"The Karma News" by Past Forward, Past Life Healing
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IN THIS ISSUE: This Month's Theme -
Power of Beliefs
Hope is the belief that you can have what you desire regardless of how
likely others think it is that you will get it. Translated into the world
of illness, hope is the belief that "I can get well, no matter how sick I
am." Hope is one of the most empowering beliefs when it comes to illness.
For it is powerful doses of hope that always separate those who survive
illness from those who do not.
Yet the same beliefs that have the power to cure also have the power
to kill. For example, after an individual has seen a board of seven oncologists
who pronounce that they cannot survive their tumor, it becomes hard for that
patient to believe that they can.
It is the rare person who can simply
ignore when trained health professionals decree a death sentence and decide
to "hope against hope"... let alone take the actions needed to fight for
their life.
That is why it becomes so important for you to remember that you
are the creative power in your universe. You are not done until you choose
to believe that you are: "while you are in life, you are yet in hope". You
can use that hope to believe your way into vibrant health. "So who has done
that?", you ask. I answer, "Me."
My life has been a study in overcoming the decrees of doctors...
simply because I refused to believe in them. I was born with a rare disorder
and the longest I could expect to live was 21, I am 47.
I was told I would
not be able to drive a car, hold down a job, or live on my own, I have done
all those things. I was told I would be in chronic pain all my life, I ended
it at 40. I was told that I would never be cured of debilitating allergies,
I cured them at 41.
I was diagnosed with sleep apnea, I ended it at 47. I was told that
to save one eye the other should be surgically shut down, I am now almost
free of glasses with both eyes intact. Although I still have fibromyalgia/
chronic fatigue in my system, I have not had problems with those in years.
My present project is eliminating my recurring bronchitis which is the last
barrier between me and vibrant health.
I will achieve vibrant health simply because I believe with a certainty
that this will be so... as I believed I could overcome my other problems with
a certainty and this was so.
The good news is that traditional health care professionals are now
beginning to do the same thing by "focusing on what is right with the patient
not on what is wrong" with their health.
In this new approach to health, professionals are
encourage to have the patient identify five things that bring or increase
the meaning in their lives. Working together, doctor and patient can
systematically begin to implement these meaningful things into their lives.
In doing so, they will also look at the obstacles to implementing
them. They usually find that what interferes with this process the most is
the emotional pain created by unhealthy beliefs. Luckily, our beliefs are
something we can choose. And since we can choose them, we can change
them. Believe you can be vibrantly healthy and it must be so!
The history of Hollywood is strewn with stars who shot to the top only to
crash and burn out spectacularly once they got there. Their names and their
tragic histories are well known: Judy Garland, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe,
Sharon Tate, John Belushi, and so on.
For many people their stories serve
as cautionary tales on the perils of becoming successful. And just when
Hollywood has been quiet for awhile: new stars, like Robert Downey Jr and
Wynona Rider, will continue the tradition of superstar meltdowns.
So why do some stars melt down? The answer is, as in all
Greek tragedy, they carry the seeds of destruction within themselves.
Deep inside, unconscious beliefs that "I do not deserve too much success"
or that "when I have too much, it will all be taken away from me" are sure
to manifest as self destructive behavior leading to meltdown.
"SuperStar Meltdown" is an extreme example of how beliefs create
an individual's reality. Notice the stars believed that they deserved the
success - which allowed them to create it - but that they also believed
they could not have it past a certain point - which caused them to destroy
it once reached their self imposed internal limit.
Beliefs power what everyone, not just superstars, can create. Most
people have limiting unconscious beliefs which stop them well before they
achieve the success they desire. If you are not now everything, you want
to be or if you do not have all that you desire, be honest and ask yourself
if you have any of these kinds of limiting beliefs:
"It's lonely at the top." Those who believe this fear that others
will use and betray them because of their success so they will end up alone
and unhappy. Those who do not fear enemies may still fear losing friends and
alienating family members if they become too successful. So they stop
themselves from ever getting there because of the fear of loneliness. After
all, Princess Diana was one of the richest women in the world but also, by
her own admission, one of the loneliest... and who really wants to be lonely?
