ATTAINMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT
The Alignment Of Beliefs, Desires, And Needs
©1993-95 Chris Pringer, edited 6/'03, 9/'03, 6'07
[The essays mentioned here are found at the Body-Mind Integration web site,
at the addresses shown in the "Related Articles" section further below.]
This is as consistant a summary of laws and principles on this subject as I've been able to assemble. I have attempted to translate for 'normal consuption' although "regular folk" may have to read this a couple of times to bring it all into context. It is broadly representative, if not exhaustive, and is collected from the more authoritative sources of existential wisdom, metaphysical precepts, and concepts. The more basic of these I would consider "Universal Laws and Principles." Listed below are the 'laws' that I have found more specific to the human mind, and the dynamics regarding magnetism, creation, and related inner forces and momentums. We go in depth into their practical application (from the author's approach) in other essays. The essays mentioned here are found at the Body-Mind Integration web site, at the addresses shown in the "Related Articles" section further below.
BASIC MIND-BODY COSMOLOGY
(C1) The order of creation on the earth plane (according to most metaphysically-oriented philosophies/systems of the last 12,000 years, or at least as recorded since then) begins first with the inspiration or the idea (via the mental body); second, with the motivation to do/have/be it(via the emotional body): and after formation in the etheric realm [that of bio-energetics, meridians, aura's as seen by a few people] it finally gets manifestated into physical existence. Things are brought from the more subtle realms of existence into 'the physical' realm via spoken word, physical deed. Sometimes things are "manifested" simply through the recognition - by the five senses - that something *already* exists!. This latter statement pertains to beliefs (as the precursor to the thing or situation to be manifested), whether conscious or subconscious.
[ A belief is an emotionally charged thought or idea. It is a thought with a personal attachment to it -- attached with emotion. The more emotionally charged/attached the belief, the more creative power and impact it has in one's life, whether we are conscious of it or not, let alone consciously like it or not. Which refers to our early childhood influences, conditioning, programming, etc. Which we call "the setup" provided via past lives and related karma, metaphysically speaking. Related (less metaphysical) terms: "subjective" perception generally refers to that from within oneself, usually conscious, as opposed to "objective" which tends to physically verifiable by others as well. I invite reader to use "Thought Forms and Beliefs" in an internet search . ]
(C2) Whether or not you get what you want, divine law says that you always get what you need (although it may appear contrary to our conscious belief system) One may NEED to change one's BELIEFS, in order that one's DESIRES become aligned with one's (true or higher) NEEDS. Implied here is that beliefs and desires are directly related, whereas desires (or beliefs) and actual needs may be quite different. Awareness of what one desires and believes is important in determining what one needs, and from this one better knows what one may receive. Also that prayers are always answered; "prayers" in this case, include ALL of ones thought and spoken word - to our less than official gods, as well as That/those we might call God.) From here one can determine choices, goals, and priorities. See "The Achievement of Goals, Attainment and the Role of Inner-Work" (sometimes referred to as "The Goal Chart") and other elaboration in the essay on "Abundance."
(C3) Desires are based on beliefs. All of one's beliefs affect one's perception of and response to one's environment. They also affect one's personal magnetism -- and therefore the way in which one attracts people, things and opportunities to oneself. In such ways, beliefs affect one's manner of manifesting things/experiences. This makes sense (and is a little more palatable) when one understands that, with the exception perhaps, of a rare few people on the planet, not all of one's beliefs are CONSCIOUSLY known or accessible under normal conditions-- many may be forgotten or repressed. Hence, the existential tenant that "ONE GETS ONLY WHAT ONE BELIEVES IN." Unconscious beliefs -- about self, others, life, health, wealth, death, etc. -- can have AS MUCH OR EVEN MORE impact on what we attract/create as can conscious beliefs!
(C4) It is not unusual to have contradictory beliefs any more than it is to have mixed feelings or conflicting goals, but in the case of strongly conflicting beliefs, one of the two is usually subconscious. This is illustrated when we put conscious effort in one direction and discover, after the fact, that we have also blocked that direction. Contradicting directions is the major (if not only) source of excess tension in the mind and body. "Excess" here means harmful to some degree or potentially harmful if maintained on a permanent basis. Tension is also the physical correlation of motivation, drive, or "charge", and it is indicative of a (subjective, felt) state of incompletion. That is not "bad," it is simply a communication that "begs" (eventually needs) to be addressed, metaphysically speaking, but more on that in another essay.
