<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517285</id><updated>2008-05-12T06:37:32.782-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Emotional Times</title><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://emotional-times.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17517285/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17517285/posts/default'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://emotional-times.com/atom.xml'/><author><name>ivar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14595304724033396300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>106</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517285.post-5458483967350798284</id><published>2008-05-12T06:31:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-12T06:37:32.850-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Drop Obsessive Thoughts</title><content type='html'>.&lt;br /&gt;I've written before on how to &lt;a href="http://emotional-times.com/2007/08/how-to-stop-obsessive-thoughts.html"&gt;end obsessive thoughts&lt;/a&gt;.  As well as how to &lt;a href="http://emotional-times.com/2007/07/how-feelings-heal-relationships.html"&gt;heal a relationship&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How to &lt;a href="http://emotional-times.com/2008/03/burdens-we-bear.html"&gt;end the burdens we bear&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And how to &lt;a href="http://emotional-times.com/2006/12/how-to-heal-pain-caused-by-others.html"&gt;heal the pain caused by others&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today I want to take a slightly different approach to dropping the obsessive thoughts you may be feeling, especially as it relates to an ended relationship.  In other words, how to let go of the feelings you may still have that cause you to obsess about someone you're no longer with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But you could just as easily apply this to ANY obsessive thoughts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you're obsessed about someone - say you've broken up with your boyfriend - then it's time to step back and analyze the situation.  You first need to see and perceive it the way it really is:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You're either imprisoned in your thoughts...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;or maybe it's like a ball and chain...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;or perhaps you're just lugging the obsessive thoughts around like a concrete block.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or maybe you're spinning on a hamster wheel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So the first step it to &lt;b&gt;objectify&lt;/b&gt; your obsessive thoughts and feelings.  Spend the time - as much time as necessary - to visualize the &lt;i&gt;object&lt;/i&gt; that makes the most sense to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It could be an object like one of the examples above, or it could be something totally different.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The point is: when you have obsessive thoughts, they can and should be objectified as the first step towards ending them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Don’t gloss over this important first step!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In fact, if you've been dealing with those thoughts for any length of time, I'd suggest spending a whole day mulling it over.  Not every minute, of course.  But throughout the day, as time permits, spend a few minutes thinking about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This on-again-off-again activity; thinking of the object and then going back to your daily routine; gives your subconscious mind time to provide its own input.  Which is very important!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Because ultimately, the object is sourced in your subconscious mind.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By focusing on it throughout the day, in engages your subconscious mind.  In fact, you don't really have to come up with the image on your own.  You can let it come to you from your subconscious.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another option (rather than thinking of it throughout the day) is to ask your subconscious to help you as you're drifting off to sleep at night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Start by taking conscious control of your breathing.  In other words, breathe slow and deliberate.  This draws the attention of your subconscious.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spend a minute or two taking slow, deep breaths.  Then say:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Subconscious, my subconscious, come here and listen to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Subconscious, listen to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Subconscious, listen to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"As I sleep tonight, give me a symbol, give me an image, of my obsessive thoughts about (whatever you're obsessing over).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Give me the image that best describes my obsessive thoughts about ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"When I wake up in the morning, I want to see the symbol - the image - the object - that best represents the thoughts and feelings I'm holding onto about..."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the next morning, you should have a pretty good idea of the symbol of your obsessive thoughts.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Now you've got something to work with.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, rather than fighting off those obsessive thoughts, you can work on the symbol instead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why bother to do this?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because those obsessive thoughts and feelings most likely are &lt;b&gt;sourced&lt;/b&gt; in your subconscious.  At least partly, if not totally.  It's quite possible your subconscious is locking you into those thoughts and feelings that won't end.  &lt;i&gt;Especially&lt;/i&gt; if you really want to end them, but can't.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.forgive-yourself.com"&gt;Forgiveness&lt;/a&gt; also works well to end obsessive thoughts and feelings, by the way.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By working with the symbol; by changing it, breaking free of it, or ending it somehow, you are &lt;i&gt;talking to your subconscious in a way it can understand&lt;/i&gt;.  You are speaking its language.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your subconscious understands images and symbols.  If you let it give you the symbol that best sums up your situation, then you have the greatest chance of making the changes you want to make.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once you have your symbol, the next obvious step involves working to break free of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If it's a prison; understand you created the prison, you hold the key, and you can walk out any time you want.  If it's a ball and chain; understand you placed it on your leg, and you can unchain it any time you want.  If it's a concrete block you're lugging around with you; realize you can drop the block when you're ready.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In fact, with any object, the first thing to understand is that &lt;b&gt;you created it&lt;/b&gt;.  It was not created by the other person, or any other source but you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know that's obvious, but it's important to really let it:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;I created this object which now limits my freedom.  I started it, and by making it too real, it solidified in my subconscious mind.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And that's good news!  Because if I created it, that means I can change it.  (Your subconscious, by the way, works for &lt;i&gt;you!&lt;/i&gt;  It gives you what IT thinks YOU want.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes, simply walking out of the prison is enough.  Or dropping the concrete block.  Sometimes that's all you have to do to be free.  Or perhaps you need to mentally seek and find the key to unlock your prison.  Maybe you need to slowly stop the spinning of the hamster wheel.  Maybe you need to imagine yourself with a hacksaw, cutting through the ball and chain over the course of a few days.  (Be inventive!!!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other times, you can drop that block a hundred times and nothing happens.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why the difference?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;It all comes down to your willingness.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's it.  There is no 'hidden power' that can keep you locked in obsessive thoughts.  There is no 'inherent weakness' in you.  You're not flawed or defective.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You're simply not willing to let them go.  Yet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And that's okay, as long as you recognize what's going on:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I'm holding on for some reason."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I'm getting something out of these obsessive thoughts."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A specific, unique, and attractive reason exists for holding onto obsessive thoughts.  Sometimes, if you're just plain sick of the thoughts, you can end them quickly and easily by working with your symbol.  Other times... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your secret reason holds too much allure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe you feel the need to prove your loyalty.  Maybe you refuse to let the love die.  Maybe you want to avoid the natural grieving process that always accompanies a death.  (Obsessive thought is &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; the same as grieving!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe it's a hidden fear around the loss of love.  Maybe it's a way to feel sorry for yourself.  Maybe it's a way to get others to feel sorry for you.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or do you simply not want to feel the INTENSE anger underneath the obsession?  There could be any number of reasons why you hold on; both positive and negative.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just because you keep holding on, doesn't make you bad or wrong or somehow defective.  It just means the holding on seems a better alternative.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The key is to find that hidden reason you're holding on to the obsessive thoughts..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One way is to work with the symbol as you normally would - finding a way to be free of it.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;And carefully note the thoughts and feelings that come up as you imagine yourself being free.