Morning Insight I Just Have to Insert - A New Thought

 I was eating my cereal and blueberries a short while ago, and a new to me thought came barreling through. I need to share it now, for by the time we get to the end of the 40 values, it might have faded.

In Jesus' day, and for about 200 years prior, there was a growing belief/hope in God breaking through, clearing out all evil and evildoers, ushering in a new Kingdom ruled by God. It was called apocalypticism. It was thought that it would be violent.

Jesus is thought to be in that group by many scholars, perhaps the majority, as far as I can tell. That is possibly why later New Testament writers shifted to this point of view. But let's consider a couple of things.

This morning I was given a new insight about that, a vision. 

Jesus was teaching how to live in order that we the people, could bring about a new kingdom, a new Godly way to be. In my vision, I saw he described a peaceful revolution of love and light.

Consider the synoptic Gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke (the 3 earliest Gospels). He taught in parables, in one liners, by his actions, and by example. Look at what he taught there.

He was humble, "It's not I, it's the Father within doing the work." He told us who we are - light, salt, loved, forgiven. He asked for the kingdom to come so that it would be on earth as in heaven. He told us that caring for one another was paramount, think of the sheep and goats parable in Matthew.

If we all could/would awaken to our divine nature and live it, we would have paradise here today. There would be no starvation, no war, no evil.

I realize it is possible, yet not likely that enough people will shift to awakening to the Truth of God, of Oneness, of Love. Yet, I can see clearly this morning that this is what Jesus asked of us.

Join me in aiming for this unlikely awakening, for Jesus' vision to manifest here on earth, in our lives, peacefully, together.

Day 23 - Integrity - Depravity

 Integrity           (Goal Number:         )                         Depravity

congruence, honesty, sincerity, upright, decency, honor                              incongruence, dishonesty insincerity, corruption

 AWAKE TO THE GENUINE VALUE: 

Your integrity and that of others is of paramount importance to you. Being congruent means consistently expressing your values, using them as yardsticks for decisions, guiding your actions. Honesty to you means being transparent and living what you are. In all situations, people see you as sincere and upright. Decency, consistency, and honesty are your way of life. You are an honorable person.

 PARTIALLY ASLEEP TO THE GENUINE VALUE: 

Your actions are not consistently in line with each other. You have a sliding scale of what is honest, believing full honesty is not always wise. You don’t want others to know everything about you. You have some things in your past, or maybe present, that you do not want known. People generally consider you fairly honest and decent.

LIVING IN THE IMPOSTOR VALUE:

You are very incongruent, all over the place. The situation and who you are with dictate what you do or say. Being basically dishonest, you manipulate to make things go your way. Some say there is not a sincere bone in your body. You might even be seen as corrupt.

Look at your life. Which is the most true for you?   ____ 1   _____ 2  _____ 3

What to do:

DECISION

Choose. Which do you want for yourself and your world? Which way would you like life to be?

FOCUSING YOUR MIND

Going for the target you have chosen

To shift in the direction of integrity, select some or all of the following and copy them in order to have them with you. Live with them. Think about them. Absorb them.

·     I realize how important integrity is.

·     I give up all illusions of being able to hide who I am. Consciousness is visible. People know who I am no matter how much I may try to hide.

·     I want to be an upright person.

·     I choose to be honest.

·     I am an honorable person.

REINFORCING BEHAVIORS

Action steps to take to get off the log

·     Decide what is truly important to you, something greater. What would lead your life there? What do you need to do to train yourself to be consistently aiming for a higher goal?

·     What do you want said of you when you die? Be that person.

·     Practice saying honest things in a kind way.

·     Say what you mean and mean what you say is an old adage. It is important to live that way. Practice this.

·     Ask yourself what kind of person do you really want to be. Strive to be the best you can be, forgiving yourself when you fall short, getting back up and trying again.

Remember Integrity

Day 22 -Inner Harmony - Inner Conflict

 Inner Harmony            (Goal Number:         )           Inner conflict

peace with oneself, accord, oneness, love, acceptance                              at odds with oneself, turmoil, antagonism, opposition

 AWAKE TO THE GENUINE VALUE:

Being in harmony with yourself is key to how you choose to live your life. You have reached the time of your life where you are almost always at peace with yourself, for you are true to your highest self. Furthermore, you are in accord with others because you are filled with harmony. You are free of crosscurrents that disturb a person who is not at peace with themselves. You have come to realize that behind the curtain, so to speak, there is oneness – oneness with God, with all life, with the cosmos itself. You come to life filled with love and acceptance.

 PARTIALLY ASLEEP TO THE GENUINE VALUE: 

You often experience inner harmony, but you still get caught up in the crosscurrents of life from time to time. There are times you are out of harmony with yourself and therefore with others. The outer is a reflection of the inner. You have not completely grasped the concept of oneness, so you see some as “other.”