(C5) Unconscious beliefs are unconscious generally due to their having been associated with an event, often traumatic, that one unconsciously fears the memory of. For this reason the memory and various associated data was repressed (referring to that "setup" again). This fear is at least part of the charge that holds on to the belief, and there are likely other emotions that were not allowed/safe to be felt and/or expressed at the time of the event. It requires energy to repress high-impact information from memory access and a lot of repression can cause exhaustion in otherwise "high energy" individuals. Here is where the creation of "coping mechanisms" comes into play (see next section). There is much to be said for the integrated process of acceptance of the "shadow" aspects of self; see the essay on Self-Parenting.
Beliefs and the Body-Mind:
(BM1) Bones (the skeleton, posture and movement, alignment and mis-alignment) are moved or held by muscles, muscles are moved or held by attitudes, reaction patterns, and other emotion/ feeling-charged thoughts. These are governed overall by beliefs. Beliefs are the result of thoughts and/or personal experience -- physically manifested and/or imagined. The intensity of the experience determines the power of the belief, and therefore the degree of momentum invested in any related postural or movement pattern manefested in the body. These invested patterns are sometimes referred to as "Body-Memory".
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Sticky muscles come from sticky-(e)motions! It's true. There is actually a relationship between muscle habit patterns and emotional habit patterns. Muscles are designed to work and flow individually and/or together in a variety of associations with each other; not to stick together by chronic associative tension -- unless there was an overriding command to stick together due to a percieved need to create a splint or some other kind of "armoring". With the later, instead of flow-motion we get adhered muscle sheaths ("fascial adheasions") that are more easily injured, leading to compound adheasions -- thus sticky muscles! Therefore, sticky muscles come from sticky-(e)motions! --> That creates (a feeling of) sticky-bones! We all have at least a little of this condition in one body area or another. So what can we do? Briefly stated, we can unglue sticky motions by lubricating rusty thoughts, unclumping clogged beliefs, and clearing out emotional storage. That is,we can initiate some form of body-mind integrative therapy which will include a program for individualized personal growth process. And if we think about it, we can understand that, like cells, human beings and the individual living components that make them up -- work together best by being *unique* - TRUELY unique (by being their true selves - and yet by cooperating in integrated Harmony. This allows complementary movement/action, a means of working through, learning from conflict, and without creating uniformity. Here the *motivation* (or motivator) is not competition per say. Certainly not of the comparative, make-someone-less-than-someone-else variety, which induces separation through jealousy, antagonism, feelings of relative incompetance, and reluctant and/or denied imitation, adoration, nationalization, etc. As a result of that kind of competion we actually create more uniformity! |
(BM2) The "Coping Mechanism" (CM) is what we learned to do and/or be in our infancy and childhood to get our basic needs met. That is, this is learned when our parents were not there physically or emotionally, were confusing, dangerous or abusive, disrespectful of our actual needs, or otherwise irresponsible. The CM is creatively developed (consciously or not) to provide as much feeling of safety, love, and acceptance as necessary for survival. For example, loud talking helps get the needed attention of loud-talking parents. When the CM is formed very early, it becomes a habit pattern. This can be so even if we may not see it or see it as different from other's behavior, let alone as bothersome, self-sabotaging, or worse. We can forget (if ever really learned) that the situation that required the CS is not always going on or about to happen, etc. Then we don't see that other strategies -- that more appropriately get what we need -- are available as choices.
For elaboration please see essay, "Understanding the Pattern Triad".
As Regards the More Esoteric Beliefs:
(E1) Beliefs are the result of learning -- observation and/or mentally applied focus/analysis. Personal experience includes conditioning by one's environment -- culture, mores, religion, actual physical surroundings, events and interactions with all that goes into that. Our conditioning, as regards concepts of time and space, size and solidity, reality and illusion, is very subtly but powerfully determined by what are called "planetary thoughtforms". These thoughforms (ie: "people do not walk on water") are no more than the result many people's common beliefs charged with emotion - millions of people for thousands of years. The more frequent the case of absolute faith in the truth of them over great periods of time, the more powerful the thoughtform. Which is why those few who actually are able to free themselves of them are called "masters." Those include a relative few yogis (who do amazing feats that most anyone would consider miracles), including those who have indeed walked on water. [related note: Walking on fired coals without getting burned, all by intention, is neither a small example, nor a sure sign of self-mastery or self-realization. You might enjoy a book that also serves as a good reference in this regard: 'Autobiography of a Yogi' by Paramahansa Yogananda.]
(E2) This brings up the questions and concepts as relates belief to reality "to truth". How true is a belief that is impermanent? Now, we may wonder how we define "permanent". Rest assured, most all ancient philosophies grant permanence to some things, however few compared to what the average learned person believes. Intelligence as "normally" learned/perceived is not, in the views of masters of ancient wisdom, necessarily an indicator of a "healthy" or "spiritual" belief system, or visa versa. An in-depth body-mind awareness would be considered practical intelligence, and a conscious and constructive use of that awareness would be considered healthy and even spiritual.