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those thoughts and feelings that come up as you're, say, unlocking or walking out of your prison... they hold the key to understanding why you would resist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Give yourself permission to let those thoughts and feelings come up... and give yourself permission to feel them and release them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whatever they may be - you need to embrace them to truly be free of your obsessive thoughts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, keep this in mind:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obsessive thoughts are a &lt;b&gt;smokescreen&lt;/b&gt; - a &lt;b&gt;distraction&lt;/b&gt; - from the REAL thoughts and feelings lying underneath.  It's almost like you're choosing to hide in your obsessive thoughts rather than to feel your REAL feelings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And most likely, it's because the REAL feelings are too intense.  And intensity scares us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obsessive thoughts are shallow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But your power lies hidden within the intensity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;If you liked this post; if you got anything out of it; then please click on the BOOKMARK link below,  which brings up a list of social bookmarking sites. 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Pain and suffering are non existent. There is no punishment or blame or conflict.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All is right with the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know most people can't even hear about the concept of dominion. They won't let themselves listen... much less actually imagine that the experience of dominion can really happen to them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because we live in a world of domination.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I used to hang onto my problems so tightly.  It's like my knuckles would turn white.  My jaw would get sore.  My back would ache.  I was &lt;i&gt;determined&lt;/i&gt; to hold onto domination no matter what.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not because I was stupid or unevolved.  But because I bought into...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Biggest Lie Of Society.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lie of &lt;a href="http://emotional-times.com/2007/02/principles-of-chauvinism.html"&gt;chauvinism&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Domination stands on the lie of chauvinism. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I believed I was doing the right thing by suffering and struggling.  I wasn't trying to destroy the world.  I just wanted to do the right thing. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;And I didn't know about dominion!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I do know, so I really don't have any excuse.  And I &lt;i&gt;still&lt;/i&gt; spend most of my time in domination!  After ten years of knowing the sheer ecstasy and joy and thrill of dominion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dominion is a state of being.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, it's really much more, but that's where it starts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dominion is your &lt;i&gt;natural&lt;/i&gt; state of being.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's not foreign to you; or to anyone on this planet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You knew dominion once.  You knew dominion as a child.  It didn't last.  But you did know - however fleeting - the sheer joy of being alive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It had to be pounded out of you the way it's been pounded out of everyone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You had to learn domination.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You never had to learn dominion, because it's the natural order.  But now - 20, 30, 40, 50 years later... dominion has been completely forgotten.  And now, at this time, dominion seems non-existent.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone - everywhere you look - tells you that you &lt;i&gt;must&lt;/i&gt; dominate or be dominated.  The Law Of The Jungle.  Only the strong survive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's true. If you're in domination, then domination &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt; the only answer.  Domination &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt; the law.  It truly is a dog-eat-dog world when you're in domination.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt; out to get you.  You really &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; have to struggle and suffer when you're in domination.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your choices really are impotent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There really is an outside authority.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's what domination demands of you.  That's the price you pay for believing the lie and playing the game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I've had glimpses of a different world.  A world completely free of domination.  A world where domination doesn't even make sense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A friendly world.  Filled with friendly people.  A world where people treat each other with respect; because they respect &lt;i&gt;themselves&lt;/i&gt;.  Because it's the right thing to do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've had glimpses - and I've even functioned out of that world.  At first it was only for a few seconds.  Then I got up to a minute.  Now, it happens for ten, fifteen, twenty minutes at a time.  Someday soon it will happen for a whole afternoon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then I'll step back into the ugliness of chauvinism and domination.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I know it's possible to live in dominion all the time.  I believe it's my birthright.  I believe I deserve it.  Just like I believe you deserve dominion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;I believe dominion is a resonance I can step into any time I want.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dominion exists as a resonance residing somewhere deep inside me.  I won't find it by trying to surround myself with friendly people. No matter how nice they truly are. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's not in a far-away exotic location.  No matter how romantic it seems. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's not found in nature.  No matter how beautiful the setting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dominion is not limited in that way.  &lt;i&gt;It's not a function of physicality. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me leave you with this vision:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's like I'm living my life inside an egg.  I am surrounded on all sides by an eggshell.  Outside the eggshell lies the wonderful, beautiful existence of what you might call utopia.  A glorious world filled with adventure... and friendly people.  A world of love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But all I can see is the wall of my eggshell.  I can't see, touch, hear, feel or smell the glorious world.  All I know is the eggshell; my cramped little prison.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It hurts.  It's uncomfortable.  But it's all I know.  It's all I believe in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But it's just an eggshell.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Someday I'll have the courage to break that eggshell.  Someday I'll let go of my little story of pain and shame and struggle and hardship.  A story of the past - a story that keeps the past alive and all-too-real.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can dream of a world beyond my eggshell of domination...  a future world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Someday I'll have the courage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After all, it's only an eggshell.  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I just lived and functioned out of them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recently, they surfaced again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm grateful they did, because it gave me an opportunity to reflect.  First, to go back to that 20-year-old in meditation.  To remember what he was feeling, and to help us both heal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know those intense thoughts and feelings from the past don't resolve themselves.  More likely, they get buried alive... only to come back and haunt - whenever something today triggers them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Those past events take today's energy.&lt;/b&gt;  Which makes me less powerful. Until they're resolved, that is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I'm always grateful when something like this comes up, because I know the end result is that I'll be more powerful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I'd forgotten how EXTREMELY apathetic I used to be.  Once the hubris of adolescence completely wore off, that's when the apathy set in.  After I lost my adolescent passion; after the teenage years ended.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I didn't even realize it at the time.  Now, 30 years later, I got to take it apart and see how it all worked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;For me, the apathy came from a lack of mattering.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"No matter what I do, it really doesn't matter.   Nothing matters."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reason nothing matters is because I don't matter.  So why bother to do anything?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The basic problem was a lack of mattering.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There were specific and unique reasons for my lack of mattering:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shame.  Lack of deserving.  Feelings of not good enough.  All a result of specific childhood experiences.  Out of which came low &lt;a href="http://www.join-the-fun.com/esteem.html"&gt;self esteem&lt;/a&gt; and a loss of &lt;a href="http://www.join-the-fun.com/worth.html"&gt;self worth&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No mystery there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've already done the work of healing the inner child and releasing those painful energies. ( A good introduction to healing the inner child can be found in the e-books &lt;a href="http://www.forgive-yourself.com"&gt;The Magic Of Forgiveness&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.create-reality.com"&gt;How To Create Your Own Reality&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've found my self worth.  And I've come to understand I'm continuously building my self esteem.  Or rather, I'm either building it... or it's slipping away.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's almost the opposite of self worth - which is given.  Which can only be lost, or found, but never built.  &lt;b&gt;Everyone is always 100% worthy.&lt;/b&gt;  All you can do is lose touch with it.  Or reclaim it.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I digress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today, I want to explain how I first came to be filled with mattering.  