"Rich people become sick and twisted." Those who believe this fear
the alcohol and drug abuse that are sure to greet them when they arrive. So
they stop themselves from ever getting there because of the fear of self
destruction. After all, Howard Hughes, one of the richest men of all time,
died alone in rags, filthy, and mentally ill... and who really wants to
become sick and twisted?
"It can never last." Those who believe this fear the "inevitable
fall from grace" that will occur after they get used to being a success.
So they stop themselves from ever getting there because of the fear the
sudden reversals of fortune. After all, how many child stars like Todd
Bridges who became a criminal, Gary Coleman who lost all his fortune, Dana
Plato who committed suicide, and so on, had it all and lost it... and who
really wants to experience a painful fall?
"Rich people have too work too hard." Those who believe this fear
they are really not enough in themselves and see only hard work can
compensate for this. Secretly, they are terrified that others will see
them as something they are not and expect them to be impossibly perfect.
So they stop themselves from ever getting there because of the fear not
being able to measure up without working too hard. After all, how many
singers just burn out and collapse after non-stop work like Mariah Carey
as the most recent and spectacular example... and who really wants to
experience a painful burnout?
These are only beliefs... and beliefs can be changed. If you have
any of these beliefs, you can change them. Your experience of life can be
whatever you are willing to make it... if only you will try.
Of all our relationships, the ones we create by marriage are the most driven
by our "true karmic" beliefs. "True" beliefs are the unconscious ones, the
ones we carry deep inside ourselves. They are what "get us" to marry people...
that others tell us... that we consciously know... are not always the best
choices for us. They are so powerful that they get us to ignore "what we
should do" and forget about what is "best for us" by any objective standard
so that we can attach to our karma.
We know we should marry another who is loving, kind, and has our
best interests at heart. Yet we marry those who are "somehow like" the
parent/caregiver that we have the most unresolved issues with.
Modern
psychology tells us that our romantic beliefs come from our childhood
observation of the "relationship dynamics" of our own parents/caregivers.
What we internalize about their relationship becomes what we believe to
be true of all romantic partnerships. And of course, we became attracted
to these parents/caregivers so that we could form these beliefs to attract
our romantic partners in karma.
Let's see how this can work for women. Take a woman who sincerely
believes and says that men are wonderful because she knows many good men
at work. However, as a child, her father left her family. Deep inside,
she has a more powerful karmic belief that no matter how good men seem,
they will always leave her in the end. So she starts attracting men who
cannot commit to her.
Wanting a committed relationship, she breaks up with them.
Even though she wants to date men seeking a committed relationship, she
does not believe they really exist. She does not believe it because her
"real life" experiences have shown her "it's true". Her belief that "it's true" keeps
her from attracting men who would be committed to her... and so she never
gets the love she wants.
Let's see how this can work for men. Take a man who sincerely
believes and says that women are caring because he knows many good women
in his church group. However, as a child, his mother was cold, critical,
and uncaring. Deep inside, he has a more powerful karmic belief that no
matter how good women seem, they will always turn out to be totally unloving
in the end. So he starts attracting women who are cold and do not appreciate
him.
Wanting a loving partner, he breaks up with them. Even though he
wants to date women who are loving, kind, and warm, he does not believe
they really exist. He does not believe it because his "real life" experiences have
shown him "it's true". His belief that "it's true" keeps him from attracting
women who would be kind and loving to him... and so he never gets the love
he wants.
Often, the only way for you to recognize your "true" relationship
beliefs is to look at your relationship history and behaviors. In the past,
you created relationships that exactly fit your beliefs about what "the
way they really work". If you do not like what has happened in the past,
then you need to look at your beliefs more objectively so that
the same things will not happen to you again in the future.
Start questioning the things about relationships you believe most
strongly. If you think that something really awful is true about relationships
and you really wish that it was not, ask yourself this.
Why do
you believe it? Why should you go on believing it, especially if it hurts
you? What is the payoff (money, security, religious beliefs, family expectations,
etc) for believing it? How would you have to change or give up if you
stopped believing it?
Start believing that you can ask for what you want in a relationship
and get it. If you think that something really wonderful is possible about
relationships and you really wish that it is, ask yourself this.
