Kate Question #101

 

Dear Joshua,

I know I should know this by now but as you say, the habit of reacting/thinking a certain way is just that – a habit… so to shake it means implementing a new habit – which means, thinking a thought over and over and over until it's a habit and then a belief (and then a knowing).

So all my emotions come from my thoughts (and my alignment or misalignment with my inner being's perspective). I can call it "feeling a bit depressed" (but it's my alignment of thought)– or "feeling relaxed" (but its my alignment of thought) or "this happened and it feels good" (but its my alignment of thought) etc …. - Someone who would "suffer" from chronic depression, it would really be their chronic "misalignment of thought"

I have just had a brilliant invention thought (during our morning meeting, which was so uninspiring that I went off into lala land): we are talking about these bracelets right now that emit a small electric shock (ok, not very pleasant) when someone reaches for a food that is not part of their diet (I'm not quite sure how a bracelet would recognize that – I need to do a bit more research). So I was thinking of a bracelet which would emit a (very small) electric shock when we started to feel negative emotion (misalignment of thought) to remind us that we are starting to be misaligned (and LOA being what it is, if the misalignment isn't nipped in the bud then this can get bigger).

I know this is what our guidance system is for – I know you are all teaching this – but as you say – we are just used to and ok with not feeling great so we don't really pay attention to that, or to our thoughts in those moments, we just go with them. So a little reminder every time, that it is in fact us doing this to us might bring us to more awareness and pro-action to turn our thoughts around, or at least stop them.

You know I'm kidding – sort of ……

Kate


Dear Kate,

We think that the idea of a tiny little shock is quite a fun thought. Imagine looking at something and judging it as wrong, then buzz, a nice little shock. That would certainly alert you to your habit of choosing a perspective that does not serve you. It might work very well indeed.

Your guidance system was intended to be like a little shock that awakened you to the fact that you had adopted a limiting perspective. However, since you were never told the purpose of the shock, you didn't really get that the shock was a little message alerting you to your misaligned thoughts on the subject at hand. Since you didn't understand the purpose of the shock (the negative emotion) you just assumed that sometimes you receive these unpleasant shocks and that's just part of life.

After receiving quite a few shocks when things went "bad" you decided to adjust the conditions so that the bad happened less often and therefore you received fewer shocks. You noticed that when others behaved badly, you received a shock. In response, you asked them to control their behavior so that you would not receive any more shocks. When they acted badly again, and you got shocked again, you became angry with them. You thought the shocks were a result of their behavior, not your interpretation of their behavior. Do you see how this works?

However, an emotion isn't really like a short shock, it's often like an enduring, dull pain. If it was short, it wouldn't be such a problem. But it seems to linger. When you are depressed for days, you are simply attached to your limiting perspective for days. When you go to sleep at night, the emotional pain ceases. As soon as you wake up and put on the same limiting perspective, the pain returns.

Negative emotion is nuanced. Each emotion feels different. If your perspective is limiting, you feel a certain emotion at a unique level of intensity depending on the strength of the fear at the basis of the subject. Once you analyze the fear, prove it's false, and adopt an empowering perspective, your pain is replaced with relief, which is a nice feeling. Imagine this buzzer shocking you continually until you find an empowering perspective, then it gives you an orgasm. We think that might work!

The idea of the buzzer zapping someone as they reach for food goes against the laws of the universe. Let's say the person wants to create a lean body. They believe it is the food that makes them fat, (which of course it is ultimately) but instead of changing their beliefs so that they raise their vibration to a higher level, they seek to control their actions. There is a major flaw in this premise.

The person is overweight because they eat and/or drink too much and exercise too little. Calories are going in faster than they are being processed. It's simple math. But, why is the person inspired to take action which is detrimental to their desires? The action of eating or drinking is inspired from a low-emotional state of being. They want to relieve some unpleasant feeling so they reach for a substance that temporarily makes them feel better. However, this action taken from a low-vibrational state of being sabotages their own desire to create a lean body.

If the bracelet buzzes every time the person takes an action that is out of line with the desire, then the person will either temporarily halt the action or learn to ignore the shock. However, there will be some inner conflict. Once the bracelet is removed, the misaligned action will resume because the inspiration (urges) will resume. This is all do to the fact that the person has not made a change on the inside.

You cannot make lasting change to any outer condition until you make the required change on the inside. The outside is simply a reflection of your inner world. Change your beliefs and you change your reality. Change your thoughts and you change your reality. Change your approach to life and you change the conditions that surround you. Change the conditions without changing you inner world, and nothing really changes.

Joshua

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