And how you can too.  Mattering becomes an ally if you let it.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The energy of mattering is a force you can use to re-find and rediscover and reclaim your passion.  Passion brings the juiciness to life.  It adds complexity.  Passion makes life fun!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And ironically, you can use mattering to clear up the very problems a lack of it creates.  When you're filled with the energy of mattering, for example, you feel better about yourself.  You feel more of your self worth.  Self esteem comes easier.   And it's easier to know you deserve.  Those are some of the rewards of filling yourself with the energy of mattering.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;***&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before we look more closely at mattering, I also want to briefly emphasize those forgotten, neglected, abandoned parts of you from your past.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because they don't die, and they don't really go away.  And it keeps taking more and more of your energy to try to push them away. But they keep influencing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In fact, I'd say most people function almost exclusively out of their inner child or inner adolescent or even their inner parent.  Or their &lt;a href="http://emotional-times.com/2007/06/your-ego-is-alive.html"&gt;ego&lt;/a&gt;. Or some other &lt;a href="http://emotional-times.com/2007/08/i-hear-voices-in-my-head.html"&gt;inner voice&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, it this case, it was my inner 20-year-old.  From a very traumatic time in my life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you'll look back at your own life, and identify those ages when the greatest trauma took place, then you can bet there's a part of you still living at that age.  A part that's scared, lost, confused, abandoned, betrayed, etc. (Besides the inner child and adolescent, the other parts such as ego can develop problems as well during these traumatic times.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By personifying that part of you (seeing it as a person) and letting it speak to you (in quiet meditative times) then you can open the door to PROFOUND changes in your life.  Again, here's two resources which describe how to begin:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.forgive-yourself.com"&gt;The Magic Of Forgiveness&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.create-reality.com"&gt;How To Create Your Own Reality&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;***&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay, now back to the mattering...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First I let that 20 year old speak to me; telling me how lonely, dejected, rejected it felt.  How consumed with apathy it felt.  I let it talk and talk until it ran out of things to say... as I sat in a quiet meditative place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then I asked if it would be willing to heal.  It said yes. (If it had said no, I would've done the rest myself.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I imagined the two of us going to... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Crossroads Of Mattering&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I see it as an intersection of two quiet country roads.  In my case, they're dirt roads, but you can imagine them any way you like.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I stood in the middle of the intersection with my 20 year old, and looked in all four directions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;To the south, in the distance, I saw a huge bonfire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To the west, I saw water; waterfalls, mist, a stream, a lagoon.  Water everywhere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To the north I saw a hill, with an outcropping of rock, and beyond it I saw deep woods.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And finally, to the east, I saw wide open space - representing the element air.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've traveled to all four directions, but since I'm an earth-type person, I usually go to the north to find my mattering.  You can go to any and all of them if you choose.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, the two of us went into the hill; into the rock that stood to the north of the intersection.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whichever directions you go to find your mattering, here's the two steps to follow:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First, let the element remove the reasons 'why-not'. Why you don't matter.  Why you lack mattering.  Why your life lacks mattering.  Let the earth suck it out of you like a poultice.  Let the air lift you, blow you apart, and blow away the limitations.  Step into the bonfire and let the flames consume all the limitations.  Go into the waters, and let the water wash away your apathy, your undeserving, or whatever is there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Give yourself to your element to let it heal you.  Allow the healing.  Receive the healing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second, now let the element fill you with mattering.  Let it be mysterious and unknown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You'll never know &lt;i&gt;how&lt;/i&gt; it happens, or how it's even possible. But if you'll surrender to your element in this way - especially if you do it several times - you will notice a difference.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It can change you if you'll let it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The trick is to be &lt;i&gt;willing&lt;/i&gt; to receive.  And open yourself up.  Open up your heart.  Open up your mind.  Open up your essence.  Open up in any way you can imagine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Open yourself up to your element.  For a minute or two, 'become one' with it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's how you get results.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;If you liked this post; if you got anything out of it; then please click on the BOOKMARK link below,  which brings up a list of social bookmarking sites. 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If you have a specific question about the grand promise, then feel free to leave a comment below and I'll do my best to answer it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE: If the video stops playing and then starts back, try this:  Turn down the sound (so it won't annoy you!) then let it play all the way through without watching it.  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Then hit REPLAY and this time it should work okay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the nutritional supplements I recommend can be found &lt;a href="http://www.join-the-fun.com/immunocal.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EGlpbNnUodk"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EGlpbNnUodk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;If you liked this post; if you got anything out of it; then please click on the BOOKMARK link below,  which brings up a list of social bookmarking sites. 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You'll talk a good game.  But usually, what we really mean is we want something or someone else to change while we stay the same.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"If I just had more money..."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's an example of wishing for outside change which will - magically, if not unspokenly - transform us.  Somehow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But it never works.   Changing &lt;i&gt;any&lt;/i&gt;thing in your life - externally - really doesn't change &lt;i&gt;you&lt;/i&gt; one bit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And frankly, I'm sick of trying to prove otherwise.  I've tried so hard, for SO MANY YEARS, to change my environment as a way for me to change.  (&lt;a href="http://emotional-times.com/2008/03/burdens-we-bear.html"&gt;Here's&lt;/a&gt; my little trick to avoid change.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can move across the country.  You can change your physical location.  But it won't, by itself, change anything inside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Now sometimes making an external change will shake things up enough inside so you really do change.&lt;/b&gt;  It can happen.  That's what they tell addicts to do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Change your old physical environment to remove the triggers of your addiction."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's good advice.  But it's at least as important to simultaneously make &lt;i&gt;internal&lt;/i&gt; changes as you're making those external ones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On a less dramatic level, sometimes it truly helps to remove your old anchors - your familiar physical surroundings - as a way to help the changes along.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just don't think a physical, external change will be enough to change &lt;i&gt;you&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It won't.  It can't.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;True change comes from the inside out.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But it's so tempting to chase money to attempt to be happy.  Or to chase a relationship to attempt to feel love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can be happy with money.  You can feel loved in a relationship.  Especially if you know: happiness can create money.  Love can create a relationship.  But money never creates happiness.  And relationships never create love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"If I can just find a man - or a woman - then I'll be happy and feel loved."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's a trap.  That's a lie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Instead, you could use the power of your &lt;a href="http://emotional-times.com/2007/08/magic-of-love-introduction.html"&gt;love&lt;/a&gt; - the power of your happiness - to create the relationship you want.  Or whatever you want.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which may involve making some changes &lt;i&gt;internally&lt;/i&gt;.  It may involve work.  Effort.  Focus.  Self-discovery.  Facing up to things you'd rather not face about yourself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seems so much simpler to go join a dating service or a singles club.  And it is simpler.  Put on some nice clothes.  Go have some fun.  Kick up your heels.  Maybe you'll get lucky...  Maybe not.  Just don't count on a whole lot changing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Change comes from facing up to what you're currently &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; facing up to.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cause if you faced up to it - you'd change!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And your world would change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your little world - what you experience in your day to day life - will indeed change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The &lt;i&gt;more&lt;/i&gt; you face up to what you're currently avoiding - the &lt;i&gt;greater&lt;/i&gt; your life will change.