Who have you seen that has the relationship you desire? What do they do in
their relationship that keeps it working? Could you see yourself doing what
they do? Could you see yourself in a similar relationship? If not, why not?
How would you have to change to attract a wonderful romantic partner?
Always remember that your relationship history is valid evidence of
what happened to you in your past. It does not have to be your future...
if only you will believe "it's true" and act on it!
One of the easiest ways to surface core beliefs, especially when they are
causing you problems, a technique called clustering. It is often taught in
writing classes as a method for overcoming writer's block.
What happens in clustering is that your left brain (the logical,
analytical part) is temporarily out of control. This allows your right
brain (the intuitive, creative part) to take center stage.
When it comes
to surfacing core beliefs, your right brain is less protective of you
than the left brain is. If you are truly ready, it will allow you to find
out why you believe what you believe.
Here is how it works: Pick a word that is emotionally charged for
you. The key is to pick a word that relates to an issue that you are having
in your life now.
If you cannot think of a word on your own, here are some you can
choose from that are bound to unearth some issues:
Place the word you have chosen in the center of the blank paper
and draw a circle around it. Get in a comfortable position, close your
eyes, and take some deep breaths.
Ask the universe to send you the information
on your current life that are the root cause(s) of the issue you have
selected above.
As quickly as you can, open your eyes and draw a line from the
circle and write the first word which comes to you next to it. If there
is a second word related to the first word, write the second word down
and draw a line connecting the words. Then connect a third word to the
second word in the same way.
When you come to the edge of the page or run out of related words,
stop with that word. Go back to the circle and begin with another word.
Select the next word and connect it quickly. If you are having trouble with
clustering, you are thinking far too much. The idea is to let your "true
karmic" unconscious beliefs just pour out of you.
Repeat the process until the page is filled or until you have run
out of word associations. For this to work you must do this as fast as you
can. Do NOT think about it, just let the words flow freely.
You will be truly amazed at what will bubble up from your unconscious
mind! To see an actual example of a clustering, check out this month's
featured page.
Early in the morning of June 5, 2002, Elizabeth Smart was abducted at gunpoint
from her home in Salt Lake City, Utah. The only eyewitness to the kidnapping
was her younger sister, Mary Katherine, who later revealed that Elizabeth may
have been taken by a man the family knew as Emmanuel. Brian David Mitchell,
aka Emmanuel, had worked as a handyman in the Smart home. On March 13,
2003, she was found alive in the company of Emmanuel and another disciple.
When she was found, Elizabeth was wearing a wig, a veil, and clothing
which concealed her identity. A family spokesman said Elizabeth had had no
chance to escape during the nine months she was away from her family because
someone was always with her.
Police believe that Elizabeth had been
"psychologically imprisoned" by Emmanuel. Once he was convinced that she
would not try to flee, he took her on walks through the streets of Utah.
She was found by someone who recognized her from one of the posters from
the massive search campaign conducted by her family.
Elizabeth's psychological imprisonment worked: for even when she
was first brought in by the police and was "safe", she was very reluctant
to admit who she really was. For she was still living in the prison of
fear that was skillfully created in her mind by her captors.
The experience of Elizabeth Smart demonstrates the power of beliefs.
For the greatest belief that Emmanuel instilled in her was that it was
impossible for her to escape. Since she believed this was true, Elizabeth
did not see the options for escape that were open to her.
There were opportunities... Like calling out to searchers that she
heard nearby. Like getting up in the middle of the night and just running
away since she was in sight of her home. Like finding a pay phone and
asking the operator for help. Like just going up to a police officer as
she and the Emmanuels walked the streets of Utah.
This illustrates a powerful spiritual lesson. That nothing can
happen for us... unless we first believe that it is possible. When we
find ourselves caught in the space of impossibility, this means we cannot
take any action for ourselves because we have surrendered our free will.
This state of inaction puts us into the space of karma which dictates what
happens to us based upon our actions in past lives.
It was no accident that Elizabeth was chosen to experience a cycle
of "bad karma" with the Emmanuels. Just as it was no accident that her
"good karma" with her family led to her eventual rescue.
The first step
to freedom from karma is the belief that it is possible. The next steps
are the actions taken based upon that belief. When you find yourself
thinking that something is impossible, think again and ask yourself, "Is
it really impossible?" and "How can I use my free will to get what I want?"
