LIVE AT A HIGHER LEVEL

The better we can respond to life situations, the better life we can have.

For example, in a thunderstorm you can tell yourself that it’s a rotten day and feel bad about it or tell yourself that nature is producing an enlivening event and enjoy it. 

Or, when someone complains about something you did, you can take it as an attack and get combative or take it as an opportunity to listen respectfully and increase understanding. Then, instead of weakening your relationship, you may strengthen it.

How we respond to events makes a great difference. Usually, the more constructively and creatively we respond, the better results we can get. But often this may not seem possible because negative reactions quickly take over.

To counter this, it helps to practice SELF-OBSERVATION: watching over oneself with some detachment.

When we do this it becomes possible to choose more constructive and creative responses – even when events are unpleasant and normally disturbing for us. This is because by observing ourselves, we may notice our negative feelings beginning to rise, then put a hold on them long enough to try to see things from a different angle. And once we do, we may be then able to take a more positive action. We might even lose our seriousness and see something comic about the situation and respond with amusement. 

Self-observation is a simple thing, but it can be difficult to do because we must remember to do it.  But making the effort is well worth it. It can completely change the quality of your life.  I’ve seen it happen in my own life as well as in the lives of many others.

Practice OBJECTIVE SELF-OBSERVATION and see what it can do for you.

Goodness and joy to all, Joseph.

LIVE MORE AT SOUL LEVEL

When living at soul level, we feel fully alive and on track to completely fulfilling our divine nature. And the more we do this, the greater our lives will be.

Listen to your soul’s yearnings; it’s the disquiet and unrest we may feel when we’re not moving toward fulfilling our greatest life possibilities. If your life feels ordinary and not very fulfilling, here are a few tips to live more at soul level:

Elicit inspiration, often. The moment we feel inspired we experience a great rush of soul-energy wanting to be materialized through our actions … we become exhilarated.

To elicit inspiration we need to look beyond our usual goals and visualize doing something especially wonderful – something deep down that our soul wants us to do. It can be something small, such as simply acknowledging to a friend how much you appreciate their friendship or it can be something big, such as starting a new project.

With inspiration comes some resistance; usually it’s an automatic given because inspiration requires us to make a special effort. When that happens, confront your resistance. It can take the form of negative thoughts or a falling back into old habits, distracting or stalling us. 

Keep in mind that living the greater life of your soul is not free: the cost is overcoming resistance. And when we do that, the soul matures and expands … we become more creatively powerful and alive with soulful joy and fulfillment.

Another suggestion (and something you can do every day): envision yourself being more giving, loving, forgiving, patient, caring, accepting or compassionate toward someone you’re sure to soon encounter. And if resistance rises -- just go through it, and see the great difference in your life that you make.

Each time we overcome resistance and follow inspiration we upgrade life. Just try it and see.

Goodness and joy to all, Joseph.

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