(E3) For a more comprehensive guide to understanding and working with belief patterns and complexes, I suggest The Nature of Personal Reality by Jane Roberts and You Can Heal Your Life by Louise L. Hay, as well as the previously mentioned How to Enjoy All of Your Life, by Phil Laut.
(E4) But for life to change on the earth plane -- towards more wholeness and well-being -- physical actions and creations need be made consistent with the principles of wholeness and well-being. This is not meant to be an invalidation of other sensing faculties or to say that things on non-physical levels have no useful role.
[Note: With all due respect to those who maintain something to the effect that spiritual focus is all one should have, be, or do, and that thinking should be given up for a pure intuitive mind, I will add this: By faith and some degree of experience at least, I acknowledge the value of spiritual principles. I have also studied many and various spiritual or metaphysical systems or philosophies, some in depth, some in brief. I dare say, the hours I've spent in reading, contemplation, or meditation on these subjects alone would likely earn an associate degree. And yet, I am strongly influenced by the phrases, "In the world, but not of the world" and "...on earth as it is in heaven." I am also influenced by a hard-earned Left-Right brain balance developed between my Capricorn practicality and my Aries Moon, both as part a cardinal cross that also includes a Mars-Neptune conjunction in Libra and Uranus in Cancer. An astrologist called it "like managing four horses pulling in opposite directions," while adding that the Capricorn begins on land, then explores the depths of the sea, then climbs the mountain. Hence, I see, I think, I feel, and I write.]
A PRACTICAL RULE FOR CHANGING ONE'S LIFE: (relative to the above principles)
(R1) If you want to change your life (including your body), you may need to find out which of your beliefs are not working for you and your goals, and replace them with beliefs that will. I refer you to the charts, "The Achievement of Goals, Attainment and the Role of Inner-Work" (sometimes referred to as "The Goal Chart"), "The Goal Chart WorkSheet", and accompanying notes in the chapter on Abundance.
[That isn't a complete regimen, of course, and the regimen for you depends on your personal learning style among many other factors. And even then, it generally isn't easy, mainly because habits are difficult to break. And yet, that is exactly the potential benefit from investing time and application of principles illustrated in 'What The Bleep Do We Know - Down the Rabit Hole' (the DVD, available at most video outlets). More on that via the Bleep Tool Kit section (via refs below).
And/or if you want a few lists of key developmental activities for consideration, I can send you that if you'll contact me via info in the author/footer section].
PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF GESTALT AND METAPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES:
(P1) Affirmations can be designed and used to uncover subconscious beliefs (see #9 below), but other methods are added for releasing the beliefs, due to related emotional aspects.
(P2) One cannot release what one has not forgiven and one cannot forgive what one has not allowed oneself to feel. * This concept is skillfully elaborated on by John Gray in What You Can Feel, You Can Heal. While this release can be done on one's own, it is rarely if ever premeditated depending on the scale of the catharsis. Much can be accomplished short of this (catharsis) with journaling and other self-help methods in processing "negative-judged feelings" and contradicting beliefs. We usually come to a point where those who are trained/experienced in facilitating release of deeply stored emotion and providing a loving, empathetic, but objective atmosphere, can assist us through otherwise very sluggish situations.
(P3) The following is a very brief description of common relationship dynamics between the mental body and emotional body. Please refer to the chapter on the emotional body for clarification. The mental body and the emotional body speak different languages. They can communicate, but for mental-dominant people, this is not often a reliable skill. The "civilized" mind is generally encouraged to be mental-dominant from birth, as we are too often conditioned not to trust our own feeling-senses when, as an infant, our parents seem to be in disagreement with them.
Re-bridging the thought-emotion gap involves dramatic changes in how the mind regards emotional experience, particularly in terms of judgement and control. When the mind, which loves to analyse, jumps into a therapeutic emotional experience, a "discharge", it tends to prevent the discharge from continuing to completion. Once the mind can take a position of observation and allowingness, and surrender to the discharge, it begins to learn that it can do an even better job of analysing the situation - afterwards. And it learns to value the contribution and role of the emotional body.
(P4) There is a difference between releasing the emotional charge and getting caught up in "recycling" the emotion. In the latter, the belief is usually strengthened, the emotion is "entertained" as right and justified, as opposed to "understandable, all things considered." The whole complex then is given more power. This begins to change once the individual begins to become aware of the deeper aspects of the whole scenario as s/he is entertaining the complex. This may be very difficult to understand prior to experiencing it. It may be appropriate at this time to make a note to see "Seven Phases of Personal Growth."
