JD LeJeune

By: Bill Harris, Centerpointe Institute

CHAOS IS A GOOD SIGN Chaos is part of the process of positive change, and the only way you can suffer during this process is to resist it. Resistance is nothing more than making internal representations of what you don’t want, and you can choose what internal representations to make.

THE POWER IS YOURS There is one thing in this world that you have total and complete control over, if you will exercise it, and that is how you focus your mind. No matter who you are, where you are, what your situation, or what has happened in the past, you can choose what to focus on. Luckily, this is what determines everything else.

THE PRICE YOU’LL PAY If you focus on what you want to avoid, the price you have to pay, and what you have to give up, here’s what happens: first, you’ll feel bad. Any time you focus on what you don’t want, you feel bad. In fact, ALL bad feelings are the result of focusing on what you don’t want, what you want to avoid, what you’re worried about, or what you’re afraid of all of which are really the same thing. Second, when you focus on what you don’t want you have to make some sort of internal representation of it. When you do that you give your mind an instruction to create or attract more of it which is the last thing you want.

INTENTION IS KEY Focusing on what you don’t want is THE cause of self-sabotage. Your brain takes what you focus on and makes it come true for you, and it doesn’t care whether you’re focusing on it because you want it or because you don’t want it. Your conscious mind knows you don’t want it, but the part of you that actually creates the result doesn’t. That’s just the way your mind works. It would be nice if your mind could tell the difference between a picture of what you want and one of what you don’t want, but the truth is, it can’t.

HOW DO YOU RESPOND? Everyday, all day long, things happen for you. One of the key characteristics of people who are happy and who are in charge of creating what they want is how they respond to these moment-by-moment experiences.

SURRENDER SAFETY Some people feel that it’s just not safe to change, and they let that feeling block them. Actually, if you don’t feel safe in the world, it’s a result of your current method of processing what happens. If you don’t feel safe right now, instead of blocking change, you must change. As long as you keep doing things the same way, you’ll keep getting the same results and, you’ll continue to feel unsafe.