Archive for February 9th, 2007
AOC: Don’t Blame Circumstances
“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them.” George Bernard Shaw
Step 1: Notice each [...]
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AOC: Laying Down the Tracks
To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.” Helen Keller
Practice #4b
Step 1: Notice each and every time the thought/feeling arises in you that “I have to…”
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AOC: Have to/Choose to II
Step 1: Notice each and every time the thought/feeling arises in you that “I have to…”
Step 2: Now, ask your yourself: “Is it absolutely true that I can’t/have to do this?” What choices or options do I have?
Step 3: Keep examining until you experience a felt shift from victimhood to [...]
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AOC #4-5: What Drives Us
Many of us struggle with stress. One of the greatest “stressors” or sources of imbalance are various internalized senses of “have to.”
“I’d like to take a break, but I have to get this in tomorrow.”
“I can’t find the time to exercise.”
“I can’t upset ______.”
“I need this to the best.”
Our “have-tos”—real, exaggerated, and imagined—hang [...]
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Practice #4a: Notice each and every time the thought/feeling arises in you that “I have to.” (or I can’t, or any variation of feeling like you have no choice.)
Today, observe the actual physical experience of “have to.” Even momentarily.
A feeling of weight in the shoulders? A contraction in the breath or [...]
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