Hello again,
Humans are the most complex of all creations on the planet and they are ever evolving, well... this is so beautiful and I must admit dangerous at the same time, wait a minute did I say dangerous? but why? Well because as we’re not in touch with our own design OR what makes us so different from other species- we fall prey to the very intelligence that makes us so different, so unique. For starters - humans have been known to have highest consciousness which simply means we have the ability to see, to understand, to express and to feel things much more than our other non-human friends sharing the planet with us.
We might start to feel this very fact is enough for us to be on the top of the eco-system, but… it isn’t. From years of research, it is observed that humans have been the source of some of the major non-natural destruction on the planet. Why so? Well because of the fact that we never cared about exploring what it means to be human in real essence. Rather we only paid attention to fulfill our survival needs Or, only materialistic needs. There are countless theories establishing this fact that what truly makes us reach the highest potential in every possible way is not those worldly needs but rather a wholistic approach. These are called states of higher consciousness. We will explore these in our program.
In our endeavor with you- it’s our noble effort and deepest desire to bring your truest and most potential self into existence in your daily lives. You will realize how much of what you know and believe isn’t true and how much of the struggle and effort was futile, and finally life is meant to be ever exciting, fun filled and full of unlimited possibilities waiting to become real through our right focus.
In Module 1:-
we start by first giving ourselves an opportunity to relook at our past from the day we were born or at least we can recall, till the current time. Our Focus here will be to see all our constraining patters and to be present to every detail being specific as much possible and being authentic to ourselves while answering each question. This takes time and we must do this part with open heart and mind and don’t get caught up in our own thoughts of self judgement and criticism. This is an important step in re-discovering our truest self and creating a new future. As we see our past, we start to reason various decisions in the light of our current state of mind – but right now we are only stating the facts ASIS from our past and answering our questions authentically. We will be assisted by highly trained mentors who will help us see the bankruptcy of those decisions in a certain way, leading to limit our avenues and experiences in life. As we see futility of those decisions and what have they costed us in terms of health, relationships, joy, love, freedom to be self, our abundance, our efficiency, our confidence, and so on... we are asked to take full responsibility as a matter of choice rather than as blame, or shame or guilt or pressure or a burden to carry---- this may sound to some as ridiculous. Trust me it sounded me the same. Am I responsible even for others mistakes?... However, I can assure you this, that the freedom and grace we always wanted is on the other side of life- life which embraces and takes accountability of all of itself. Finally, we reach a state where we can be free to accept ourselves and others just the way they are. This is a very big achievement. In doing so we are now allowing life to be expressed through us in ways which we never thought were possible, we start living from space of infinite possibility for all.
Let us start to look at our limiting patters in life. The first one is:
1. Limiting Beliefs: Ever since human evolution, their life has always been about survival, which was justified when we were hunters and our every action and thought was aligned to protect ourselves from a dangerous happenings, situations. So, we inherit those instincts even today and operate in survival mode, trying to protect ourselves of an imaginary threat. This behavior limits our more creative side, more intuitive and imaginary side of our being. We aren’t able to plug in to our truest abilities or our innate nature. In this module we are being completely open and honest about our most limiting beliefs that stop us from being at ease and being free. Like for example; as a child I thought that only girls are supposed to express sorrow and upsets and grief and man must stay strong, they should not be so sentimental. This belief limited my ability to express myself and get free of many upsets and regrets deep inside in many areas of life.
2. Regrets: These represent certain choices or decisions we made all through our lives but most significantly between 5 to 20 yrs of our life. We had to make choices, and now we feel we could have done things differently, we could have made better decisions. Like, I chose to get married to the love of my life at an early age while I was still studying, I regret that decision of early marriage because I could have used few more years to get more educated and get a job, gain some experience and earn money to better support my family.
