BEING AT CAUSE OF YOUR CONDITION OF EXISTENCE

May 27, 2022, 02:18:38 AM

Here again is a piece from those guys at Change That Up

Reading missives like this always causes me to look to why do the outcomes revealed occur. Read this and see what answer you come up with . . . how come and why does “practicing gratitude” produce the outcome as stated here?

Here's Today's Tip...Gratitude.

“If you learn to appreciate more of what you already have, you’ll find yourself having more to appreciate.” — Michael Angier

What if there was something that was both simple AND that could radically transform you, your life, your relationships, and your health?
Would that be something you’d be interested in? We thought so.
Believe it or not, this “something” that we’re talking about is gratitude, and yes, it really is that powerful. Research has shown that practicing gratitude can:

Elevate your mood
Reduce feelings of depression
Help you feel more connected
Help you become a better, more likeable, more trustworthy person
Lower levels of inflammation
Reduce anxiety
Boost energy levels
Reduce the severity/symptoms of illness
Improve your sleep
Helps you develop stronger bonds and relationships

Simply put, giving thanks can make you happier, and by helping you get outside of yourself, stop being self-centered, and become other-focused, gratitude can help you get away from ruts, setbacks, and self-pity. It may also make you more successful.
According to legendary pastor and leadership and management expert John C. Maxwell, gratitude, by its very nature, automatically works to eliminate three mental characteristics that most undermine individual success in an interactive world:

Isolation
Egotism
Arrogance

Maxwell also talks about how gratitude can enrich your life:

Grateful people linger over life’s blessings
Grateful people live in the moment
Grateful people leave fear behind
Grateful people live on purpose
Grateful people love those beside them

So, how do you put gratitude into practice? Great question. In a New York Times article, Arthur C. Brooks, author of Gross National Happiness, suggests practicing three gratitude strategies to tap into its powerful benefits:

Interior gratitude: Keep a daily or weekly list of the things you are grateful for. For example, each day you might write down 1 - 3 people or things you are grateful for.
Exterior gratitude: Write thank-you notes and share your gratitude with others. These can be hand-written notes, phone calls, emails, or text messages.
“Be grateful for useless things”: Mindfully express thanks for the everyday stuff that we too often take for granted, like running water, air conditioning, washing machines, etc.

Oprah Winfrey, a leader in the consciousness of gratitude, may have said best, “Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”

My observation is that by knowingly creating and practicing “gratitude,” one is PUTTING IN THE POSITIVE. And hence, if one is smart, as I know you guys using our tech are, it puts you at knowing cause over your condition of existence.

Most folks go about their lives unknowingly being negative conditions . . . many know they are suffering negative conditions, but don’t understand why or that they are actually producing that unwanted negative. Hence, note my wording there: “unknowingly being negative conditions.”

We in Ascensionism have long had the technology enabling us to be at knowing cause of the condition of existence we choose . . . my little note to you today is: knowingly choose what you want!

Roger

Re: BEING AT CAUSE OF YOUR CONDITION OF EXISTENCE

Reply #1 – May 28, 2022, 05:20:11 AM

OK, here is a funny one!

This the result of seeing a posting on LINKEDIN from a good friend of mine, a PhD who trades as:
Dr. Robyn Odegaard
1st degree connection 1st
High Performance Psychologist. Quick Hits Creator & Facilitator

She is a very good person. A real friend . . . but as you will note, she has different data on the issue of the human condition, worth and performance than we do

Here is what I posted just now on her thread at Linked in . . . where also there are the array of usual nonsense answers from the other posters.

Doc Robin, You wrote:
Quick Hits (10 mins):
"Is self-esteem possible without comparing yourself to others?

"I want the answer to this question to be "yes." But I can't wrap my brain around how self-esteem is possible in a vacuum."

Robin,

My answer to your questions is: YES!

And further, I would say that to do so is not to be “operating in a vacuum.”

My observation in dealing with this matter among all classes of “achievers,” in all aspects of life is that “self esteem” results from one’s recognition of personal accomplishment. That is, one sets a goal or objective to attain, and when you do attain it, you feel damn good and your sense of accomplishment (and worth) is maintained high!

One should not be reliant on others for one’s sense of worth. You are the one that should set your standards, their value and worth, the measure of your success in their attainment.

That is also the personal power that you should implement in your affairs. It is also a matter of integrity . . . you lessen yourself to the degree that you make yourself dependent on others for “validation” or a sense of value.

My observation is that, people who “have their act together” set the standards of worth, value and accomplishment by which they operate and measure themselves.

And they are the individuals with personal sovereignty.

Such folks are very comfortable in their own skin.

And it is also worth noting that it is these folks with high personal self worth that are so willing to validate the worth of others . . . they are capable of acting as co-creating, co-empowering partners to others!

Re: BEING AT CAUSE OF YOUR CONDITION OF EXISTENCE

Reply #2 – May 28, 2022, 07:06:44 AM

Great response, Roger.
Pure facts.

I know some artist who will often criticize the work of other artists. The interesting thing about it is, he himself is a very talented artist with the potential to reach out and perform. The only problem is, he is not satisfied with himself.

And it's also interesting that you added the above communication into this thread related to appreciation. I just today read the following paragraph from Alan:

Quote

"Refusal or failure to acknowledge and appreciate the abilities and skills of your spiritual teammates sets you up to fail to acknowledge and appreciate the abilities and skills of others in your environment." - Alan (HU #1)

Perfectionism can get in the way as a (hidden) false standard.

Christian