(P5) To the degree of effectiveness that we have done "the Four R's" (Review, Release, Re-evaluate, Re-direct) with a given complex, we come to respond to situations (related to that complex) in a wholly new way. Before, when our "buttons were pushed," we reacted automatically in ways we later regretted and maybe even were amazed at. Now we begin to observe how we react/respond and experience more choice in how we respond in the situation. This can produce quite a rush of wonderful feelings -- empowerment and joy, completion (of an initiation hard fought), confidence in your capacities to deal effectively with challenge, while feeling love and loved at the same time. (See the Essay, "Body Mind Integration in the Personal Growth Process")
(P6) It needs to be emphasized here, and in general, that the term "therapy" is meant here as any exercise that is self-employed or assisted by friends or professionals towards self-improvement, growth, personality change, etc. There would be no stigma attached to this process if not for the addictive need of the average "civilized person" of society to appear "normal" (whatever that means) before others. We need to allow ourselves to see this for what it is -- fear of disapproval, rejection, loss of love and security -- resulting in our giving away our power to be all that we can be. Then, as individuals and as a society, we will allow ourselves to face our insecurities, forgive our judgements, release our guilt, and begin to move out of the rut of helplessness that underlies our feelings of powerlessness. But I do see and feel that we are doing just that.
(P7) Certain types of meditation, Vipassana for example, facilitate self-knowledge and detachment from the various aspects of one's mind and emotions and body, uncovering hidden elements and giving clarity as to purpose, directions, and resources. This kind of detachment refers to a distancing from the pushes and pulls of emotions, so as to obtain an objective yet responsible state of awareness. This state is not the same as denial of feelings or being out of touch with emotional aspects of life on the earth plane. One of the best resources for this is A Gradual Awakening by Stephen Levine.
(P8) Affirmations can also be used to "out-gun" inappropriate beliefs by simply repeating an affirmation counter to the unwanted belief, while applying a corresponding feeling to verbalization. However, this is a matter of applied force of will against the force of your subconscious and, without working at deeper levels as noted above, is temporarily effective at best. A good analogy would be the use of aerosol on odors.
(P9) Affirmations are best used to uncover and to replace the old belief(s). (See the Essay, "Using Affirmations to Uncover and Transform Negative Beliefs and Attitudes," by Douglas Bloch). Affirmations are also effective vehicles for reinforcing the connection with one's divine qualities. Mantras are designed/inspired for this action of synthesis. Ancient mantras have been magnetized by the millions of conscious repetitions by Masters and aspirants down through the ages. The resulting powerful and "positive" energy increases the connection of divine qualities (those specifically invoked by the mantra) to those using the mantra today.
(P10) The appropriate use of questions, termed here "Positive Response Questions" (PRQ's), can be highly effective and less likely to "trigger" that part of one that feels a need to prove the old belief is more true. Please refer to [the chapter and exercises on this topic] the essays, "The Use of Questions in Affirmation Therapy" and "Quest & Soul You Shen -- Question and Solution Technique."
If some folks were to see how I live and hear of my having written an essay on abundance, they would be sure that I was either a comedian, a hypocrite, or a blithering idiot. My response to that would be, "well, that's understandable
, and..." The "ands" have to do with how one defines abundance or success - primarily based on how one understands karma, belief patterns, and life decisions about priorities.
In any case, I am happy to say that I am rich in many ways that are not associated with how the image of 'success' has been promoted in the media. And essentially that: further understanding of the definitions, values, and concepts regarding such terms as 'magnetism,' 'achievement,' 'attainment,' and 'true abundance' would be a valuable thing in this post-Reaganomics era, and I hope to provide at least some clarification in the essays, "Whole Being Integration In Manifesting Abundance..." and "Attainment And Achievement -- The Alignment Of Beliefs, Desires, And Needs".
The term 'karma' may also deserve some attention, and that is given in essays "Victims, Compassion, & Responsibility -- Notes on The Emotional-Body, Denial of Pain, & 'Easy Answers' (Not!)" and "WHY PAIN? Notes on Pain, Awareness & Denial." You'll find many other references to essays at this site here, and here's where I toss in my 2nd (if less serious) disclaimer:
WARNING: Taking any of the many links on this page to related topic matter on other pages at this site (usually with many more links to still more pages at this site) before you have finished this page - may incure the mind-blowing consequence: 'Spread Too Thin On the Ever-Bridging Chalice Matrix' " (or at least on this ever-expanding website with an intense urge to find a site map <grin>) [soon to be found at Organization Chart / Site Map Page [noted Sept'08]. Otherwise, the cure for this groundless state (begging for some extreme to help you locate the center of things) may be achieved by wearing one of my sweatshirts, guarded front and back with the mandala, "Synthesis."  |
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Related articles (most by the author): 
"Whole Being Integration In Manifesting Abundance and
Seven Steps To Initiation And Understanding"
Principles of magnetism in the process of conscious personal growth, spiritual integration, and self healing. Includes special section: "Questions for Empowerment"
Positive Response Questions (PRQ's) designed specifically for Personal Empowerment through re-defining one's values and beliefs.
