♦ Step Four: ____________________________________________
Took steps to fully understand my beliefs, priorities, and true desires--and to live in accord with my highest ideals.
I am resolved to know myself; to understand and discover my beliefs and priorities, my true desires, and my place in the world. I will take steps to become conscious of the subconscious beliefs which shape my thinking and determine the course of my life. I will consciously inform (and enliven) those beliefs which are in accord with my highest ideals and “move out” those beliefs which undermine my creative expression and growth.
I will dare to look at myself, knowing that a true understanding of my human nature is the very foundation upon which my spiritual attainment rests. In coming to know my underlying beliefs, and priorities, and by exposing these subconscious tendencies to the light of my own consciousness, I am making way for positive growth and full ownership of my life.
In every case, that which I am conscious of affords me the power of choice over that very thing (and allows entry of the transformative power of Spirit); that which I remain unconscious of continues to direct my life, unawares, without my choice or conscious participation.
What Do I Want?
A few central questions to ask (and answer) at this stage is, “What do I truly want?” “What am I striving for?” “What do I believe will make me happy and add value and joy to my life?” “What are my priorities?—and does my present value system support my highest aspirations (and my emerging spiritual awareness)?” By this inquiry into what we want (and what brings value and joy to our lives) we being to become conscious of our own consciousness; we begin to bring our deep-seated beliefs and priorities into alignment with out conscious ideals and aspirations.
We cannot leave this essential work of coming to know ourselves, and what we want, up to Spirit; we cannot say, "Spirit, you already know what I want--please give it to me!" ("Please provide me with what I want without me having to participate in the process, without me having to get clear in my own mind, about what I want.") Our role in the creative process is to get clear on what we want, and to convey this to Spirit by appropriating the state we want, through the creative use of our own consciousness. To ask Spirit to do for us what it can only do through us is to deny our role the creative process and the very substance of our own evolution.
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"What do I want?" A lot of people have never even asked themselves that question. Or they asked themselves it once but then put the answer on the back burner for so long they've forgotten what it was in the first place. They are left with only a vague and blurry sense of what they want.
If you want to start effective goal-setting, where you are clearly conveying to God what it is that you want, then you've got to first get it clear in your own mind. After all, if you don't even know what you want, how can you ask God to send it to you?"
(Gaines, The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity, p. 72)
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Took steps to fully understand my beliefs, priorities, and true desires--and to live in accord with my highest ideals.
I am resolved to know myself; to understand and discover my beliefs and priorities, my true desires, and my place in the world. I will take steps to become conscious of the subconscious beliefs which shape my thinking and determine the course of my life. I will consciously inform (and enliven) those beliefs which are in accord with my highest ideals and “move out” those beliefs which undermine my creative expression and growth.
I will dare to look at myself, knowing that a true understanding of my human nature is the very foundation upon which my spiritual attainment rests. In coming to know my underlying beliefs, and priorities, and by exposing these subconscious tendencies to the light of my own consciousness, I am making way for positive growth and full ownership of my life.
In every case, that which I am conscious of affords me the power of choice over that very thing (and allows entry of the transformative power of Spirit); that which I remain unconscious of continues to direct my life, unawares, without my choice or conscious participation.
What Do I Want?
A few central questions to ask (and answer) at this stage is, “What do I truly want?” “What am I striving for?” “What do I believe will make me happy and add value and joy to my life?” “What are my priorities?—and does my present value system support my highest aspirations (and my emerging spiritual awareness)?” By this inquiry into what we want (and what brings value and joy to our lives) we being to become conscious of our own consciousness; we begin to bring our deep-seated beliefs and priorities into alignment with out conscious ideals and aspirations.
We cannot leave this essential work of coming to know ourselves, and what we want, up to Spirit; we cannot say, "Spirit, you already know what I want--please give it to me!" ("Please provide me with what I want without me having to participate in the process, without me having to get clear in my own mind, about what I want.") Our role in the creative process is to get clear on what we want, and to convey this to Spirit by appropriating the state we want, through the creative use of our own consciousness. To ask Spirit to do for us what it can only do through us is to deny our role the creative process and the very substance of our own evolution.
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"What do I want?" A lot of people have never even asked themselves that question. Or they asked themselves it once but then put the answer on the back burner for so long they've forgotten what it was in the first place. They are left with only a vague and blurry sense of what they want.
If you want to start effective goal-setting, where you are clearly conveying to God what it is that you want, then you've got to first get it clear in your own mind. After all, if you don't even know what you want, how can you ask God to send it to you?"
(Gaines, The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity, p. 72)
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