Saturday, March 25, 2006
Chapter 2 Taking Risks-Emotional Crisis
Our contact with the Master Within and our creative power started at the spiritual level and then transferred to the mental level. After we have enough risks, failures, and confrontations under our belts we enter into the emotional realms. Our inner reserves are potent enough to act upon our emotions.
We take risks and experience the joy, pleasure and satisfaction success brings. We work hard and earn the rewards we receive. We are competent in life and enjoy competition. We enjoy the struggle and the reward. We have no interest in getting something we have not earned through our own physical labors.
Perhaps we risked by asking someone out for a date. After many rejections we were accepted and dating someone we really liked. Perhaps we even fell in love.
The negative aspect of this stage is powerful. We are confronted or placed in situations where our feet feel like lead weights, our heart is in our throats and we can't breathe. We feel fear to the point of being frozen. Despite this awkwardness, fear and discomfort we force ourselves to move forward, whether it be a task we fear or asking someone to marry us. The important point is we do not allow our fear to prevent us from doing the things required.
We develop the heart and will power to achieve in life. At this stage we develop what it takes to succeed in life.
We can only achieve joy, pleasure, and satisfaction by risking and acting in spite of personal fears and limitations. This is not being passive. In the first stage we were victims, in the second stage we learned from our mistakes. In this stage we deliberately go after what we want. We do this in spite of our inexperience, lack of knowledge and fears.
We are clumsy and crude in our attempts. We may or may not succeed but we have the heart and will power that allows us to eventually succeed. We believe in ourselves enough to overcome whatever obstacles may occur. It is our faith in ourselves and our connection to the Master Within that allows us to go forward into new and strange situations with confidence and determination. Our desire is stronger than our fear.
We take risks and experience the joy, pleasure and satisfaction success brings. We work hard and earn the rewards we receive. We are competent in life and enjoy competition. We enjoy the struggle and the reward. We have no interest in getting something we have not earned through our own physical labors.
Perhaps we risked by asking someone out for a date. After many rejections we were accepted and dating someone we really liked. Perhaps we even fell in love.
The negative aspect of this stage is powerful. We are confronted or placed in situations where our feet feel like lead weights, our heart is in our throats and we can't breathe. We feel fear to the point of being frozen. Despite this awkwardness, fear and discomfort we force ourselves to move forward, whether it be a task we fear or asking someone to marry us. The important point is we do not allow our fear to prevent us from doing the things required.
We develop the heart and will power to achieve in life. At this stage we develop what it takes to succeed in life.
We can only achieve joy, pleasure, and satisfaction by risking and acting in spite of personal fears and limitations. This is not being passive. In the first stage we were victims, in the second stage we learned from our mistakes. In this stage we deliberately go after what we want. We do this in spite of our inexperience, lack of knowledge and fears.
We are clumsy and crude in our attempts. We may or may not succeed but we have the heart and will power that allows us to eventually succeed. We believe in ourselves enough to overcome whatever obstacles may occur. It is our faith in ourselves and our connection to the Master Within that allows us to go forward into new and strange situations with confidence and determination. Our desire is stronger than our fear.
# posted by banjo @ 2:13 PM 