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's called &lt;a href="http://emotional-times.com/2007/09/your-shadow-is-real.html"&gt;working with your shadow&lt;/a&gt;.  I've seen it in my own life time after time after time after...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sad fact is, it's really not hard or difficult or even that unpleasant (usually) to face up to yourself.  It might be painful or uncomfortable, but at least it &lt;i&gt;ends&lt;/i&gt; the pain and the discomfort.  Like removing a splinter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most would rather dance around - trying to avoid dealing with the splinter.  It's a sad dance that never ends, as we keep repeating the pain of the past... while trying to avoid the pain and discomfort.  Because we don't want to change; we want the world to change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All to avoid facing ourselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you really look at it, it seems so senseless.   But we've been taught and conditioned to seek change in the world rather than from within.  You're practically ridiculed if you think changing yourself is the way to change your life and your world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Instead, we were taught to place our trust - and give our power away to - some external authority.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Just elect the right president; that's how change happens."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you see how society plays on your fears of facing up to yourself?   We're so geared to look outside ourselves for change.  While giving 'lip service' to changing ourselves:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Oh yeah, change yourself too."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But who even knows what that means, or how to do it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Change comes from becoming more of who you are, and letting go of what you're not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It comes from facing up to those things you hold onto that aren't really a part of you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First work on the inside.  Then go to the singles club.  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It all looks so bleak.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"What's the use?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You ask.  With the inevitable answer:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"There is no use.  There is no reason."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because there is no positive vision.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;A vision is something you &lt;i&gt;know&lt;/i&gt; to be true.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which contrasts with a dream: Something you &lt;i&gt;wish&lt;/i&gt; to be true.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Both can inspire you.  For now, lets look at vision.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;A vision is a living image infused with feelings.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You already know how to create a dark vision. It seems to come a little too easily.  Just look at practically every single science fiction movie set in the future.  All too often they involve pain, strife, struggle, suffering, destruction, evil, bleakness, darkness..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We all know how to create a dark vision.  And if we didn't we could just go watch the new movie coming out next week!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is a dark future vision more realistic?  Is it easier to create?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many would say so.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would say the dark vision simply gets more attention.  Period.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Certainly it's been pounded into our heads - the unspoken message of society - that humans, by their very nature, are evil sinister bad and wrong.  Left to our own devices... why, we'd kill each other off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We'd kill each other off until no one is left.  Or, we'll kill all the people who are different from us.  Or, we'll destroy the planet; making it uninhabitable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So of course a dark vision is the only realistic conclusion a reasonable intelligent person could come up with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I disagree.  Even in the United States, the most war-loving nation in the history of the planet, most people are opposed to war.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the only way to change things is if you and I both create a vision - a positive vision.  Not based on hiding our heads in the sand - pretending there is no suffering in the world.  Not being Pollyanna.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Humanity changes one person at a time; one human heart at a time.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It begins right here right now.  It starts by creating a vision; your personal vision.  Not a vision of world peace necessarily.  Not of saving the planet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But it starts with a small, quiet simple vision.  Remember, a vision is something you KNOW.  Not something you wish would happen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;A vision starts with a single spark.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Like starting a fire in the woods when all you've got is a piece of flint and a piece of steel...  and it's getting cold and dark.  The sun's going down...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What do you &lt;b&gt;know&lt;/b&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know you can strike the flint with the steel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know you can create a spark.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know you've got a handful of tinder - that just maybe - can start to smolder and burn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your vision starts small.  Later it can grow as you feed it with your attention.  But first you find your spark.  Admittedly, that can be tough.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But if you're alive - and I'm guessing you are - then you do have a spark to serve as the beginning of your vision.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It could be the remembrance of seeing a single act of random kindness between two strangers.  (A very powerful magical event, by the way.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It could be the memory of happier days.  It could be the scent of a flower or the smile of a newborn.  Or any of a million other things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Something that touches your heart; stirs your soul; awakens your spirit.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can find your spark.  If you truly want to.  You can hold it in your hands and feed it and watch it grow.  You can place it in your heart.  It can be a living breathing energy that grows and changes and evolves.  Ever shifting. Ever alive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you feel your best; when you need it the least; that's the best time to work on it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or if you feel so lost - as I once did - when your whole world and your whole life looks gray... and heavy...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Then ask to receive a spark.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you go to sleep at night ask for a spark to come to you in the morning when you awake.  Some tiny image or feeling or vision that INSPIRES you.  Something that, when you think of it, when you focus on it, it makes you feel better.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you sincerely want it, you'll most likely get it.  Even if it takes a couple of days.  Then you can add to it; make it bigger.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You feed it with your love and attention.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My vision resembles a ball of light the size of a football that I keep in the center of my chest.  I've fed it so much that now it feeds me whenever I need to be inspired.  Or if I just want to feel good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or if I'm standing in line at the post office... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's not about saving the planet.  It's about healing yourself.  Sometimes it's about getting through the day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;If you liked this post; if you got anything out of it; then please click on the BOOKMARK link below,  which brings up a list of social bookmarking sites. 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The feelings may or may not last - but at one time or another, we've all felt like we were a &lt;a href="http://emotional-times.com/2007/05/life-as-victim-how-to-overcome-it.html"&gt;victim&lt;/a&gt; to forces beyond our control.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If those feelings &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; continue, the logical progression is to feel like a martyr.  Not in the religious sense, but rather in the archetypal sense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;A martyr is someone who's burdened with problems that cannot be solved while feeling unappreciated and misunderstood.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's an archetypal energy; meaning the same feelings can be felt by anyone anywhere. It's universal, in other words.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While victimhood starts in childhood, martyrhood usually starts in adolescence. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The keyword to being a martyr: burden.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know burden.  I know the helplessness of it; the hopelessness of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Burden comes from demanding that someone else &lt;i&gt;must be&lt;/i&gt; responsible for my life.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since it's not possible for anyone else to be &lt;a href="http://emotional-times.com/2008/01/responsibility-in-new-year.html"&gt;responsible&lt;/a&gt; for your life, the tendency is to take on more and more burden.  Which leads to all sorts of unpleasant feelings, such as bitterness, rage, &lt;a href="http://emotional-times.com/2008/01/how-to-be-depressed.html"&gt;depression&lt;/a&gt;, and so forth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because when burdens become a way of life, they don't end; they just change form.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll get rid of this job, but end up with a new job that creates the same feelings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll get rid of this person, but attract another person who engenders the same unpleasant feelings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or I'll stop working - stay home - and be burdened by my kids.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Form changes.  The feelings don't.  