3. Disappointments: Usually you can’t do much about certain aspects of yourself and your life so you feel hopeless or sad, ashamed or guilty, heart-broken or Cynical. Like - a child's dad mistreated him and almost like broke his self-worth and later walked away from entire family. This left the child disappointed not able to do anything about it.
4. Biological Limitations: At an early age, when the very first time we encounter a specific situation or some people or a person ----- we choose to think and act in a certain way as our response to that situation. Most likely almost every time our choices are survival based. But, almost after first 1 or 2 iterations we continue repeating the same action, thought and behavior pattern without much attention or thought to it - we act almost on auto pilot. These behavior patterns burn into our body's memory cells - it is like our body now remembers exactly how to BE in a situation or with a particular person or people who remind of similar past based first occurrence and then we respond and behave in our auto pilot old ways. Like; A person was made wrong, pointed of his mistake and shouted upon for his error - he experienced stomach cramps and this feeling was closely coupled with his decision ---- “to nfsot let this humiliation happen again to him” by becoming counter aggressive to others as his response to defend his identity.
5. Psychological Limitations: We are the most complex creatures of all of God's creation. Yes. "The only prison we ever live in is the one created by our own mind." Here we have to listen to the most subtle voice in our head that stops us from being great. It usually tells us nice things and beautiful words like I am a nice guy but then I also am vulnerable to other’s verbal aggressive comments or their mean actions and so on... Or, I am such a wise guy but then I will never ask of a favor from another or I would never be direct to another person, Or I have principles that run my life- but then I forget to be sensitive to others feelings, or I am too righteous and fmorals driven that I miss to see others point of view. These voices are usually giving us a false relief of being justified in our actions and behaviors without allowing us a chance for a reality check or looking at situation from a third persons eye.
In Module 2 –
This is the most important piece of the puzzle, the one where we create an everlasting future. We will need some time to get acquainted with it. It’s like imagine a fresh seed is sown- It needs most fundamental ingredients to flourish i.e., the soul, the water and the sunlight… that’s exactly what guiding principles signify towards your newly invented life, the miraculous future you have just created. Without these principles – you will feel lost and when you fall down or have a breakdown - there will be nothing to hold on to and lift you backup and restore you back. I call them as Jewels Or Pillars of our work. Each one is so very important and integral part in building our future, that future which we created – the one which we love. I would love to share about each one briefly;
1. Our fears and limitations are unreal: The Bankruptcy of our fears, doubts, lack, despair, disappointments, regrets, and so on… in short, OUR STORY… is nothing but a smoke screen. It only has strength till the time we feed into it with our attention and focus. We must be clear about this. When we are clear that these beliefs are nothing but unreal, we are ready to break free from them psychologically, emotionally and in every way. This is the ground based on which we will build our future. It will be hard for a few of us to disassociate from our habitual experiences and thoughts and we might feel that they are us… BUT… it isn’t so. In order to create a miraculous future, we must let go off these patterns of thoughts and feelings at any cost.
2. Future has infinite potential: When we know that our future is and always has been an infinite space of possibility in truest of sense, we begin to experience this reality in every fiber of our being and allow ourselves to act and be in ways unprecedented and unpredictable and not governed by the past… those ways of being and acting are totally in alignment to our new found future.
3. Universe matches to our requirement: We will always have everything we need to accomplish our future; this is a tough one but it is also a paradox we live in – that life is limited and we are limited and there are only limited resources in the world that a few can have. This is an old limiting paradigm that we have been living in,.. that curbs our limitless possibilities and what can be accomplished. There is absolutely no stopping and limitation in accomplishing what we want. When Mark L Prophet was determined to bring ascended master teachings to the world, he had no formal education, no means to support his cause, but he was open and free to let the miracles happen- today we have more than 58 Global centers and headquartered in Montana, America. Something for us to ponder upon.