LIVING IN THE IMPOSTOR VALUE: 

Most days you experience inner conflict. Being out of touch with your higher self, you are at odds with yourself and others. There is a lot of turmoil for you. Antagonism occurs frequently in your relationships with others, with yourself, and with God. Some days it seems like the whole world is in opposition to you. Life is a struggle for you.

Look at your life. Which is the most true for you?   ____ 1   _____ 2  _____ 3

What to do:

DECISION

Choose. Which do you want for yourself and your world? Which way would you like life to be?

FOCUSING YOUR MIND

Going for the target you have chosen

To shift in the direction of inner harmony, select some or all of the following and copy them in order to have them with you. Live with them. Think about them. Absorb them.

·     Today, I begin to make peace with myself.

·     I release ideas about life being tumultuous, and open to the idea of harmony.

·     Being in harmony inside leads to harmony in all areas of life.

·     Harmony is strength. Disharmony is weakness.

·     I embrace my higher self.

·     I love and accept myself and others.

REINFORCING BEHAVIORS

Action steps to take to get off the log

·     Survey your life. What common factors do you notice when you are experiencing disharmony? How can you avoid activating these in the future? What signs can alert you?

·     Practice love and acceptance by first just watching people walk by, say in a mall, and silently say to yourself, “I accept you and love you just as you are.”

·     Look in the mirror and say kind and encouraging words to yourself.

·     Think about this -  even the atoms in your body are part of oneness. They circulate so that in a year 98% are replaced by others. All is constantly circulating, all a part of oneness.

·     If you feel out of sorts, stop and think about what is happening and why you are upset about  it. What other choices could you make?

·     Learn to meditate to still your mind.

Remember Inner Harmony

Day 21 - Health - Unhealthfulness

Health  (Goal Number:         )                                     Unhealthfulness

robust, optimum, vitality, spark, fitness, hale, hearty                              dysfunctional, drab, toxic, unwholesome, polluted

AWAKE TO THE GENUINE VALUE: 

Robust health has long been important to you. You realize that your body is the vehicle that helps your soul to have experiences on earth. The health of body, mind, and soul make for a full and satisfying life. You wish to be at your optimum peak of health. To express the divine spark within requires vitality and a certain level of fitness. At the same time, if your body is injured or is fighting disease, the health of your mind and spirit can carry you forward. You do your best to take care of yourself,

 PARTIALLY ASLEEP TO THE GENUINE VALUE: 

You may half-heartedly take care of your health. You might eat too much junk food, avoid most exercise, and over indulge here and there. You think you will always have a healthy body, mind, and soul, even if you don’t do anything to particularly support your health. You live hyour life with few constraints to your appetites.

LIVING IN THE IMPOSTOR VALUE:

Health is not a priority. You have a dysfunctional relationship with your health. There is an unwholesome lifestyle that you follow, and therefore, many areas of your life are unwholesome. It is as if your body, mind, and soul are ; polluted. You don’t have the interest or energy to change it.

Look at your life. Which is the most true for you?   ____ 1   _____ 2  _____ 3

What to do:

DECISION

Choose. Which do you want for yourself and your world? Which way would you like life to be?

FOCUSING YOUR MIND

Going for the target you have chosen

To shift in the direction of health, select some or all of the following and copy them in order to have them with you. Live with them. Think about them. Absorb them.

·  I love the feeling of being healthy.

·  Vitality surges through me.

·  I find it easier and easier to make choices that support my health in body, mind, and soul.

·  I am responsible for taking care of myself.

·  I enjoy being my own coach and cheerleader as I make more and more healthy choices.

REINFORCING BEHAVIORS

Action steps to take to get off the log

• Take a personal inventory. What health issues do you have? What can you do about them? Make a plan.
• Consult with experts for helpful suggestions, such as physicians, physical therapists, and counselors.
• Ask healthy friends for tips they found useful.
• Create a chart – beginning status, goals, progress, what you did to support health this week. How you reward yourself for sticking to your plan, etc.
• Spend time daily visualizing how it is when you reach your goals. See yourself. and feel how it feels to have accomplished health.

Remember Health

Day 20 - Reflection Day Three

 On this day of rest, reconsider the 6 values for this week. Which one resonates with you the most and which do you resist? Consider why?

• What would need to happen for you to embrace them and incorporate them more fully in your life?
• How would your life be affected if you rejected them, saying they are not for you?
• If you have a negative reaction to one or more, is there a memory or person in your life you associate it/them with? Is there some healing there that needs to happen?
• Have the courage to keep on growing and expanding and being the best you can be.

Day 19 - Gratitude - Ingratitude

 Gratitude         (Goal Number:         )           Ingratitude

appreciation, thanks, praise, indebtedness, bless                  nonacknowledgment, denial, unthankful, curse

 

 AWAKE TO THE GENUINE VALUE: 

There is so much in life for which you are grateful. You have learned that even the hard lessons are teachers, for which you can be appreciative, at least eventually. You find yourself giving thanks for the big and small, for sunsets and family, for rainbows and God. Every day you give thanks and praise for the beauty of the earth and for the gift of life itself. You have a debt of gratitude, for you realize the bountiful blessings of all that has been freely given to you. You strive to be a blessing every moment of every day.

