Do your thoughts support the direction or intention of your life?
Do they support moving into completeness, into joy, humor, and fulfillment?
Rather than saying, “I need that chocolate cake, I need that car, I need that dress, I need that house,” move into the true essence inside you, the truly aligned direction of your life.
Then all those other material things can appear as a by-product, not as a focus.
One of the first steps into that true essence is to be silent. In silence, intuition kicks in, and we find that God is our source. This is not the God of a little ego-personality approach, but the real God, the very thing that you are.
– John-Roger with Paul Kaye (From: What’s It Like Being You?, p. 102)
Now that you have the lay of the land beyond the territory of the false self with its Oscar-winning performances, take a moment to consider the following questions:
What would a new true-self script be like?
What would it feel like to have a new, clear, loving director?
As you explore these new possibilities, call to mind the qualities you’ve identified for your true self (see chapter 1), such as loving,
peacefulness, joyfulness, and also use the four spiritual laws as your guide.
As you begin to rehearse your new role, you are likely to feel something like a gravitational pull back into the old one.
Remember: it took decades to perfect the old performance, so give yourself time to practice your new lines. If you experience feelings of disorientation, take that as a good sign. It means that you are doing things differently and you are expanding and growing.
Welcome the discomfort as growing pains. You’re a butterfly breaking out of a cocoon.
Often friends and acquaintances may try to pull you back into your old role, even if unconsciously. You may have to lose these friends, at least temporarily, and find others who are more
sympathetic to your efforts to master a new role. Your work or home environment may also continue to support the old role.
But if, in the midst of all these pulls and distractions, you can persevere in your new role, you will begin to observe changes in the world around you. What is changing, for the most part, are
your perceptions. As we shift inside, external situations tend to shift as well.
Do your thoughts support the direction