That's the nature of burden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Burden comes from a resistance to &lt;a href="http://emotional-times.com/2008/03/why-you-wont-change.html"&gt;change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In adolescence, massive changes occur almost on a daily basis.  It's a scary time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We learn to manufacture burdens to feel safe.  Not that it works well, but it's about all we can do to attempt to slow down the changes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Change is frightening.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Change brings impact.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Burdens are an attempt to control the impact of change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The problem with burdens is they make you feel &lt;a href="http://emotional-times.com/2007/08/feeling-powerlessness.html"&gt;powerless&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's like you take a chunk of your power and wrap it in thoughts and feelings of disempowerment.  For example, by &lt;a href="http://emotional-times.com/2006/08/i-struggle-with-blame.html"&gt;blaming&lt;/a&gt; someone else for the way you feel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"They're doing this to me!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you're feeling burdened, the message behind the burden is: it's time to change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Change is continuous.  You could imagine it as a flow; like the flow of time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sameness does not equal safety.  Sameness brings stagnation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ideal is to be in the flow of change.  Like your body.  Your body is in a continuous state of change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Change is natural.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Change is like removing a splinter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you want to end burden, first realize you've developed ingrained habits that create burdens.  All the habits have one thing in common:  an attempt to demand that someone or something else be responsible for my life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So the solution starts with taking back your power from wherever you've placed it:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I take my power back from my job.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I take my power back from my spouse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I take my power back from...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And mean it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next step.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you were a bird, what kind of bird would you be?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not a turkey or a chicken or a penguin.  A bird that flies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Imagine yourself as this bird.  Imagine yourself spreading your wings and lifting off the ground.  Not as a way to escape, but as a way to feel the flow of change.  As a way to gain a new perspective on your life.  As a way to end your burden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Imagine yourself taking off, and flying into the energy of change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It sounds so simple, but if you really get into it, the experience can blow your mind.  Seriously.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't worry about changing the &lt;i&gt;content&lt;/i&gt; of what burdens you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you'll allow yourself to enter the flow of change - free of resistance - either the things that burden you will change, or else they simply won't bother you anymore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can fight change.  But why?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's so much more fun to soar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;If you liked this post; if you got anything out of it; then please click on the BOOKMARK link below,  which brings up a list of social bookmarking sites. 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And you can join along with me for the ride!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First of all, if someone is so unfortunate as to not be able to buy a book, they have much greater problems than I can solve anyway.  I've never known anyone who could not buy a book.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The question is, how badly do they want the book?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apparently, not very badly.  Apparently, I haven't demonstrated the value of my books.  Because anyone can get money if they're sufficiently motivated to buy something.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've known homeless crack addicts who - somehow or another - managed to get a good bit of money on a regular basis.  A lot more money than any of my books cost.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;It's not a question of money.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyone can get money if they want it.  Or at least, anyone who has computer access can get money.  If you're savvy enough to get onto the internet, you can find a way to get money if you really want it.  At the very least, you can write articles for people who will pay you.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Start with this site: associatedcontent.com.  But there are many more sites that will pay you to write.  Did you know there are many sites that pay you to blog?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I could go on and on about money, but that's not the issue.  Because if you needed one of my books, and you convinced yourself my book could solve your problem, you'd get the money.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Or else, you'd write me the right kind of email and then I &lt;i&gt;would&lt;/i&gt; give you a book for free.  I do give away a lot of books.  But only to people who ask in the right way.  Most people don't ask in the right way.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;No, it's really a question of entitlement.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I've suffered so I should get it for free."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I'm special."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I shouldn't have to pay."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boy, do I know entitlement!  I LIVED it for most of my life.  Which probably explains why this whole situation of 'just give it to me for free' pushes my buttons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It could be the unresolved issues inside of me:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe I'm still looking for a free ride myself?   Maybe I still want someone else to take up my slack?  Maybe I still think I'm special?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;What I do know, is that entitlement is a dry well.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Entitlement never gets you anything worthwhile.  Believe me, no one was more entitled than I was!  (Not that I want to swap lies with you...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Entitlement always leaves you thirsty.  Always unsatisfied.  It always leaves you empty.  It's no fun.  You have to keep remembering your little story.  All the reasons 'why not'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally I just got so sick of it, I decided to pick myself up and get to work on being responsible.  What a difference it made!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The answer to entitlement is to tell yourself the truth:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nobody in the world is capable of being responsible for your life.  Nor would you really want them to be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another thing that bothers me about this issue:  I'm already giving away quite a bit of valuable information as it is.  Most of the work I do, I don't make a penny for it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not that I'm complaining.  I love what I do and I do what I love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just getting positive feedback means at least as much as making another sale.  You'll probably never find anyone who cares less about money than I do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately, I can't go to the grocery store and tell them:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Hey, you got all this food here.  Why don't you just give me some of it?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or go to the barber shop:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Hey, it's not costing you any money to cut my hair.  Why don't you just do it for free?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The hairdresser is going to be insulted.  Why?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because you don't value them.  You don't value their expertise.  You don't value their time.  You don't value their worth.  You don't value their &lt;i&gt;life&lt;/i&gt; - and what they're doing with it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But unlike the hairdresser, I do give a lot away for free already.  And I had to pay dearly for what I know.  Sometimes with money.  Mostly, though, I paid by giving up the things I held so dear.  Like my pity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If it had been 'free' - I doubt I would have valued it anyway.  I doubt I would have paid attention.  I doubt I would've really learned anything.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's why I wouldn't really be doing mankind a favor by giving all my 'secrets' away for free.  People pay much less attention to what they get for free.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The greater the perceived value, the more someone pays attention.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Try this little experiment:  Go buy a cheap bottle of wine, and ask the sales clerk to put a really high price tag on the bottle.  Then go take it over to someone's house.  Don't say a word about the price.  (They'll see the tag!) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And watch what they say about the wine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did this myself, at a party for medical doctors.  It fooled them all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, life is not about taking.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;To get anything, something must be given up.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life is about exchange.  Sometimes money is involved, sometimes not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I value myself.  I'm honored when someone buys one of my books.  They've demonstrated their trust.  They've honored me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Very, very few people have ever returned anything I sell on the internet.  I'm proud of that fact.  Because I know how much garbage is out there.  Sometimes the garbage comes with a very high price.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I like to think I give a lot of value.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you want a free book, you'd be much better off thinking, "What can I give?" rather than, "What can I take?