Checking In & DVD Recommendations

Hello dear readers,

Well time is fleeting these days. A newborn baby is an amazing thing, a spiritual journey in itself. There is a long post I am working on about energy, "matter", and the connectedness of things, but I want to formulate that a little more.

In the meantime, I've been exploring DVD's way past The Secret - wanted to let you in on them:

1) What the Bleep Do We Know - Down the Rabbit Hole edition: with all the extended interviews in it, and the ability to have it show you stuff randomly, this is a fun one to watch over and over again. Interesting to watch the movie that really presaged The Secret, which borrowed greatly from WtB in many, many ways.

2) Introducing Abraham - The Secret Behind the Secret: for many folks, the idea of this (channeling) will cause a dead-stop. That's OK, it did for me for many years. But I've decided to stow away my disbelief and see what I thought. There is interesting stuff here.

3) You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) - Extended edition: what I loved about this was Louise (and the other people featured, especially in the extra interviews on the extended edition), and the learnings they were drawn to, almost as if they couldn't escape them. The learning comes from pain and passion, but in some ways these are ordinary people who just ask "why"? That's how I feel about metaphysics. What about you?

4) Consciousness: this is a multi-disc set of one-on-one interviews, apparently done during a conference on consciousness. The production values are minimal, and some of the interviews (I think there are like 25 or so) annoyed me (some poet blathering on in ryhme, etc.). But others fed me new knowledge, and stoked the fires of curiosity. This stuff is good for therapists in their work too - it touches on existential issues and mental health issues too.

That's all from baby-central. I wish you the best, Your Grateful Guy

Figuring Out Your 'Yeah, But's

If our consciousness is cause, then the only things between us and what we want are ideas and beliefs in that same consciousness. I've been introduced to an exercise to figure out what those blocks are - it's called the "Yeah, But" exercise.

First, you need to choose that thing you want to have, to achieve, to be. This should be big thing (the juicier, the better). Perhaps "I can have a full private practice", or "I will be happily married with kids!". We'll call that your affirmation.

The next step is simple. Start with a piece of paper (OK, you'll most likely need 2, 3 or 4 pieces for most tries at this). Draw a vertical line down the middle of the paper. In the left hand column, write your affirmation once. Now wait. Your mind will come up with a reason, worry, excuse, 'truth', belief or opinion that is contrary to that affirmation. Perhaps "You're too young", or "you're too old", or "that will take too much school."

Skip to the next line on the paper. Write your affirmation again. Wait just a moment. Your mind should come up with it's next objection. Write that objection down.

Continue this until your mind has exhausted it's well of Yeah, Buts. You now have a list of the things between you and manifesting the thing you affirmed. Now how to get past those objections? That's for another day.

Best, Your Grateful Guy