December 14 – Empowered Giving: Take a few moments this morning and identify three (3) of your most frequent &/or most powerful cravings … Instead of fulfilling them for your self today, attempt to give them to (or fulfill them for) someone else. For someone who has been consciously working on removing all addictions and […]
December 13 – Self-Awareness: Start the day by getting to know yourself anew. Pause this morning to really look at yourself in the mirror (naked is best, looking slowly and neutrally from head to toe). Avoid judging what you see, simply noting that “This is the body I have been given” … Put on some […]
December 12 – Willingness: At least for today, choose to willingly do everything you do. Do so especially during those activities you feel that you “have to do”; activities that your ego normally detests but that you engage out of a sense of either obligation or fear … Don’t want to get out of bed? […]
December 11 – Delayed Gratification: At least for today, Purpose-fully wait five (5) minutes before fulfilling any desire or wish … Hungry? Wait five minutes before going to get food. Thirsty? Wait five minutes before getting a drink. Have to go to the bathroom? Wait five minutes before going. Want to listen to your I-Pod […]
December 10 – Being Conscious: Every moment of your life is filled with stimuli that allow your “ego-self” to encourage you to engage in impulsive, emotional reactions. Your “reptile brain” (home of the defense mechanisms of “friend or foe” & “fight or flight”) is working constantly to keep you “safe”. And because the neocortex (home […]
December 09 – Status Check: Today, every hour (set an hourly chime-alarm if you wish), stop what you are doing and ask yourself either “What Time is it?” (Answer: “Now”) & “Where Am I?” (Answer: “Here”). Alternate the asking of these questions and keep it up for one full day … Be sure to pause […]
December 08 – Getting to Know yourSelf: In order to set your True Self free, you must have the Courage both to acknowledge It and Care for It. So this morning, take 3 minutes and listen without interruption to your own heartbeat … Then, go to a mirror and look into your own pupils without […]
December 07 – Honoring the dead: In succession, visit a local hospital, a city morgue, and a cemetery … For this task, it is enough to silently visit the first two and observe them in reverence (though leaving some flowers in the lobby of each would be a nice bonus). Then, take a few gardening […]
December 06 – Refreshing your Routine: So much of our day is filled with thousands of small habits, and while altering them might not seem important, doing so is an invaluable aid to the release of the ego-self that is controlling many of our unhealthy choices. So take a few moments and write down your […]
December 05 – Dying to the old self: Find a time this morning and have the courage to visualize your own death … If you were to die this instant, what regrets would you have? What would you have done that you did not attempt? What would you have said that you did not say? […]
December 04 – Unconditional Forgiveness: Sit down and write down five (5) of the actions of others that have most harmed you (with physical pain, intellectual confusion &/or emotional sadness/fear) … Now write each of these actions’ “perpetrators” a note, outlining your perception of their offense(s) and expressing your unconditional Forgiveness to them. Imagine yourself […]
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