The answers just might surprise you.
Although "Gods & Generals" is a "true story of the Civil War", it is also
the true story of the power of beliefs and the tragedy that results from
blind adherence to them.
The "Catch 22" of the Civil War was that "orders from superior
officers are to be obeyed instantly and without question" because the Army
must "move as one man" in "line of battle". Of course, line of battle made
men convenient targets for sharpshooters and artillery fire that had them
dropping like flies while they paused to reload their weapons. Yet that
was how war was fought... with such "moves being learned so thoroughly
that men could do them in their sleep".
Even though talented Federal soldiers could see in advance exactly
what a bloodbath would result from running vast lines of soldiers against
thin lines of opponents fortified by a rock wall and well positioned artillery,
the battle of Fredericksburg happened anyway.
Why?
Because the Federal command "under pressure from Washington and newspapers
demanding quick action" believed they had "no choice" but to attack the
Confederates where they had dug in. The reason underlying this "strategy"
was to avoid making "the same mistake as their predecessors" and so
they made a new one.
Perhaps the worst part of the Battle of Fredericksburg for the
Federal soldier was being told that the bloodbath was "not an error but
an accident" and casualties in the 60% range were "comparatively light".
The silence from the surviving soldiers that greeted this announcement was
eloquent testimony of what they truly believed.
Compare this to the spirit of the Confederate Army at the Battle of
Chancellorsville. They marched quickly in silence for 14 miles believing
that their surprise attack would succeed because previous victories had
"taught them not to fear" being outnumbered.
They did not
fear even when the odds should have made them afraid like being outnumbered
sometimes as high as six to one. For they had already seen firsthand how
their courage and belief in themselves had "driven the enemy from the field"
time and time again. They believed that "like the biblical David of old
they could go against the mighty giant Goliath and emerge victorious".
Their belief in their success gave them the courage and conviction
to march in bare feet and rags with more primitive guns and fewer numbers
and to fight against the more numerous, better armed enemy.
And they did
succeed again at Chancellorsville in driving the enemy back across the river
just as they believed they would do before the battle had even begun. Behold
the power of beliefs! Deo Vindici!
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month. God Bless America and Canada... North America is our home and the
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this month.
Inspirational Quote for the Month:
"There is nothing too impossible to have
happened, there are only things too impossible to be believed." (Thomas Carlyle)
"Cripple them, and you get a Sir Walter Scott or a Florence Nightingale.
Lock them in a prison cell, and you get a John Bunyan or a Susan B. Anthony.
Pit them against impossible, overwhelming odds, and you get a George Washington
or a Joan of Arc. Raise them in abject poverty, and you get an Abraham Lincoln
or a Mother Theresa. Strike them down with terrible illness, and you get a
Franklin Roosevelt or a Charlotte, Emily, & Anne Bronte. Deafen them, and
you get a Ludwig von Beethoven or a Helen Keller. Have them born black in a
society filled with racial hatred and discrimination, and you get a Booker
T. Washington or a Marian Anderson. Call them slow learners, 'retarded', or
write them off as uneducable or crazy, and you get an Albert Einstein or a
Marie Curie… and so it is that life is 20% what happens to us and 80% the
way we respond to it." (Ted Engstrom and Ellen Mogensen)
"God and the soldier we adore, In time of danger not before, The danger
passed and all things righted, God ignored and the soldier slighted."
(attributed to Rudyard Kipling)
About Disabled American Veterans (DAV) in their own words: "Treaties
are signed and the battles of nations end, but the personal battles of those
disabled in war only begin when the guns fall silent. These men and women must
struggle to regain health, reshape lives shattered by disability, learn new
trades or professions, and rejoin the civilian world. At each step, they need
help to help themselves."
"For three quarters of a century now, that aid has come from the
Disabled American Veterans (DAV), a nonprofit organization of more than one
million veterans disabled during time of war or armed conflict. It's nationwide
network of services - free of charge to all veterans and members of their
families - is totally supported by membership dues and contributions from
the American public. Not a government agency, the DAV's national organization
receives no government funds." Never forget those who fought for your freedom.
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