The "Bleep Tool Kit" (available at most video stores)Intro for application of principles from 'What The Bleep Do We Know - Down the Rabit Hole' ...because habits are difficult to break. And I don't mean to imply that 'Bleep' is all about such serious things. It's as fun as it is intellectually stimulating, even as "wondrous," as it pulls together and makes understandable so many realms of knowledge in a practical way, including the quantum physics that backs it all up! "Body-Mind Integration and the Chalice'
Questions and Topics for Body-Mind-Spirit Integration, A Class Outline Interconnecting Key Considerations'" with links to essays for elaboration. Includes "Positive Response Questions" (PRQ's) designed specifically for learning and affirming principles of this topic. "The Body Pattern Assessment and Understanding the Pattern Triad"Mind-Body Relationships and one's Life Path. How the body has habitually responded to experience is evidenced by the body's holding and movement patterns. Related to this are ones *coping mechanisms, *challenges, and *gifts. "On the path" (of one pursuing consciousness being) these aspects are there to be discovered, emotionally cleared, and then employed as mental/emotional assets and guidance towards determining and accomplishing life goals. "Emotion & Motivation on the Path and in Healing."
A Cosmology of what is here referred to as the 'Emotional-Body' - that which provides the motivation or 'drive' for any sustained focus, decision, stance or action. It is the degree of emotion that makes the difference between a held belief and a mere passing thought. "A Gestalt Perspective" and "Seven Phases of Personal Growth"
A perspective on an approach to and regard for life, one's past and present, as well as a basis for personal growth and/or therapy. "The Use Of Questions In Effective Affirmation Therapy - Theory and Examples for Practical Application".
Sample PRQ's (Positive Response Questions) for learning and affirming any desired knowledge. Theory section explains how this (PRQ) system compares to other affirmation techniques and therapies - how and why they work, advantages of PRQ's, etc. Includes Sample PRQ's (Positive Response Questions) for learning and affirming any desired knowledge. and Simple How-To's in developing Pragmatic use of "the right question" -- from a test situation and/or from regular affirmations. Works well for the intangibles (Personal Growth oriented) which many would say has to come before you can truly enjoy the rest anyway. © `94 Using Affirmations to Uncover
and Transform Negative Beliefs and Attitudes,
by Douglas Bloch, Nov.'98 -- Theory & Example; Basic and very useful Self Help psychology in therapeutic use of affirmations. "Questions for INNER-RESOURCING --
The Use of Personally Applied Invocative Questions (Invoc-Q's) for Multi-Dimensional Facilitation of Information Sharing, Integration, & Access," ©`96. Includes "An Ericsonian Reading for Resource manifestation," ©`96. "Questions for Boundaries
Effective Communications of position, intention, & message, Maintaining Clarity for appropriate Connection, Direction, & Protection" ©`96 "Questions for Invocation of 'The Blueprint'
An Empathic and Invocative Healing Exercise" Part One - a perspective for consideration on empathic healing, Part Two - a brief description of the "Invoc-Q" technique, Part Three - "An Empathic & Invocative Healing Exercise;" © Nov `96 (at Seeker Magazine Website) [Available in text form via chaliser@iinet.com (please type "permit2chris" in body of email):]
"INTER-RESOURCING INVOC-Q's - The Use Invoc-Q's) for Multi-Dimensional Facilitation of Information Sharing, Integration, & Access Adapted for *GROUP* Prayer/ Meditation" ©`96; "Space Cadet's Priorities - for 'Grounding` & Earth-Plane Productivity" © Jan '94; "Facilitated Resource Agreement Invoc-Q" © May `95, "Self-Programming Body Invoc-Q's For Personal Growth Process and Healing," ©`96, and "Whole Being Integration In Manifesting Abundance -- Seven Steps To Initiation & Understanding," ©'93-'98; "Trends to Detachment" - On expectations, detachment, and transcendence; about implications and applications of essential spiritual principles - with a bit of satire and corrective metaphores for addressing some myths and mis-information, ©`95. |
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