1) Wipe your past
2) Meditate
3) Set Your Path
Let’s explore these steps
1) Wipe your Past
If there is one single thing that all humans have the
biggest problem with, it is putting the past in the past.
It is the single biggest stumbling block to realizing life's
full potential.
We tend to use the past as our measuring stick to
gauge the future, which means that no matter how hard we
look to the future, we are always connected to our past.
Usually, our subconscious will use the negative parts of our
past as a gauge, which drags us down.
I discovered how to STOP this destructive pattern. To
overcome all that is in our past. It is so simple.
It is also simple to accomplish, and when you do, your
life will never be the same.
Create a Library. Initially, it should be a physical library
of all things in your life. Eventually you may choose for it to
be all mental, but only after you have learned to manage
your Library. Until that time, it will be more difficult to keep
things in proper perspective.
This Library should include books about your
husband(s), wife, or wives, girlfriend(s), your job(s), ambitions,
dreams, happy times, best memories, vacations, etc. The
number of books can be few or many. As many as you need
to create YOUR Library. You may start with only a few, and
add them as the thoughts or situations come up in your life.
Always keep them separate, otherwise you will get them
balled up together and find it hard to separate in your mind.
Initially, it will help to get a sectioned notebook and
write the highlights in various sections. Later you can get
more specific. The important thing is to develop a method
that lets you SEPARATE each thing mentally. Otherwise, you
will not keep a clear perspective on your overall situation.
After you have put them in their respective books, you
will be ready to put them where they belong. On the
bookshelf. If you physically write the books, it is simple. If you
mentally created your books, you can also create a mental
bookshelf. One important note. This Library is yours, not for
others to view, so you should put them in a secure place. A
file box with a lock is great.
The next thing you need to learn and accept is that
your life now is SEPARATE from ALL that is in your Library, and
you are now FREE of all that is in your Library. Anytime you
have a memorable good thing happen, take the appropriate
book off the shelf, and add to the good experiences.
When you have something that angers you, take the
book off the shelf, add it to the book, then immediately put it
back in the shelf.
It has NO place in your life unless YOU choose it. If
your life is full of garbage, it’s because YOU choose to allow it.
You can just as easily choose for it to be on the shelf and not
contaminate the good in your life.
ALWAYS, envision taking the book out of the bookshelf and
envision putting it back. It is necessary to gain mental discipline
so you will keep things in proper order.
You may, occasionally, choose to take a book of bad
experiences down from the shelf, only when you are alone
and have time to yourself. In this time, you may reflect on
what it WAS, then put it away, knowing that it is no longer part
of your life, and never can be again, unless YOU choose it to
be.
When you create your books, you will probably have
some person or persons to which you feel anger, resentment,
or other negative feeling.
In the book for that person, you should write down
how you feel, then you should put it in its proper place. On
the shelf. Now it no longer has a place in your everyday life.
I emphasize this because these emotions are
extremely strong and damaging to YOUR life and health. The
other person seldom cares about your pain as it usually
doesn’t hurt them. It is my hope for you, by learning to not be
plagued with the pain, as you must learn to forgive that
person. To forgive does not mean you must forget, but you
can learn to keep any pain in your Library, where it belongs. It
can no longer hurt you unless YOU allow it. Choosing to
forgive will allow complete healing from the pain.
You can, and will, learn to properly handle ALL situations
that arise if you STOP your immediate reaction to situations,
mentally take a step back, and see it for what it is. If it is
something that upsets you, file it away in your Library until
you have time later in the day to address it.
Without history, we often repeat our mistakes.
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