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doors open when you truly give of yourself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;If you liked this post; if you got anything out of it; then please click on the BOOKMARK link below,  which brings up a list of social bookmarking sites. 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Your choice.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe you've heard of the new movement taking place.  It's called &lt;b&gt;the Slow Movement&lt;/b&gt; and it aims to help people reconnect with their basic needs.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Slow Movement was born out of a protest against McDonalds opening a new restaurant at the Piazza di Spagna in Rome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess to some people that was the last straw.  Something had to be done to remind people the only thing a fast life does is put you into a grave quicker.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've been as guilty as anyone of frantically racing through the day, so I understand the allure towards franticness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I know a wonderful technique to &lt;i&gt;end&lt;/i&gt; franticness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The basic problem with 'fast living' is that it takes you out of the present moment.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you're not in the present moment, you're giving away your power and you're not being &lt;a href="http://emotional-times.com/2008/01/responsibility-in-new-year.html"&gt;responsible&lt;/a&gt;.  Which leads to all sorts of unpleasant results.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But hey, if you slow down, you'll get run over, right?  Or everybody else will get ahead of you; pass you by.  You'll be left behind if you don't hurry.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These were my unspoken, unrecognized assumptions about life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plus, you &lt;i&gt;can't&lt;/i&gt; slow down.  There's too much to do.  Or so it seems.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'd say the real issue is we have so many more &lt;i&gt;options&lt;/i&gt; available to us.  So many more distractions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The real issue is - what are you going to &lt;i&gt;choose&lt;/i&gt; to do with your time?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's easy to fall into the trap of believing we have no choice; because circumstances determine what we can and cannot do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I believe an outside authority (or, usually, MANY outside authorities) determine MY life - I've already lost.  Even time can be an 'outside authority'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Must keep up must keep up must keep up...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Must hurry...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't have time...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We've all become slaves of time.  The clock rules our lives.  We're a victim of time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And a victim of all the other outside authorities in our lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think it's a great idea to slow down... IF it's done in the right way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you live a fast-paced life - and you all of a sudden slow it down - that will produce anxiety.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Besides, it's not a &lt;i&gt;physical&lt;/i&gt; slowdown you're really after.  What you're really after is peace of mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;And peace of mind has nothing to do with physical activity.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can physically rush through life and still have peace of mind.  And being slow - by itself - does nothing whatsoever to help calm you down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The physical world is just illusion, right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's a reflection of the 'more-real'.  What's more real is your own &lt;a href="http://emotional-times.com/2008/01/new-years-resolutions-how-to-keep-them.html"&gt;resonance&lt;/a&gt;.  You can hold a resonance of calmness no matter how busy and hurried your life appears.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First step: Get rid of the franticness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's how:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get alone for a few minutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Calm yourself as much as possible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take a few deep breaths.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Relax your body.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Count from 5 to 1, as a way to enter a slightly altered state of consciousness; a meditative state.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the count of 1, find yourself in the middle of a rushing, raging river.  Feel yourself - helpless against a swift, frantic, uncaring current of water.  Hear a waterfall up ahead.  Know that if you don't do something - fast! - you're going to plunge over the waterfall and into some catastrophe.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feel the helpless franticness.  Be consumed by it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And then simply stand up!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And realize the water was only a few inches deep to begin with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now see the water rushing over your feet, which are firmly planted on the solid rock bottom of the river.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See what you thought was a waterfall - in reality - was only a rock in the middle of the river that the water was rushing past.  There is no waterfall.  You were never in any danger.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the water is only a few inches deep!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now walk over to the shore and sit and laugh at how silly you must have looked lying down in the middle of the river in six inches of water.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now continue to sit and ponder about how you got so off-track, so off-balance, so off-center.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See your hectic, frantic life reflected in the raging shallow waters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you're ready, count from 5 to 1 to return to your life.  With a new perspective and a renewed vigor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;If you liked this post; if you got anything out of it; then please click on the BOOKMARK link below,  which brings up a list of social bookmarking sites. 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You don't end them in one fell swoop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I explain exactly how to do it in the first few pages of the ebook.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;And now, I want to give you that information for free.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm doing this for two reasons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. I have people writing me all the time - describing their fears, and asking for help.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In almost every single case, this free information is the first step they need to take.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The trap we fall into is thinking our fears are different; somehow, they're bigger, stronger, more powerful than other people's fears.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"My fears are special."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which means, 'harder to end'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Well, I think you'll be amazed how quickly and easily it is to reduce your fears.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, from now on, I can just refer people to this free info when they ask for help.  It'll save me a lot of time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. I'm betting once you read and actually APPLY the information in the first few pages of the ebook, you'll want to go ahead and buy your own copy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See, this is just the &lt;i&gt;beginning&lt;/i&gt;  of the ebook.  You'll find TONS of more information - useful information - you can use today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;You'll understand fear on a much deeper level&lt;/b&gt; -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;why it's necessary, why you need a little bit of it, why it's impossible to completely end it, what it takes to conquer fear, where fear comes from, and much more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Panic, on the other hand, &lt;i&gt;can be&lt;/i&gt;  completely ended.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fear has value.  Panic does not.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll show you how to end panic for good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And anxiety?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anxiety is &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; the same as fear.  They are separate emotions which need to be dealt with in different ways.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I often say, "Cleanly feel your emotions so you retrieve your power from them and they can release".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In some situations, that's quite difficult.  Anxiety is one of those situations.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Anxiety takes specialized knowledge.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I provide that knowledge in the ebook.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So remember, the info you're about to read is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to fear, panic and anxiety.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You'll learn so much more in the ebook.  But you can start here.  It's free!  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Sometimes, REALLY weird.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Like I wasn't in my body.  Like I didn't belong. Like everything I saw wasn't real; as if I were in a dream state or something.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's not a good feeling.  You're so out of control.  Or, more correctly, you're so powerless.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dissociation, to me, is a state of extreme separation and isolation and compartmentalization.&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't know, but I suspect the root cause in most cases comes from past trauma and/or abuse.  Something happened (maybe a lot of somethings) that I just couldn't handle - so I attempted to separate myself from my experiences.  In other words, from my thoughts and feelings and memories of what happened.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've been in the unique position of being able to witness - first hand - abuse of a child.  And years later to ask that child about what she remembered from what her mother did.