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Consciousness Exercises

Published on July 19, 2006

Due to my experience with many modalities, I’ve included exercises which will release emotions and issues which prevent us from achieving the spiritual goal of being our Highest Self. Whichever exercises work best for you, the thing to keep in mind is the intended result is to release blocks to higher consciousness. Whatever comes up be it denial, failure to take responsibility for what is happening around you, clinging to the past, fear of releasing and surrendering unsuitable beliefs or upsets, or refusal to own and recognize the ego, all exercises have the ability to create radical inner change.

I will be adding exercises as time goes on for you to do as your time permits. You may find some work for you more than others, as you become proficient in practicing them. Each one has the propensity for eliminating the road-blocks. There are many ways one can reach enlightenment, but that end is not as important as the journey, and what we are as we travel the path. You can think of these as your own personal class exercises without the travel or the expense. As always, these exercises are not meant to treat serious conditions, and I always defer to and recommend contacting professionals, whenever issues necessitate. God Bless you in the Highest.

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What’s Going On?

Published on October 1, 2006

There has to be a starting point when you are on the path of change and higher consciousness. What blocks are holding us back? What beliefs are no longer necessary to hold? What blocks are continually coming up? What are we stuck on? What things keep coming up over and over again to stop our growth? What really bothers us and fuels our anger?

Objective: To find out what keeps us stuck at the core level of our being.

Expected results: To free up what’s bothering us and get a better idea of what we need to work on and surrender.

1.) List 5 things that you hold you back from change? i.e. Fear, age, abilities

2.) List 5 beliefs which come up in your life over and over. i.e Religious doctrines, about how you look, things about your childhood.

3.) List 5 things that make you feel stuck. i.e. tiredness, apathy, depression

4.) List 5 things that make you really angry. i.e. other people, not getting my way

Look at the list of your answers. Is there anything which keeps repeating itself? Is there something about a particular belief that prevents you from changing? What is it about the beliefs on your list that create suffering in your life? For each belief ask yourself what you are experiencing when you say that belief out loud. After each answer, ask yourself… and then what? (i.e. What other belief are you holding about this?) Keep on asking yourself the same question until you get to the core of the belief.

Example: I get so angry when people don’t pay attention to me.
…and then what?
It makes me feel like I don’t exist.
…and then what?
I feel like a nobody.
…and then what?
I don’t know who I am.
…and then what?
I get depressed.
…and then what?
I feel like I may feel like this forever.
The core belief is, feeling bad about ones’ self may just lead to endless suffering.

At this point, there is the ability now to start an internal dialogue to end this suffering through surrender and letting go. An issue has been addressed and can now be released using the exercise “All Suffering is Illusion.”


All Suffering is Illusion

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This exercise is not meant to replace medical or other professional help. It may be used in conjunction with professional help.

Suffering is caused by fear, anger, pain, confusion, depression, and many other factors. In many cases emotional suffering is due to one’s level of consciousness. Eliminating blocks to ascending consciousness is important to reach the levels of love and joy, which bring intrinsic peace. This exercise is very powerful, and is the core exercise for removing blocks when all is surrendered.
Objective: To see that what we create as suffering, is what our mind/ego has projected into our lives for us.

Expected results: To remove the illusions that we are our thoughts and release our suffering.

Allow yourself at least 30 to 60 minutes* of quiet time away from noise or interruptions. Wearing loose fitting clothing, relax into a comfortable position. Breathe in to the diaphragm slowly through the nostrils filling the lungs. Exhale through the mouth, to the count of 5. Continue until your entire body is relaxed. Continue the breathing exercises while getting an idea of floating through space, weightless. Expand your journey through space by expanding your consciousness until it reaches out in all directions. Continue to expand your consciousness out in all directions further and further until you become one with All That Exists. Your body may feel weightless at this point, or you may not feel the body at all. Keep expanding out until you see you are not your body, pain, or feelings.

Now keeping the entire issue as a totality, see it as a complete illusion inside a cloud. Allow the cloud to expand out further and further, disappearing the illusion as it expands. See the illusion vanish along with the cloud into space. If there is any part of it left, allow it to further dissipate into space reaching farther and farther out. Say to yourself, “That was not what I am. That was my illusion. Illusions do not exist. I surrender all illusion to God.”
* When becoming proficient with this exercise, changes will occur in shorter time periods, until you can do this exercise without the limitations of time or place.


Uncovering our Mind Fields

Published on September 28, 2006

Objective: To uncover what fixes our attention, clutters the mind, and causes egocentricities.
Expected results: To regain focus and clarity, reducing confusion and tension.

Step 1 (Keep these to less than 5 things each.)
1. Write down 5 things which you are uncertain of or have questions about.
2. Write down 5 things which make you feel uneasy or uncomfortable.
3. Write down 5 things which are unfinished in your life.
4. Write down 5 things you do not understand.
5. Who upsets you?
6. What makes you feel tired when you think about it?
7. What is it you will not talk about, or hold secret?

Step 2
1. Organize each number above as a heading. i.e. Things uncertain about, Things unfinished, etc. in a columnar chart formation. Write down and number each thing below the heading in no particular order.

Step 3
1. Go over the list, looking for those things that cause a more extreme disturbance in your “field”.
2. Mark each thing on the list that you “feel” strongly about. This is an intuitive exercise. The Field knows what disturbs us, as does our own psyche. If you are familiar with and can do AK, use this list to weed out what the highest priority issues are.
3. If you are not familiar with using Applied Kinesiology, use #1 from this list and discreate each thing using Releasing Emotional Energy Exercise, Step 1 in Surrender and Releasing Exercise, or Atonement Exercise in Consciousness Exercises.


