of all of the obstacles your mind has built for you. This is called creating space in the mind. These beliefs, doubts and worries are the obstacles that have been stopping you. This is why you haven’t yet achieved it, because your mind has made it too hard, and never let it fly past the good intention you began with.
Your mind does this to keep you safe and to help you avoid possible failure or hurt. What it doesn’t realise is that by stopping you achieving these things it’s guaranteed failure and hurt. So you have nothing to lose.
Learn the art of gratitude – it’s a happy maker This is where the magic happens. It’s from a grateful heart that all good things come. Let yourself experience that. Take some time to be grateful for everything. Find five things (good and bad), experiences, people, lessons – anything that you are really grateful for in your life.Write them down, almost like a thank you letter to life. Take time to really appreciate what you have, and where you are.
Discover what you value; what makes you happy We are all so different, and we value different things. So it’s perfectly understandable that what will make one person feel fulfilled and happy may be very different from another. There are hundreds of different values that exist just in our culture alone, and we can hold only about five of these in our attention at any one time. So rather than set goals and visions around what you think you ‘should do’ or ‘be like’, discover a little of your own personal road map to enjoyment. Make a list of five things that are most important to you. It may be your fitness, family, independence, achieving success, relaxation and quiet, friends and fun. Without judging them, just write your top five values down. Then next to each one, write three ways you experience these values. For example, Value 1 Freedom = horse riding, working for myself, dancing
Now that you have cleared what is in the way, and you know what is important to you, you can actually start setting your goals. They will always feel good, and on track, and be totally achievable
now. Now you can really see them take flight because you have done all the groundwork, cleared the runway… and you are ready. To clear more values, repeat the entire
process. Say, pick four more things that you would like to work on as goals. At the beginning it doesn’t matter what they are. As long as they feel related to your values, they will feel good to you. Once you have a good picture of what
your goals are, have some fun with it. I love creating vision boards. Pick a bunch of pictures that reflect your goals, make a poster out of them, and write things on it that inspire you, and stick it up where you can see it each day. This process keeps you in an ongoing
focus to work towards them, and to trust life to rush towards you and do the rest. Magic will happen – now you can just enjoy it. Here’s to the magic making! n
Tamsyn Rosenberg is an international speaker and author, and founder of Get Real International, Australia’s leading youth and
family support organisation for emotional wellbeing and empowerment. She is also an internationally recognised expert in mental and emotional health.
KNOW THYSELF AS SOUL
Sant Mat is a practical spiritual path based on meditation on the inner Light and Sound, ethical values, service to others and love for all creation.
Its goal is to enable the soul to return and merge into its source; the purpose of human life described by mystics of all traditions. Focus and sincerity are essential, as is the help of the living spiritual Master.
Know Thyself as Soul Foundation is a non-profit incorporated association. It offers its services free of charge.
For further information call 1800 462 193 or visit
www.santmat.net.au
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