 PARTIALLY ASLEEP TO THE GENUINE VALUE: 

You are frequently grateful, maybe not for everything, but for a lot of things. Some things you simply take for granted. Things that do not go your way, you are not grateful, and complain, and connive to get your way. You rarely express appreciation for all the beauty of the earth. You only try to be a blessing to a select group.

LIVING IN THE IMPOSTOR VALUE:

You find lttle for which to be grateful. You don’t see and therefore don’t acknowledge the many blessings filling every single day. You miss so many opportunities because you don’t see them for what they are. You deny there are blessings in your life, or speak of them only with sarcasm. Your attitude is one of cursing life and other people who you think get all of the breaks in life. In fact, you often make fun of people with thankful hearts and happy lives, secretly wishing it could be you.

Look at your life. Which is the most true for you?   ____ 1   _____ 2  _____ 3

What to do:

DECISION

Choose. Which do you want for yourself and your world? Which way would you like life to be?

FOCUSING YOUR MIND

Going for the target you have chosen

To shift in the direction of gratitude, select some or all of the following and copy them in order to have them with you. Live with them. Think about them. Absorb them.

·       I look around and give thanks for what I see.

·       I spend a few minutes every morning giving thanks and praise.

·       I acknowledge others and am grateful for them being in my life.

·       I look at nature and marvel and celebrate it.

·       I look in the mirror and see a grateful face, and I give thanks for the gift of life.

·       I decide to be a blessing in every way I can, in every moment I can.

REINFORCING BEHAVIORS

Action steps to take to get off the log

·     Write a letter to God giving thanks for everything you can think of. Reread it periodically.

·     Take a walk and give thanks for all you see and think how it all is a blessing. Give thanks for human inventions and natural things.

·     Think of ways to be a blessing to others today, do them – then do that every day.

·     Upon awaking in the morning, have your first words and thoughts be full of gratitude.

·     Shift from “Good God it’s morning” to “Good morning God.”

RememberGratitude

Day 18 - Generosity - Miserliness

 Generosity       (Goal Number:         )                         Miserliness

unselfishness, bountiful, bigness, fullness, sufficiency                              pinching, scrimping, tightwad, cheapskate, stingy, withhold

AWAKE TO THE GENUINE VALUE: 

You approach life with a genuinely generous heart. Making others a priority, you are unselfish and kind. You see the bountiful nature of life, and want to share your bounty with loved ones and also strangers. You look for ways to help. You have a big heart, and you give of yourself freely. You listen to others with a generous ear, and you care. You feel like you are sufficient in yourself, and seek to help others also to feel like they are enough. There is always a way to do good, to lift, and to share.

 PARTIALLY ASLEEP TO THE GENUINE VALUE: 

Haphazardly, you share with others, but you don’t have that planned out, and it is not necessarily your main thing in life. You are not stingy, but you are very selective about your giving. You give your attention to others and their plight with reserve, being courteous, but not always responding with a big heart. You feel partially comfortable with yourself, but you do not feel fully sufficient.

LIVING IN THE IMPOSTOR VALUE:

Some call you miserly and nickname you “Scrouge.” You certainly pinch your pennies, giving only in small drips and if you really have to. That includes giving of your money, time, and caring. You are stingy with almost all aspects of your life. You are known as a cheapskate and a tightwad.

Look at your life. Which is the most true for you?   ____ 1   _____ 2  _____ 3

What to do:

DECISION

Choose. Imagine a world where generosity was the norm. Then imagine a world where withholding and being stingy was the norm. Which do you want for yourself and your world? Which way would you like life to be?

FOCUSING YOUR MIND

Going for the target you have chosen

To shift in the direction of generosity, select some or all of the following and copy them in order to have them with you. Live with them. Think about them. Absorb them.

·     I let go and let God flow through me.

·     I open my eyes to the needs of others and to how I can help.

·     It feels good to be generous in all areas of my life.

·     I no longer wish to hold back, and I now open myself to life.

·     I am enough.

REINFORCING BEHAVIORS

Action steps to take to get off the log

•    Find a worthy local cause that speaks to you, and participate. Share your time, talent and money.

·     .Find a need, and figure out how to address it. Get some friends togher and make plans. Determine how to get help needed. Go for it.

·     Practice listening skills, listening with an open, non-judgmental attitude. Listen and don’t compose what you will say next – listen with your whole self. Listening is an amazing gift,

·     Look in the mirror at yourself. Say to yourself – I am enough. I am sufficient. I love myself.

·     Obserce generous people and learn from them.

Remember Generosity