4. Being Clear- It is simple yet for most of us like you and me, this is sometimes most difficult to achieve. We always want this thing and that thing and this experience and relationship or that experience and relationship, BUT-… we never set our foot on something concrete. Somewhere down the line, we subconsciously are planning to fail in many of our wishes and in order to compensate that failure, we always set alternatives to them. This might feel a smart strategy to the mind, BUT- I’m here to tell you this isn’t an effective one. In fact,… this is the main reason our Goals aren’t materializing. All we need is to be clear. That’s it! Then sometimes, we might have to go an extra mile to accomplish our dream and, sometimes we only need to be patient and do what we normally do to achieve our dreams, i.e. take those simple steps we know will help us achieve our goals. Things come to us with ease and grace if we are clear and give our undivided attention and trust that they are coming to us.
5. Be 100% responsible. The most common ways we hear this statement are- burden, shame, guilt, pressure, blame. None of them are true in this context. Being Responsible starts when a person is willing to be a cause in the matter of their life. Not only when something they did went wrong, but for all of things that happen around them- they are willing to be a cause in the matter in their life now and ongoingly. This is not the truth but it is the way we wish to deal and operate in our lives so any time we are in the state of grace. Grace comes when we are willing to be a cause in the matter of life. This also brings about enormous amount of freedom to be.
6. All pervasive life: We feel things that happen to us define us and make us who we are and then we feel as our experiences are unique to us, we are unique. Then we start to differentiate from other people and feeling unique on the basis of these viewpoints of our uniqueness (of our experiences). This is another paradox- not one thing that happens to humans on this planet is unique to them. Quite the contrary. Everything has occurred in the past or will occur in future. The point is every human being experiences different things at different times and different lifetimes but in one or the other lifetimes- they will experience which - in their current life and from their current viewpoint, seems very different and maybe weird. So, if we all are the same- then there isn’t anything to hide or feel unique about. This realization itself- brings us much closer to humanity and makes us more compassionate.
7. A Possibility is for ALL: Possibility is always for a larger cause and never about us - When we look at life, can’t we observe the more we are inclusive the more we are able to understand life and the more we are able to accomplish and the more we are able to accept others and accept life at large?... With the same token- a Possibility is meant to be for a bigger and a grander cause - Always - . Because life was meant to be like that. Look at Sun, it never wants to limit its light to a particular region or a group of people - rather it spreads its light to the entire universe. How does God work- he always gives his love and blessings to everyone, regardless of their societal status or religious background, and so on...Our ability to dissolve our personal agendas and to live from a larger context – one that will be beneficial for all, would bring that spark to the entire planet. In the process our personal objectives would get accomplished, but we won’t ever bother about them anymore. A life lived from a larger context always is wholistic, it will bring out the best version of us, this is the way life is meant to be. Try it out for yourself and tell me what you experience.
8. Acceptance: It is another magic wand that transforms everything. To know that God through his creative impulse created this cosmos and that He wanted the life to exist in all its creative ways and evolve further through its own creative impulse. i.e. US. God lives through US. Even though we will never be perfect simply because at human level, we can experience singularity but we live in the duality. With the same token, we must accept we are imperfect beings. But, the notion of striving for perfection makes us more humble, noble and sane beings and keeps us grounded. We engage in striving to express and manifest in new creative ways that have never been attempted before- this leads to magical outcomes. This keeps us grounded and always anchored to goodness in life.
