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Revising Your Life
If we do not challenge ourselves to think new thoughts and revise
our past and present ideas, our personal world will begin to
shrink. This is typical of aging and a sign that one is getting
old, regardless of one’s age.
Every idea and thought we have is sufficient to our needs at the
time that we first think them. But all is movement, everything is
changing. And if we do not change our thoughts about ourselves
and about life, we no longer have thoughts that support our
continuous development and growth. In fact the old thoughts
inhibit our natural growth processes, and block soul from
manifesting its intelligence in the present moment. We thus block
our natural creativity and intuition. This is like new wine in
old wine skins, as the biblical image is presented. This spoils
the new wine.
It is easy to recognize people who think and feel the same way as
they have always done in their relationships. Their relationships
do not change and they as people do not change through their
relationships. These relationships can then become boring,
stifling and unloving.
We need to continuously challenge ourselves to learn, to gain new
perspectives, to enlarge our vision, to rediscover ourselves
because we are different today than we were yesterday. And the
changes that go on within us are not the changes of mood and
emotion, but of the way soul is seeking to manifest itself in
response to ever-changing need in our lives and in our
relationships. Soul always responds to need, so as needs change
then our response must also change if we are to allow soul its
natural expression.
The fundamental relationship that we have is between personality
and soul; this is our most important relationship. If we do not
allow ourselves to be open and conscious of soul in our lives, we
will get stuck in our lower mind and emotions, and not open
ourselves to the heart, to intuition and to soul wisdom.
Exercises:
In order to keep up with the ever-changing nature of our life we
need to ask the following questions with regard to the various
aspects of our life:
1. What is needed now in this relationship?
2. What am I resisting that I am being exposed to?
3. What thoughts do I have that are being disregarded or resisted
by others?
4. What is the most creative response that I can give in the
present situation?
5. What is my heart telling me that my brain contradicts or does
not know?
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