GET OUT OF MY LIFE - BUT FIRST DRIVE ME TO THE MALL
Jan
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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023 - A KAORI WATERCOLOR
Dyer is one of my favorite lecturers and today he is talking again about describing the REAL SELF inside each of us. He says, “I am the same me that I remember as a teenager and now with a bald head, I am the same me.” Funny, because I went to the bathroom, combed my hair, and the comb is full of hair!
I went to fill my thermo cup with some more tea and someone left a note on the fridge: THE BAD NEWS IS TIME FLIES; THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE ARE THE PILOT! I’m using people like Dyer to teach me to confirm that I know how to fly, and continue to learn more.
Dyer goes on to suggest the thinking of our life like a clock - Twelve is our real self. As one’s clock moves to six, We move away from self. Some of us stay here and die. The key is to move forward, back to twelve and enlightenment - with loving, accepting, moving toward a no limit life. The clock doesn’t tic backwards. Dyer explains his five secrets of the universe and getting back to twelve:
1.Quality rather than appearances - get to not needing approval - success is “being busy being myself”. Busy following my dreams, to not notice if anyone approves.
2.Ethics rather than rules - seeking the truth - seeing things as they are not as I want them to be.
3. Knowledge rather than Achievement - knowledge rather than awards and goals - trusting my inner sense and living in the present. He says JFK just did, each day, what made the most sense. What a relief to not make any more New Year resolutions.
4. Personal Authority rather than being an Authoritarian - never needing to dominate someone else - listening to what other people have to say. Know myself. When someone treats me badly, that’s their Karma. How I react is my Karma.
5. Serenity instead of Acquisitions - serenity comes from the way I think - living in the light - learning forgiveness and being love.
Suki, our Berniedoodle, “lives in the present”: wants to be be fed, let out to pee, poop, exercise, and cuddled with love! Her mission in life is to let us know when strangers come up our driveway. She doesn’t bark with the garbage truck, the Fed-Ex truck or the UPS trucks. But if the UPS just delivers to our neighbor across the street, she barks to see if he will come over and bring her his usual treat. She just jumped up beside me to cuddle because she is worried about the New Year celebration noises.
THERE IS NO WAY TO HAPPINESS: HAPPINESS IS THE WAY TO HAPPY 2023!