In Module 3 –
This is my favorite part. In spite of being whole, perfect and complete - we cannot be satisfied- why? Because the energy and intelligence that created this universe, is present in us and expresses itself through us. It was that creative impulse that is present in us, that wants to continue to ever evolve. Though we may argue against- but this is a self-directed continuous process. We always get to alter our future but do we really take part in altering it?... or our already always mindset stops us in doing so?... Who are we and why are we here? These are fundamental questions to be asked while doing this exercise. We can only create something new on the canvas of our life when it is blank. The old painting of our past life must be first erased. We have already done that in module 1 and learnt new rules of the game in creating a new future in module 2. Now, we are ready. Future is always going to be a blank canvas- full of possibilities to be created and accomplished. Possibility means “Anything is Possible” yes anything. We only are the barriers to our greatest desires and dreams. Let us explore in depth in this section: -
1. New Beliefs: We become what we think and believe. How would our future look like if we are given a complete fresh start like a clean slate or clean canvas to paint a fresh picture of our future? Here Wonderment like a child is the key- just like the child is free from any limitations and he believes his new found belief to be true. Try to practice this along with me. I wonder if only I could dance like Michael Jackson. I wonder if I could sing like Lata Mangeshkar. I wonder if I could meditate like Buddha… you get the picture. Wonderment is a simple yet very powerful tool- it defies our habitual addiction to engulf into swamp of old patterns of thoughts covered and stuck all over mind like molasses. I loved to hear some of the beliefs created by others such as “I am precious and loved by all” and “I am open to receive, I am abundant and I am blessed” and “I am free and I love what I see” - this wasn’t true based on my past thoughts but one which they were excited about and created through wonderment.
2. New Habits: First, we create our habits, then our habits create us and our personality. Since we have decided to let go of our old habits, which were operating as addictive behaviors or patterns of being, are we cultivating a desire of wanting to be free more than being addicted? To be a man /woman who wants to be in control of his/ her lower instincts and impulses and old habit patterns? While this is critical aspect towards our growth, are we also willing to forgive ourselves for all and any of our additions and weakness? And, do we aspire for freedom, strength, sovereignty, independence, dignity, self-forgiveness and self-acceptance? One of the habit people have created are always honoring their word and restoring it back if they break it. What will you create?
3. GIVING UP THE RIGHT TO BE RIGHTEOUS: We often Love to be right. However, we forget by being right we are ensuring someone or somebody is wrong. This seems to be fair and square. However, there is one small problem that it isn’t so. When we are right, we always without an exception lose our sense of balance or connection to our purest innermost self. We may call this as our authentic self or our true nature which is sober and which is our own guidance system. This always ensure we are happy, satisfied, healthy, in love and vibrant and expressive.
Forgiveness of self and then of others works like a magic wand. There isn’t much needed here than just being present of this fact and allow yourself and others to have difference of opinion and yet co-exist without overstepping each-others boundaries. There is no expectation in this domain. Just allowance to be. Be of self and another.
4. NEW ELEVATED EMOTION: To match our new found Intentions and Beliefs, we must relook at the emotions that would bring out that intent naturally and effortlessly from us. Like attracts like. We only create that which we feel most comfortable about. We can recreate these emotions and feelings when we know old ones don't match up to new found intentions. For example; Empowered, In Love with life, Free, Grateful... So, on
5. CONTINUE FORGIVENESS: To forgive is to be free of the burden of perfection. We are not perfect, Period. To forgive is such an ongoing process that we never thought it could be. Sometimes, we might argue against it- but it always works to forgive. We might detest a certain action or behavior but we must not hold on the complaint or hurt from it. We can always set boundaries and protect ourselves from such people or experiences. We think we have forgiven another or self but truly speaking, it might only be the tip of an iceberg when counting on TRUE FORGIVENESS. In order for us to create a life we love, we must cultivate a desire to keep forgiving ongoingly and to everyone starting with ourselves. This enriches our soul of producing miraculous results. For e.g. I was very constraint when someone dishonored their commitment in delivering results. I noticed, my upset isn't helping anyone, it is counterproductive, leave aside produce positive outcome. Soon I realized I was holding myself guilty when others didn't honor their commitments with me and of course holding them guilty too. I knew these; "Realizations only happen when they happen" and "True performance is through self-ownership and accountability." Only now- could I let go off the expectations from myself and others about honoring commitments. There is beginning of a new opening, where I can be free to honor my commitments out of choice and also allow others that space. There are better effective ways to produce results with this calm peaceful state of happy mind.