Life Manual Newsletter No.13
‘As you believe, so shall it be’. This phrase will be very familiar to anyone brought up in Christian traditions or familiar with a Course in Miracles. Although thousands of years old, it recently it has become a central theme of personal development programmes. It is reflected in other common sayings, such as “Be careful what you wish for”. It is the idea that we create our world with our thoughts and beliefs. If we believe life is unfair, unkind, that we are victims, that we can never be successful, that we are held back by our past, then our reality will reflect those beliefs back to us. This is a theme that you can explore fully in Chapter 5 of Life Manual, The Power of Choice.
In a recent newsletter, we discussed the importance of finding and releasing childhood beliefs that are still operating outside of our awareness, influencing our daily lives, our relationships and our success. It means having a willingness to let go of negative beliefs about life and ourselves to adopt a positive view. How much resistance do you feel to letting go of old beliefs about how bad it is, has always been and will always be?
Trusting the Universe
It can be difficult to believe that the world is working for and with you. To believe you have a Higher Mind, an essence that is and knows the beautiful truth of you and how well our world works. For some that can be religious faith, the belief in a divine creator, although sadly that doesn’t necessarily mean that we belive in an all loving, all giving God who only wants the best for us. Once we believe in a wonderful creation working in our favour, our world view and therefore our world, changes dramatically. Then we can let go of handfuls of old beliefs not in line with that truth. Trusting that the universe is working with and for you, speeds the process of personal growth and development 100 fold.
And no, we can’t fake it, for what makes beliefs powerful is conviction, not mere affirmations. (Link to Valerie E Thompson interview on ‘real’ as opposed to ‘false’hopes.) Anywhere we have lack of trust or lack of conviction, it will work against us. It’s like stepping forward with manacles around your ankles. It doesn’t matter whether you distrust yourself, others, God, the universe, it all comes down to the same thing. A lack of Trust will be reflected in a life that feels unsafe, a future that feels frightening or unsafe. On the other hand …
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. Goethe
Trust – A Natural Capacity
Look back to your own childhood – were you born with trust? Is trust a natural capacity that each of us has, until something or usually a lot of somethings, get us to change our minds? From my own experience, the second strongest quality that all children have, next only to love, is a strong natural belief in fairness. It is extraordinary how with the earliest of words and often tantrums, children respond to perceived unfairness, long before they have the words to understand that concept logically. Trust is something to recapture, it is there within us waiting for us to drop all those old stories about how unfair life is or has been, so that we can get back to our natural trust and connectedness to the world we live in.
Commit to Trust
Luckily, another great ‘tool’ of personal transformation or growth is commitment. We can choose to commit to trusting. We can commit with conviction. As Chuck says, “Be willing, and if you can’t be willing, be willing to be willing.” Commit to trust just as you commit to growth, success, relationships, jobs, friends and even the boss. Commitment is always a step forward into the future, and if we are not stepping forward, we are holding back, for nothing in our world stands still. When we commit, with conviction – wholeheartedly – we can trust that the true way forward will be shown to us. Unsurprisingly one of Chuck’s books is called “Wholeheartedness”. We came to live wholeheartedly, just as children do. Half heartedness, lack of trust and commitment is a recipe for a life half lived.
I know if you are reading this newsletter that is not what you want for your life. If you are following the Life Manual Programme you have committed deeply to being the best that you can be, your true self. You have committed to always gaining an insight into your challenges, problems and dilemmas. With Life Manual you always have the tools at your finger tips for taking the next step, with the support of Jeff and myself, and the Life Manual Forum. But remember, you have to pick it up and truly use it, it isn’t a miracle pill if it is sat on your shelf! If you want your healing or transformation, really want it with conviction and commitment, you will have it.
Take Your Next Step with Trust
If life has been difficult or confusing of late, or you aren’t sure of your way forward, commit to your next step with trust and conviction. Commit as many times as it takes to step forward, remembering that you are not stepping forward alone. That in itself will bring about miracles. Goethe wrote beautifully of this in the 19th century.
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.
Wishing you the very very best of yourself,
All my love
Christine
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