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She remembered absolutely nothing of the incident I myself saw with my own eyes.  She didn't even believe me.  She seemed incredulous when I brought it up.  She knew I wouldn't make up the story.  Still, I couldn't jog her memory.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was amazed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Actually, I witnessed numerous incidents of abuse on this person.  She remembered less than 10% of what I physically witnessed.  As you might suspect, she has feelings of dissociation now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm not saying every person who feels dissociated from themselves was abused as a child.  But the theory does make a lot of sense.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plus, to a child, everything is so big and overwhelming and impactful.  It might not take a whole lot of trauma to develop the &lt;i&gt;habit&lt;/i&gt; of separation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;This habit of separation started as a survival mechanism.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But it ends up creating a host of problems.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It may have been the only way to survive, but now it's only a detriment.  It needs to end so you can get on with your life as an adult.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's two things you need to do:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;1.  Become more grounded in your body.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First, read my previous post on &lt;a href="http://emotional-times.com/2006/12/heres-what-i-do-every-morning.html"&gt;what I do every morning&lt;/a&gt;.  It's an excellent way to both invigorate and energize your body, as well as to ground yourself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I highly recommend it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By the way, there's a guy in Tampa who (last time I checked) sells this exact same info for hundreds of dollars.  You get the same info for free by reading my previous post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aren't you glad you know me?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, engage in &lt;i&gt;any&lt;/i&gt; physical activity that gets you in touch with your body.  Dancing is good.  Check out what this woman does on You Tube:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KOOM0HTYS50&amp;rel=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KOOM0HTYS50&amp;rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love her attitude!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or, consider some sort of stretching exercise.  Stretching out.  Everyone knows it's a good idea, but who actually &lt;i&gt;does&lt;/i&gt; it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I do.  I developed the habit of stretching throughout the day.  10, 20 times a day - I'll spend a minute or so to stretch various parts of my body. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also do isometrics throughout the day.  That's where you tense various muscles in your body against other muscles.  Say, by pushing your arms against each other.  No movement, but a good little mini-workout.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or, I'll simply tense and relax various muscle groups, such as my abdominals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anything you do to feel your body more (in a loving way, of course!) will probably help.  At least somewhat.  But to really change the underlying problem:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;2. End the separation from yourself.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first thing to do here is to start processing your thoughts and feelings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The best way to start processing is to write out what you think and feel.  I've scribbled out my thoughts and feelings for years.  And used up thousands of sheets of paper.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most of which are still stored in boxes.  Every now and then I'll get them out, just to marvel at how my life has changed over the years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The foundation of that change consists of processing.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I mention more details of this most effective way to start processing in the free e-book on emotional healing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just by processing (a &lt;i&gt;lot&lt;/i&gt; of processing!) you'll go a long way to reconnect with yourself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Also, be aware that we've all built walls inside ourselves.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One particular wall - the wall around our heart.  I explain a lot more about it at &lt;a href="http://www.healing-emotional-pain.com/page2.html"&gt;healing-emotional-pain.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But that's not the only wall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We often compartmentalize painful experiences of the past.  I've even heard of people advocating compartmentalization as a technique of self-improvement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'd strongly suggest not doing this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your power lies trapped in those painful experiences.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pain 'locks up' your power.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You need to cleanly feel (and then absorb into you the &lt;i&gt;energy behind&lt;/i&gt;) the pain.  Then the pain automatically releases.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It works like magic if you let it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Basically, you need to 'get out of the way' and let the natural healing take place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I say get out of the way, what I mean is to stop the blame, righteousness, pity, judgments, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other words, drop your &lt;a href="http://emotional-times.com/2006/07/why-i-moved-to-oregon.html"&gt;little story&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Accept responsibility for your situation in life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In fact, all these things I've mentioned involve taking responsibility.  (See?  Responsibility can be FUN!!!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While there are other things to do to end the dissociation, these are the starting steps:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ground yourself physically.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reconnect with yourself on the inside.  By processing out your thoughts and feelings and by seeking out the walls you've built.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Start there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;If you liked this post; if you got anything out of it; then please click on the BOOKMARK link below,  which brings up a list of social bookmarking sites. 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You know how your mouth literally starts to water as you begin to eat?  That's how close I used to get to success - only to fail one more time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After a while, I 'learned my lesson'.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's when you stop trying... when you just want to avoid greater pain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"If I stop trying - then it won't hurt so bad."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I learned to live a life of getting by - with as little change as possible.  &lt;i&gt;Don't rock the boat; just go through the motions of pretending to live a life.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's where I found myself:  afraid to try because I didn't want to feel the pain of failure &lt;i&gt;one more time&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now there's nothing inherently wrong with failure.  It can be a teacher and a guide to show you what doesn't work:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Here's another way to not make a light bulb.  Let's try something else for a filament."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Failure can be a wonderful teacher if you let it.  But here was my problem:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every time I failed, I 'internalized' it.  Meaning, I took my failed experience - whatever it was - and used it to prove I was a failure. See the difference?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;"I failed" is a vastly different statement than "I am a failure".&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's funny, because I'd actually say, "This doesn't make me a failure - it just means I failed here."  I'd say those words, but guess what?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I WAS LYING.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would tell myself, "Mark, you're not a failure."  But my belief and attitude was - I AM a failure.  And I &lt;i&gt;felt&lt;/i&gt; like a failure.  I &lt;i&gt;thought&lt;/i&gt; I was a failure.  I &lt;i&gt;decided&lt;/i&gt; I was a failure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I covered up those &lt;i&gt;real&lt;/i&gt; statements with a lie:  "Mark, this doesn't mean..."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My slumping shoulders, I'm sure, betrayed my true feelings.  Too bad I didn't take a good hard look in the mirror!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the point:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I honestly didn't realize I was internalizing my failures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wasn't recognizing the pain I felt from failing.  I covered it up instead.  I used my failure as &lt;i&gt;proof&lt;/i&gt; I was a failure.  Without even realizing it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's called shaming yourself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;When you shame yourself, it's like putting on a blindfold and walking naked into a field of cactus.&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's going to hurt.  But who put on the blindfold?  And who chose to walk into the cactus?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nothing good ever comes from shaming yourself.  Even though a little admonishment - on occasion - &lt;i&gt;may&lt;/i&gt;  produce a favorable result.  Maybe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shame, however, only produces pain.  It robs you of your power.  It fosters irresponsibility.  And it almost always goes unnoticed.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It becomes such a habit, we don't even realize we're doing it.  For example:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I deserve to be punished" is a shameful statement.  Yet it almost sounds like a &lt;a href="http://emotional-times.com/2008/01/responsibility-in-new-year.html"&gt;responsible&lt;/a&gt; statement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When it comes to deserving - what you deserve as a result of failure is more &lt;a href="http://emotional-times.com/2007/10/how-to-get-more-love.html"&gt;love&lt;/a&gt;, more &lt;a href="http://www.healing-emotional-pain.com/page2.html"&gt;healing&lt;/a&gt;, more &lt;a href="http://www.forgive-yourself.com"&gt;forgiveness&lt;/a&gt;, and more &lt;a href="http://emotional-times.com/2007/12/how-to-start-accepting-yourself.html"&gt;self-acceptance&lt;/a&gt;.  