August 27, 2008

4 Freedoms Integration Exercise (6): Out of Body

INTEGRATION EXERCISES
Exercises To Do On Your Own

 

OUT OF BODY

Time for Exercise: five to 30 minutes

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Each evening as you prepare to sleep, give your deeper consciousness instructions for going out of your body.

1.Relax your body completely.

2.Quiet your mind with a meditative practice.

3.Reassure your ego self that you will be safe while you travel and that you can return to your body whenever you wish to, by associating your return with some simple action such as moving your arms or legs.

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August 21, 2008

4 Freedoms Integration Exercise (4): The Meaning of Life

 

 INTEGRATION EXERCISES
Exercises To Do On Your Own

 

THE MEANING OF LIFE

A primary function of consciousness is to bestow meaning, to decide what things mean for you personally. Examples include deciding how important something is to you regardless of its importance to someone else, how something ranks in priority compared with other things in your life, and whether you will spend time, money, or energy on something. Someone can spend an entire lifetime in search of the meaning of life and never find it, primarily because there is no meaning inherent in life. Instead, each of us, in an act of free will, decides what our lives mean and what is meaningful in our lives. Finding the meaning in your life is primarily a decision and only secondarily a search. Searching leads to a decision more than to a discovery.

It makes sense that the meaning or purpose of your life lies in pursuing something you love to do that is also of service to others and to God. Doing what you love to do, serving others, and earning a living at the same time comprise “following your bliss.”  In this exercise you reflect on what you love most to do, with a view to deciding eventually what your bliss is, and at that time taking action to follow it.


Time for Exercise: five minutes to one hour

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Steps:

1.Think about things you love to do.

2.Which one jumps out at you as the one thing you love most?

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August 15, 2008

4 Freedoms Integration Exercise (2): What's Good

 INTEGRATION EXERCISES
Exercises To Do On Your Own

 

WHAT’S GOOD?

Be careful what you pay attention to because you are going to get more of it. You can help people focus on what they do want by asking them the simple question, “What’s good?”

Time for Exercise: one minute

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1.The next time you greet someone, instead of usual greetings such as “How are you?” “How’s it going?” “What’s new?” ask “What’s good?”

2.Suggest to everyone you know that they start asking others this simple question.

 
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If you pay attention to how people use language, you will notice that they often phrase responses in negative terms. For example, if you ask someone, “How are you today?” the most frequent response seems to be “Not bad.” If you ask, “How is everything?” they might say, “It could be worse.” When people talk about what they want, they often mention what they don’t want. For example, “I sure hope I don’t get that flu going around,” or “I don’t want to be sick,” or “I don’t want to be poor,” or “I hope my husband is not fooling around on me.”


Generally your consciousness works to create more of what you pay attention to. When you pay attention to what you don’t want, there is a good chance you are going to get not less but more of it. So pay attention to what you do want. For example, “I want to be healthy,” or “I want to have lots of money,” or “I want a relationship based on trust and commitment.”

 

Excerpted from our new book Sensual Love Secrets for Couples: The Four Freedoms of Body, Mind, Heart and Soul, by Al Link and Pala Copeland, Llewellyn, 2007

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July 4, 2008

Soul Freedom Exercise (7): Psychic Protection

SOUL FREEDOM EXERCISES
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PSYCHIC PROTECTION
   
    It would be reassuring if all energetic phenomena were benign, but we know that there are energies that are not friendly, that are actually dangerous. Opening completely to your lover emotionally, spiritually, and energetically in ecstatic union can make you vulnerable to the influence of unfriendly energies. This simple psychic protection ritual cleanses your sacred lovemaking space and keeps you safe, so you can surrender completely without fear or limitations of any kind.

Time for Exercise: five minutes

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April 23, 2008

Heart Freedom Exercise (4): Freeing the Fool

Heart Freedom Exercises
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thefool.jpgFreeing the Fool

Time for Exercise: five to 15 minutes

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When have you felt foolish, embarrassed, or humiliated? Recall the circumstances of those situations. What if these things had happened to someone you love instead of yourself? Would they seem as emotionally loaded and devastating as they were when they happened to you?
 
The King’s Fool
 
Imagine you lived at a time when there were kings, and you assumed the role of the king’s fool. What is the role of a professional fool? What is the emotional significance of foolish, outrageous, and silly behaviors when they are done consciously?

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March 27, 2008

Mind Freedom Exercise (15): I Changed My Mind

 

Mind Freedom Exercises
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I Changed My Mind…

And she never gives out, and she never gives in. She just changes her mind.
Billy Joel, She's Always a Woman

 

Time for Exercise: 10 to 30 minutes

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March 25, 2008

Mind Freedom Exercise (14): Truth and Dare

 

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truthdare.jpgTruth and Dare

All the secrets you hold inside are an enormous weight, a needless burden. This exercise offers an excellent opportunity for you to revisit and let go of things from your past that still bother you. All of us have experiences that have left us wounded: times when we felt humiliated, diminished, attacked, violated, abused, rejected, ignored, or misunderstood. Just to have someone listen to your story without judgment, without comment, and without assuming responsibility can lighten your load tremendously.

Time for Exercise: 10 to 30 minutes

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