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1. Listen to your body's wisdom, which expresses itself through
signals of comfort and discomfort. When choosing a certain
behavior, ask your body, "How do you feel about this?" If your
body sends a signal of physical or emotional distress, watch out.
If your body sends a signal of comfort and eagerness, proceed.
2. Live in the present, for it is the only moment you have. Keep
your attention on what is here and now; look, for the fullness in
every moment. Accept what comes to you totally and completely
so that you can appreciate it, learn from it, and then let it go. The
present is as it should be. It reflects infinite laws of Nature that
have brought you this exact thought, this exact physical response.
This moment is as it is because the universe is as it is. Don't
struggle against the infinite scheme of things; instead, be at one
with it.
3. Take time to be silent, to meditate, to quiet the internal
dialogue. In moments of silence, realize that you are recontacting
your source of pure awareness. Pay attention to your inner life so
that you can be guided by intuition rather than externally imposed
interpretations of what is or isn't good for you.
4. Relinquish your need for external approval. You alone are the
judge of your worth; and your goal is to discover infinite worth in
yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. There is great
freedom in this realization.
5. When you find yourself reacting with anger or opposition to
any person or circumstance, realize that you are only struggling
with yourself. Putting up resistance is the response of defenses
created by old hurts. When you relinquish this anger, you will be
healing yourself and cooperating with the flow of the universe.
6. Know that the world "out there" reflects your reality "in here."
The people you react to most strongly, whether with love or hate,
are projections of your inner world. What you most hate is what
you most deny in yourself. What you most love is what you most
wish for in yourself. Use the mirror of relationships to guide your
evolution. The goal is total self-knowledge. When you achieve
that, what you most want will automatically be there, and what
you most dislike will disappear.
7. Shed the burden of judgment--you will feel much lighter.
Judgement imposes right and wrong on situations that just are.
Everything can be understood and forgiven, but when you jugde,
you cut off understanding and shut down the process of learning
to love. In judging others, you reflect your lack of
self-acceptance. Remember that every person you forgive adds
to your self-love.
8. Don't contaminate your body with toxins, either food, drink, or
toxic emotions. Your body is more than a life-support system. It
is the vehicle that will carry you on the journey of your evolution.
The health of every cell directly contributes to your state of
well-being, because every cell is a point of awareness within the
field of awareness that is you.
9. Replace fear-motivated behavior with love-motivated
behavior. Fear is the product of memory, which dwells in the
past. Remembering what hurt us before, we direct our energies
toward making certain that an old hurt will not repeat itself. But
trying to impose the past on the present will never wipe out the
threat of being hurt. That happens only when you find the security
of your own being, which is love. Motivate by the truth inside
you, you can face any threat because your inner strength is
invulnerable to fear.
10. Understand that the physical world is just a mirror of a
deeper intelligence. Intelligence is the invisible organizer of all
matter and energy, and since a portion of this intelligence resides
in you, you share in the organizing power of the cosmos. Because
you are inseparably linked to everything, you cannot afford to
foul the planet's air and water. But at a deeper level, you cannot
afford to live with a toxic mind, because every thought makes an
impression on the whole field of intelligence. Living in balance and
purity is the highest good for you and the Earth
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