Period.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't know why it took me so long to figure this out; especially since it's so obvious.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But once I did understand - "hey, I've shamed myself so much when I've failed, that now I'm afraid to even try!  Because there's a mountain of unresolved pain I've stuffed down."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once I understood what I was doing, then I could get about the business of &lt;i&gt;feeling&lt;/i&gt; the pain of my past failures, so the pain would release.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As the pain is felt, it releases.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;As the pain releases, it gives off power.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As it releases, the energy behind the pain is retrieved, and I become more powerful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feeling my pain - honestly, cleanly - makes me more powerful.  Hiding, stuffing, avoiding, denying, running from my pain, pushing against it, fighting it - makes me weaker and more ashamed.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;You can't win a fight against pain.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All I have to do is 'go into' my pain - as a warrior - with an open heart and an open mind...  yes, I may cry for a day or two or three.  It happens sometimes.  So what?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'd rather be powerful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most of my life I've experienced emotional pain of varying intensity.  But I discovered the running and avoiding was worse than the pain itself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The tendency of pain is to release itself.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had to &lt;i&gt;make&lt;/i&gt; it stick around.  The best way I knew of was to shame myself.  Put myself down.  Internalize my failures.  Give up on life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I got to where I was afraid to try because I was afraid to feel my pain.   The fear was worse than the pain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because of the fear - I kept the pain alive.  I waited decades to face my pain.  Then I realized it's never too late to change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be willing.  Choose.  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But that won't stop me from writing about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's a really good website by another man living in Colorado - who's done &lt;i&gt;decades&lt;/i&gt; of brain research.  And on his site he explains the whole brain switch thing - for free.  He goes into detail about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I highly recommend visiting his site.  And when you e-mail him, he actually writes you back! (You can tell him Mark sent you.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;But lets look at why the idea of a '3 Minute Depression Cure' is so appealing to so many people.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First, let me say I have nothing against the Oregon guy who sells it.  He's probably just trying to make a living.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And he certainly knows good marketing:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Find a desperate group of people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Tell them you have a QUICK AND EASY answer to their problems.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Talk a lot about what the product is &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; - rather than what it &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Reveal as little 'real' information as possible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Make them very curious.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Convince them they won't have to be responsible - and they're &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; responsible for their situation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. Make lots of money!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's a simple formula.  If you look closely, you'll see it all over the internet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And it always starts with a desperate market seeking a super-easy cure for a problem they don't want to take responsibility for having in the first place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;See, if I'm not responsible for my situation - then I &lt;i&gt;deserve&lt;/i&gt; a super-easy cure.  I'm &lt;i&gt;entitled&lt;/i&gt; to it.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I'll gladly pay 100 dollars to someone who &lt;i&gt;validates&lt;/i&gt; my irresponsibility.  (And whom I can blame when things don't work out...!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Again, basic marketing.  (Well, maybe it's advanced marketing.  Either way...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But here's the problem:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;If I won't be responsible for what got me into my present situation - how in the world do I think I'm going to change things?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Answer:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because I expect a fairy Godmother to rescue me.  Or a knight in shining armor.  Or maybe God Himself will take pity on me.  Since I'm really not responsible...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, I don't really believe in knights or fairies.  And I doubt God will do it.  Instead I must look to someone selling a quick and easy cure on the internet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even though I know it's &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; quick and easy - I want to believe so desperately that I seek out anyone who will validate me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Any good marketer knows this.  The good marketer exploits this 'pressure gradient' - as a way to make good money.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Desperation + lack of responsibility = a pressure gradient.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I'm desperate."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I'm not responsible for my situation."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Therefore, "I deserve a quick and easy cure."  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Someone who's not desperate can easily see through a product and its sales letter.  But when you ARE desperate... well... it clouds your vision.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pain has a way of doing that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm not saying the 3 Minute Depression Cure is worthless.  It might be great for all I know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm just explaining marketing principles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One other thing:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've hinted that if you're depressed, then you're responsible for your depression.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can take my statements and use them to blame yourself and beat yourself up for being depressed.  Or beat me up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Which is the exact opposite of responsibility!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Responsibility means:  I have the &lt;i&gt;willingness&lt;/i&gt; to change.  Now, let me find the &lt;i&gt;power&lt;/i&gt; to change. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you're responsible for your depression - then you can probably end it for good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=" http://emotional-times.com/2008/01/responsibility-in-new-year.html"&gt;That's responsibility&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It has nothing to do with &lt;a href=" http://emotional-times.com/2006/08/i-struggle-with-blame.html"&gt;blame&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=" http://emotional-times.com/2006/07/why-am-i-alive.html"&gt;shame&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=" http://emotional-times.com/2008/01/reviewing-anger.html"&gt;anger&lt;/a&gt; or any other kind of non-&lt;a href=" http://emotional-times.com/2007/12/how-to-start-accepting-yourself.html"&gt;self-accepting&lt;/a&gt; behavior.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You've probably read my over-simplified generic version of &lt;a href="http://emotional-times.com/2008/01/how-to-be-depressed.html"&gt;how to be depressed&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You'll see it's basically a slippery slope - where, in many ways, it could be considered a process you were indeed not responsible for.  Because you did the best you could under the circumstances.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You were just trying to survive... or to assuage the pain... or to fit in with society...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So it's not about blaming yourself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's about recognizing:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Different events and situations had to come together for me to end up depressed.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wasn't trying to be depressed.  I was trying to survive.  I did the best I could under the circumstances.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's taking responsibility!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then, take the next step. Start making your way out of that hole of depression.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.handle-depression.com"&gt;handle-depression.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.join-the-fun.com/handledepression.html"&gt;join-the-fun.com/handledepression.html &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or use the search box in the upper right hand corner of this page.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh, and that Colorado guy with the brain research website -  it's &lt;a href="http://www.neilslade.com"&gt;neilslade.com&lt;/a&gt;.  It's not specifically about depression, but there's tons of neat stuff on the site - including the simple technique of switching your amygdala forward.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you just want to learn about the brain switch, go here - &lt;a href="http://www.neilslade.com/chart.html"&gt;neilslade.com/chart.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for the 3 Minute Depression Cure - well, like I said, I didn't order the product.  You're on your own there.  Maybe it's the best thing since sliced bread.  I don't know.  Everything I've said about it on this page is just my uninformed - but nevertheless, unabashed - opinion. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've got an opinion on everything.  And I'm not afraid to use it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;If you liked this post; if you got anything out of it; then please click on the BOOKMARK link below,  which brings up a list of social bookmarking sites. 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