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Larry Larson – Twelve – Twelve Spirit Journal – Staying Centered
Larry Larson – Twelve – Twelve Spirit Journal – Staying Centered – 9 September 2012
When you allow your intentions to overcome your resistances, that is, when you allow your desired state to be stronger than your state of resistance, that’s when you will see results and shifting in your field of direct experience. You are responsible for both of these states and you control the amount of energy that flows to each of them.
Your external states do not demand that you flow any energy to them at all, you see. You could just sit there and choose not to respond at all. Sometimes you do. It’s when you begin crafting your responses, rather than just having them reactively, that you get some control over what comes next.
Haven’t you discovered that when someone else jerks your chain that they have controlled you? They got you angry, or sad, or upset or disgusted…somehow eliciting from you thoughts that will not serve you well.
This is why you need the practice of centering, and if meditation will teach you centering then it is a good practice. But there are other practices by which you can learn to center and really take control of yourself before you respond to anything. Staying centered is more important than your response. Staying centered is more important than your response. Yet most of you want to jump right in and react…and now the universe is leading you around with a chain rather than vice-versa, as it should be.
Think about it. Why should anyone ever be able to yank your chain, if you are the one with the power of the universe at your fingertips? Reacting as a response is an outplay of your belief in your own lack of power. You simply have to choose to step back and use this power, rather than pretend you don’t have it.
Practice finding your center every day. Start your day with centering and end it with centering and meditation. Let go of your need to react to anything. You always have time to refocus. You always have time to decide what you do want, and put your attention on this, instead of on that thing that got your goat. You have control over the way energy flows into your experience, but you must exercise this privilege routinely so you have the skills at hand when you need them.
Namaste,
~Twelve.
2012-09-09 02:28:02
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