Aikido of the MIND


	Aikido of the MIND

leevardi

11-4-2009 11:44 PM

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leevardi says:

...I found this little GEM of an article. Hopefully it helps someone...including ME !

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0276935f-8798-4ab2-9120-d14d3e85f46d/A0FC9F3B-2E02-4D5A-B3D0-6149CA3FF429/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://spiritlibrary.com/conversations-with-god/aikido-of-the-mind" href="http://spiritlibrary.com/conversations-with-god/aikido-of-the-mind" style="font-size: 11px;">spiritlibrary.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spiritlibrary.com/conversations-with-god/aikido-of-the-mind"><DIV>So if you find yourself in a "negative space" about something, <EM>think about</EM> what your thoughts are showing you right now.  Make the commitment right now to do that --- to think about what you are <EM>thinking about</EM> --- whenever you feel less than totally joyful, totally peaceful, totally content.  THEN...</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spiritlibrary.com/conversations-with-god/aikido-of-the-mind"><DIV> ...apply the discipline of refocusing.  This <EM>is</EM> a discipline.  It is an art.  It is <STRONG>Aikido of the Mind</STRONG>. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spiritlibrary.com/conversations-with-god/aikido-of-the-mind"><DIV> Going on from there  I observe that this discipline of the mind is about taking the incoming negative energy that may be assailing us from the world around us and redirecting that energy in a positive way.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spiritlibrary.com/conversations-with-god/aikido-of-the-mind"><DIV> This falls perfectly in line with a prominent CwG message: <STRONG><EM>What you resist, persists</EM></STRONG>. Therefore, when negative thoughts or emotions assail you, do not resist them. Go ahead and think about what you are thinking about --- but think about it in a new way. Redirect your mental energy. Refocus it. </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A0FC9F3B-2E02-4D5A-B3D0-6149CA3FF429/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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