It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that our attitude impacts everything in our life! If we live by our feelings, our feelings lead us. If we live by intellect and reason, we may be perhaps too objective about everything. Then there is that well-balanced place in our life where, if we are living by a well-defined purpose and seeking the balance between reason, objectivity and positive emotions, life is a reasonable window where we are making good choices and find that we endure even the uncertainties of terrible events!
Well-balanced...
It's that laboratory where we have been experimenting upon our own psyche since childhood.
Productive living, focused living, intentional living- positive thinking, positive choices, positive attitudes... as opposed to?
Living in the here and now means making choices again, right now and each moment and tomorrow! To be or not to be... why would there be any question??
Yes, we are living in a strange world of danger, challenges, anxieties, quiet desperation... as well as the positive. We are also living in a world with all these negative challenges to our lives and mind but have the choice to live productively, spiritually, positively... we may be seeing bible prophecies happening in the world today- but we must also realize that at the same time, we have to continue to work, take care of our bills and live the daily routines, with as positive a frame of mind that we can.
We must choose to intentionally walk a pathway of determination and focus, optimism and cheerful, hopeful Christianity.
And when you feel like that old devil comes bothering you with his temptations to anxiety or whatever else he wants to throw in your path, you have a choice.
No, even I am not perfectly positive-minded one-hundred percent of the time.
But I know what my Father in Heaven desires that I put my mind on. And it sure ain't the negative!
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Saturday, August 2, 2008
HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS, II
Higher planes of existence are within reach of ordinary people like you and I! Changes are needed so that personal development really can be such!
For myself, I know that I have to kill the clutter habit- and this may not be an easy thing for me to do... but I have to. I know that my habit is growing in its effects on my wife and I seriously have to do something about it! I can't keep collecting all the "junk" that I like to collect. It is taking up all our space and drives my wife bonkers!
Yet, I keep thinking, writing on this subject of higher thinking, of elevating the mind, of reaching for a higher place of living in which personal development is real and true and is a constant, intentional thing!
I really do want to live what I "preach"! Because I believe it! Life is about elevating our existence and doing so means the elevating of our thinking! Getting out of the ruts of commonplace, ordinary daily negativities which may seem so insignificant to us because our routines are so comfortable, may be the toughest thing anyone could ever desire to do.
But it is in these ruts of commonplace, ordinary daily negativities in all our daily routines which make us a country going through the trials it is going through! In all our national greatness and glory, there are the underlying threads of greater intellectual and spiritual pursuits which were so obvious when we were a young nation, in the 1800's.
Let's return to the kind of thinking that works in our favor instead of slowly dredging ourselves into a sludge of argumentative, violent frames of living- where we are a trailer park nation of slobs and perverts and fighting among ourselves!
Is there a brand new tomorrow?
Reaching for the medicine cabinet or a joint or other drugs or a gun... that isn't thinking!
That isn't even living!
For myself, I know that I have to kill the clutter habit- and this may not be an easy thing for me to do... but I have to. I know that my habit is growing in its effects on my wife and I seriously have to do something about it! I can't keep collecting all the "junk" that I like to collect. It is taking up all our space and drives my wife bonkers!
Yet, I keep thinking, writing on this subject of higher thinking, of elevating the mind, of reaching for a higher place of living in which personal development is real and true and is a constant, intentional thing!
I really do want to live what I "preach"! Because I believe it! Life is about elevating our existence and doing so means the elevating of our thinking! Getting out of the ruts of commonplace, ordinary daily negativities which may seem so insignificant to us because our routines are so comfortable, may be the toughest thing anyone could ever desire to do.
But it is in these ruts of commonplace, ordinary daily negativities in all our daily routines which make us a country going through the trials it is going through! In all our national greatness and glory, there are the underlying threads of greater intellectual and spiritual pursuits which were so obvious when we were a young nation, in the 1800's.
Let's return to the kind of thinking that works in our favor instead of slowly dredging ourselves into a sludge of argumentative, violent frames of living- where we are a trailer park nation of slobs and perverts and fighting among ourselves!
Is there a brand new tomorrow?
Reaching for the medicine cabinet or a joint or other drugs or a gun... that isn't thinking!
That isn't even living!
