Session 8: Know Thyself Since the beginning of time all the wise-one s the sages, the mystics, the philosophers have told us to know thyself. This is because at the core, we really don t know ourselves. Sure, we know our name, our occupation, our physical attributes, dreams, fears, etc. But this is not what the meaning of know thyself is. When we are instructed to know thyself this means is we are to come in to a very deep and solid understanding of what it means to be this amazing and powerful creature human. We are to know the power of our own mind, that we DO create our own personal reality, that we are an amazing creature of the Universe and capable of SO much more than we are demonstrating. I m reminded of a great quote by Marianne Williamson Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and famous? Actually, who are you NOT to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing about shrinking so that people won t feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It s not just in some of us; it s in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. -Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love If the word God bothers you get over it it s just a word and signpost pointing in a specific direction. Use what ever word you feel comfortable with that represents the One Power of the Universe. The point here is, when you know thyself you ll stop playing small! - 1 -
Natural Forces There is so much in the Universe that we are not aware of. Our sight is limited to a very narrow spectrum, compared to the complete spectrum of light. From ultraviolet to x-ray, we only see a very small sliver. We only hear a small portion of the sound that is in nature. Other living creature can hear sounds that we can t, and possible shouldn t. If we hear every sound around us we would go insane in moments. There are many forces that we don t perceive, especially the Natural Forces. We don t see electricity; we see the effect of it. We don t see gravity; see the effect of it. When man started to understand and respect the Natural Forces it was then that he could harness them and use them for his progress. Thoughts are part of the Natural Universe and have a Natural Law associated with them. Like all the Natural Forces you can t see a thought, you can only see the effect. And like the other Natural Forces once we understand and respect them (thoughts) we can harness their power for our betterment. So part of knowing yourself is working with and knowing the laws of thought and being able to harness them and demonstrate that knowledge by living a life of abundance. Reflection Please take sometime now and review your notes from the last the session assignments. What new things have you discovered about yourself? How did the neutralizing negative thoughts go? What new insights...ah-ha s did you have? Please take time now and journal these reflections and then comeback to this section. - 2 -
Doing the Exercises I must emphasize again that the real important no, the critical part of Warrior Mind Strength is in doing the exercise AS PRESCRIBED. So, here we are one week since the last session and what I d like you to ask yourself is how did I do? Did I do all the exercise everyday? Did I do all the exercises a few times last week? Did I only do a few of the exercise? The key to this training is what happens in between the sessions, not the session themselves. Let me ask you, how many books have you read, how many DVD have you watched, how many seminars have you gone to? And yet you re still searching. The searching will stop once you discipline yourself to perform all the exercises consistently. The only way you will get Warrior Mind Strength is by doing the exercises. Now, last session I warned you that the Great Story Teller has over 158 very good reasons NOT to do the exercises. The Great Story Teller does not want you to get Warrior Mind Strength. So, looking back, when and where did the Great Story Teller show up? This is very easy to see if you did the exercises everyday, you surmounted the Great Story Teller. If you didn t, Great Story Teller surmounted you! So, if you haven t found out yet, you soon will this is simple and it is NOT easy! WOW Imagine that! Something this powerful is not easy what a revelation. This practice is going to take warrior discipline, it s going to take perseverance, it going to take tenacity but if you just keep going maybe starting over a few times and that s OK but keep going YOU WILL DEVELOP WARRIOR MIND STRENGTH! The Conscious Mind as a Garden Continued If you think of the richest, darkest most fertile soil, your conscious mind is very similar, in that, any seed (thought) you plant will grow. The soil doesn t care what is planted; it does its job by providing the environment for that seed to grow. Your conscious mind doesn t care what thoughts you think, it will simply grow those thoughts until they take over. Just as weeds can take over a garden, non supportive and negative thoughts can take over your entire consciousness and thought patterns. - 3 -
Here s the thing the mind/conscious MUST think thoughts and every facet, every compartment of your mind must programmed by you, if you don t take your rightful responsibility and program your own mind, then world will program it for you! The protégé of Warrior Mind Strength is the Conscious Gardener of the mind. You can create a beautiful and magnificent garden, lush and tropical or you can create a barren wasteland. If you ve ever seen the movie, The Cell with Jenifer Lopez, there are two very good examples of these two types of gardens. Although this is a movie about a killer, it does have some very graphic representations of a good consciousness and bad consciousness. Make no mistake about this YOU and only YOU are responsible for the condition of your hidden garden. Your life/reality reflects perfectly the condition of your hidden garden. So, if you don t like the results that are showing up in your life.don t blame the outside world, take a look at your garden your thoughts. If you do not like your harvest, take a look at the seeds you ve been sowing! Abraham-Hicks discuss thoughts and creation here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpn1bimj36w&feature=related Cultivating the Conscious So the question arises, what do you feed your consciousness, what seeds does a person sow? Well if a farmer wants a crop of corn, he sows corn seeds. If a gardener wants a crop of sunflowers, she sows sunflower seeds. We all know this at one level, but oh do we miss it totally on another level. Do we not understand that thoughts are things that they manifest into consciousness and consciousness manifest into our life? You say that you want abundance, health and happiness, yet you focus on lack, limitation, disease and all the sorrow around you. Is it no wander the state of your reality? If you re waiting to think successful, abundant and healthy thoughts until you achieve these things, it s the same wanting your corn crop to grow without sowing any seeds. You must first seed your consciousness BEFORE and many times in conflict of what manifests in the outer-world. You see, thoughts are energy and they have a vibration associated with them. - 4 -
Feeling Exercise Repeat these words out loud go on no one is looking, it s OK repeat these grouping of words out loud and feel the energy behind them. Confidence, abundance, success, prosperity Now these: Fear, lack, failure, worry, problems Can you feel the different energy behind these words? So when you re feeling successful, you have successful thoughts and create successful experiences. The same goes for the opposite as well when you re feeling down, insecure and lacking, you have the thoughts that go with them and results follow. I want to make sure you really understand this the thoughts come first, then the feelings then the results (after the action of course). This is the entire foundation of Warrior Mind Strength, the TFAR model. (If you ve forgotten what the TFAR model is, go back to the Introduction of this course and it is explained there. ) So.how is it that you can feel the thoughts in your body? Because Thoughts are Real Forces! Field Work: Now that you have a better understanding of controlling your own thoughts or else the outside world will provide the thoughts for you - go back to your answers from session number 4 and: o Reflect on how these answers are showing up in your life o How can you take control and begin to program your own mind o Journal your answers Keep neutralizing your negative thoughts Pick one of your favorite principles and go deeper with additional, deeper contemplation. o Journal your insights - 5 -