Ho’oponopono
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zILQmK7jTfE
January 27, 2009
Releasing Limits
http://blog.mrfire.com/secret/releasing-limits/
Something else I find very effective is the work of John Sherman who teaches Ramana Maharshi’s self-inquiry work. His teachings are extremely simple, clear and effective.
Even Lester Levenson, who developed the Release Technique said that Ramana’s way is fastest, but most people can’t do it due to the mind being so active — so he devised the Release Technique to use the active mind to undo the mind, like using a splinter to remove another splinter, then both splinters are thrown away. However, John Sherman has truly simplified and clarified Ramana’s teaching such that they may be used by almost anyone, no matter how active their mind.
Go listen to his free podcasts. I think you’ll find his practice extremely helpful. His main website: http://www.riverganga.org and his blog:http://www.johnsherman.org.
AWA quotes
From Experiences and Comments:
Awareness watching awareness is not just keeping quiet. One can keep quiet and still be looking outward.
Chapter 8:
142. Looking outward brings suffering, death and futility.
143. Watching thoughts is not looking inward.
144. Watching feelings is not looking inward.
145. Watching breathing is not looking inward.
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143, 144 means Mindfulness will not lead to enlightenment.
145 means Annapasana will not lead to enlightenment.
January 23, 2009
How to Break a Bad Habit?
Habits form over a period of time. Good or bad, the problem is we are habitual to do certain things. Habits are formed according to the way we think and behave. The mind is linked to these habits. Physically, we may be doing certain things, but the root cause of these actions lies in our consciousness. We eat in excess. This compulsive behavior of eating too much could be due to underlying psychological problems.
Bad habits can be difficult to cope up with. One needs to do away with them. Biting your nails, throat clearing, smoking etc are obnoxious habits. Some of these bad habits can be bad for health. How?
How to Get Rid of a Bad Habit?
- One should accept one’s bad habits. Often people deny having bad habits. Acknowledging them helps to get rid of them
- One should study them consciously. One should observe how they arise and form in the subconscious mind. We act upon these bad habits often not realizing that we are doing so, in the sense they are “involuntary” habits. We perform them automatically
- One should try to practice new habits. One can replace bad habits with good ones. One needs to be patient. It takes time to get rid of bad habits
- One must cultivate habits consciously. You should be conscious of what your doing. Habitually doing something should be avoided. Think before you act
- Professional help may be required at times to break a bad habit. “Compulsive” behavior patterns are deeply rooted in subconscious mind, and these problems need to be tackled at that level
- One can pursue creative interests to break bad habits. Good habits like painting a picture, or listening to music can be pursued to curb bad habits
What More Can One Do to Break a Bad Habit?
- One should be determined to get rid of the bad habit
- Reward yourself after getting rid of a bad habit
- One can use a trigger to stop a habit. For example before reaching out for cigarette you can snap your fingers. This would be a warning signal that you are reaching out for a cigarette
- Replace the lost needs. If you want to cut down on seeing too many movies, find some other diversion like going for a walk or bicycling
- One should get rid of one habit at a time. Do not try to get rid of them at once. By trying out too many, you will end up with nothing. Habits are difficult to break. Much effort and patience is required to break them
- Seek a friend’s help. Ask him to remind you if you are indulging in a bad habit of yours. Let him or her make you more aware of it
- The procedure to get rid of a bad habit should be simple. Do not complicate matters further
- Experiment with different habits. Try out new habits that suit you
Habits form very easily, but getting rid of them is difficult. One has to make a conscious effort to get rid of one’s bad habits. It may take time, but it is not impossible. Try it out and see for yourself.
January 22, 2009
Question All Beliefs
Here is a personal experience about processing limiting beliefs:
When I saw someone got promoted within the division, I got angry. Although I don’t know him, I know he got promoted twice within two years while I had to fight with my boss to get my promotion one year ago. In the past year, I labot days and nights during two months to support the divison manager. I was only the person who can provide the support during the period of difficult time. The division manager knows without me she might not be able to survive the crisis and yet she continued to ignore me and refused to give me proper reward.
Now after learning Sedona method, at least this time I am aware that I need to let go and release all of this crap. But after several tries, I found only thing I can do is to forget it. But this really doesn’t solve the problem. It just goes underground and it will surface again like many times before. I tried to let go, but how can I do that? How unfair is it? Suddenly, I found the essence of letting go. I looked at myself and there are so many underlying subconscious tendencies/limiting beliefs are providing the resistence. For example, why you want to get promoted? Ah, because your ego likes the title. The ego likes to glorify himself. This is a wanting approval. It is a false belief.
You say you worked harder than he did and it is unfair not to promote me. Is this true? You don’t even know his work. Then you have suspicion that the division manager always has preferential treatment toward some group of people. Again, is this true? No way you can prove it. Then you give out another argument saying the divisio manager doesn’t like me. Again no way to know if this is true. Moreover, why I need her likes? Why you need to be validated by her?
Another thing about promotion. One day, my manager told me "everyone want to be a manger." Although I didn’t respond, I agreed silently. Interesting! Interesting! Interesting! You can see how prevalent false beliefs are! Even everyone agree on false beliefs. Use them to communicate and in turn interactions re-enforce the false beliefs.
Guy Finley
Finley says that we "don’t need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding; and that’s how this book will help you accomplish your lifelong dreams of being truly strong and independent." He explains that our inner selves are like hot air balloons, always trying to soar, and we hold them down by not letting go of the "angry attitudes, wasteful wishes, [and] harmful habits" that offer false promises of strength.
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