Friday, August 1, 2008
HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS, HIGHER POWER
Let's talk about lifting our minds higher than the average levels of consciousness we see around us! Are there really higher levels? Are there really places to elevate your thinking to, where you can actually see and feel more positive and hopeful? Where are the levels to which we may begin resonating at higher frequencies?
In right-wing, conservative christianity, we find people from all walks of life- but generally at levels of living and thinking where there is room for improvement! Let's not talk evangelical and winning souls to Christ and then shoving a lot of do's and don't's down their throats... people are yearning to be loved and find acceptance and places to get together to worship where the spiritual mind REALLY IS SPIRITUAL!
Sure, in christianity, the general consensus is that we are living in the last days of Earth's history, and that Jesus will be coming soon! But you know what, you do not attract people with sermons and preaching that a religious life is all about the rules and living by a strict and narrow concept or principles! Yes, the principles are there... and we cannot live without realizing that when we find Jesus and what He did and is doing for us, that it changes everything!
And our lives change... and so do our actions. And our outcomes.
But real faith! Real faith is about a higher consciousness! A higher realm of thinking and being! It is about resonating at a higher level and finding that joy is for real! It is finding that you don't stand still after all! Your engine won't be running with you standing still on a track that allows you to do just that.
The human motor is designed to be operated by a brain and consciousness where an elevated sense of being is achieved by elevating our thinking by a conscious and intentional effort!
In right-wing, conservative christianity, we find people from all walks of life- but generally at levels of living and thinking where there is room for improvement! Let's not talk evangelical and winning souls to Christ and then shoving a lot of do's and don't's down their throats... people are yearning to be loved and find acceptance and places to get together to worship where the spiritual mind REALLY IS SPIRITUAL!
Sure, in christianity, the general consensus is that we are living in the last days of Earth's history, and that Jesus will be coming soon! But you know what, you do not attract people with sermons and preaching that a religious life is all about the rules and living by a strict and narrow concept or principles! Yes, the principles are there... and we cannot live without realizing that when we find Jesus and what He did and is doing for us, that it changes everything!
And our lives change... and so do our actions. And our outcomes.
But real faith! Real faith is about a higher consciousness! A higher realm of thinking and being! It is about resonating at a higher level and finding that joy is for real! It is finding that you don't stand still after all! Your engine won't be running with you standing still on a track that allows you to do just that.
The human motor is designed to be operated by a brain and consciousness where an elevated sense of being is achieved by elevating our thinking by a conscious and intentional effort!
VALIDATION AT A HIGHER FREQUENCY
Highly developed consciousness is about elevating your mind-and resonating at a higher frequency!
"Character gets you out of bed. Commitment moves you to action. Faith, hope and discipline enable you to follow through to completion." -Zig Ziglar
Character is... your internal engine. Commitment is... your motivation. Faith is... a believer's strength! Hope is... the well of eternal optimism! And discipline is... focus and purpose combined with the character, to enforce the achievement of a productive mind and lifestyle!
Is that too abstract? Are you too tired to grasp it? Come back when you're not so tired.
But if you aren't too tired to think about it... commit yourself to the practice of elevating your thoughts with frequency, until it becomes engrained. Until it becomes a habit. Because with practice, elevating your mind will gradually infuse you with greater physical energy and mental energy! It may cost you a friend or two... people who have been a part of your life whose energy and influence have brought you to a lower place than you really want to be.
What do you want to be and do?
"Character gets you out of bed. Commitment moves you to action. Faith, hope and discipline enable you to follow through to completion." -Zig Ziglar
Character is... your internal engine. Commitment is... your motivation. Faith is... a believer's strength! Hope is... the well of eternal optimism! And discipline is... focus and purpose combined with the character, to enforce the achievement of a productive mind and lifestyle!
Is that too abstract? Are you too tired to grasp it? Come back when you're not so tired.
But if you aren't too tired to think about it... commit yourself to the practice of elevating your thoughts with frequency, until it becomes engrained. Until it becomes a habit. Because with practice, elevating your mind will gradually infuse you with greater physical energy and mental energy! It may cost you a friend or two... people who have been a part of your life whose energy and influence have brought you to a lower place than you really want to be.
What do you want to be and do?
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