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Surrender and Releasing Exercise

Published on August 6, 2006

Much of our waking life is spent thinking. Thinking becomes that which brings up our feelings, through which we agonize, endlessly. Although the greater part of our mind is at rest, the smallest percentage leads to the most distress__our thoughts. The ego is expressing judgment continually in the form of anger, positionalities, worry, frustration, sadness, grief, and every other emotion within ego’s possibilities. It is our mind which keeps us up at night, and our thoughts which fix our attention.

This exercise is a powerful form of waking meditation, capable of high states of consciousness changes. It is a compilation of exercises I have practiced and simplified, using the technique of repetition. The only thing which is required is the awareness of your thoughts as they arise, in the form of stories, sentences, words, images, reaction to sights, sounds, issues, and events.

1st Week
Begin this exercise by sitting quietly in a comfortable, quiet place, and start to make yourself aware of each thought which comes to mind as it arises, releasing it and letting it float gently downstream as a small boat, one following the other. No commentary is needed for each thought. Just be aware of it and see it going downstream. Practice this exercise 15 minutes everyday as a meditation, for one week.

2nd Week
When you are comfortable with this exercise, as each thought arises say to yourself (or out loud) softly, “I surrender and release this thought.” As each thought arises, stop the thought as soon as it begins and repeat, “I surrender and release this thought.”* Practice this exercise until you can practice it comfortably for 15 minutes.

3rd Week
Begin by surrendering and releasing each thought for 15 minutes a day while you are actively on your normal schedule. It makes no difference what time of day, as long as you focus on surrendering and releasing each thought immediately, as it arises for a full 15 minutes.

4th Week
After the 3rd week is over, begin practicing this exercise for longer periods of time throughout the day, until you begin to feel comfortable surrendering and releasing, under all conditions and in all everyday circumstances.

Expected results:
The ability to quiet the mind, living within the context of all that is, as the witness.

*To make this exercise more powerful, add: “to you, God”, or “to thee, O Lord” at the end of the sentence.


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The Will

Published on July 21, 2006

Will is the power of making a reasoned choice or desicion, or controlling one’s actions. The will is only as powerful as the consciousness of the individual behind that will. The odds are pretty good that if you are here reading this, you already have the intention, and therefore the capacity for, or the propensity to have (or be of), higher will.

Since all exercises in raising consciousness must be precluded by having a strong will, all will and attention exercises will strengthen the “will muscle.”

Objective: To strengthen the will

Expected results: Increased awareness

1.) Talk a walk and notice something. Decide how you would describe the object and then move on. Continue this exercise while noticing and describing more things along the way.


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Attention

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Objective: To place control of attention under the will.

Expected Results: Increased sense of power.

For this exercise you may want to use a timer.

Fix your attention on a stationary object for a period of two minutes. Any time your attention wanders, bring it back.

Another way of doing that is to pick a mental image or memory and direct your attention to it for a period of two minutes. If your attention starts to wander, bring it back. If you have trouble with this method, return to stationary objects, until you feel confident you can return to this method.


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Atonement Exercise

Published on July 20, 2006

This is a wonderful process. It can work while walking a trail, a path in the woods, up a flight of stairs, or in your own home. It can be done anywhere as long as each step is deliberate and is followed by a particular confession. This can be done in regard to your life, in general, or a specific situation or person. (This is similar to some of the 12 steps which deals with atonement, forgiveness, and release of past suffering by surrendering all to God).

Objective: To relieve past and present issues and suffering.

Results: To diminish or alleviate false ideas, projections, unsuitable beliefs, upsetting thoughts and issues, and general uneasiness.

1. Choose a direction and destination.

2. With each step in the direction of your destination, whisper something you have or haven’t done (but felt you should have), thought, felt guilty over, had done to you, or any other situation which you feel uneasy about. Allow resistances to leave. This is a private exercise between you and God.

3. When you get to your destination, take a deep breath and relax, letting everything go, including your thoughts.

4. When you are ready, turnaround and for every step on your return, think of someone you love, or someone that hurt you or that you hurt, and quietly or silently bless them by saying, ” God bless you in the Highest.”

5. Release all thoughts of events to the past as you exhale, and staying in the present moment, breathe in appreciation and gratitude for the now.


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Free Avatar Mini-Courses

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These are part of the Avatar courses which I am certified to teach. You can downlod them for free and do them at home. If you need them in another language, click the word, Avatar on my front page sidebar under “links.”
The Avatar Mini-Courses


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Time and Context

Published on July 19, 2006

Time is always a factor in our lives. As we go through our day there is a constant awareness of what time it is and if we on time. There are a few simple things you can do to reduce the stress of feeling out of time.

1.) Give yourself a little extra time early in the day to get those extra things done. Wake up a half hour or an hour earlier, so you don’t feel rushed. Release the need to have to have a certain number of sleep hours. Your body will adjust naturally to your new schedule.

2.) Always write down your thoughts or things to do for each day. Whatever spills over, put on tomorrow’s list. This will free up remembering what you needed to get done.

3.) This is a natural relaxation exercise and should be done when not having to focus on anything directly. Widen your “field of seeing” by taking in everything around you as you go through the day. Practice seeing the bigger picture by stepping out of your thoughts and just watching, without mental comment. Use your peripheral vision on and off, while practicing. Try it for 5 minutes, then 10 and so on, until you can do it indefinitely. This exercise has many names (depending on what course you’re familiar with), but it is seeing everything within context, not content. It’s called contemplation, and I will be giving you more exercises like this.


Thoughts and Thinking (Will Exercises)

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Monkey mind or monkey brain, as it is often called, are words that have been used to describe the state one is in when one cannot stop the flow of thoughts constantly streaming through the mind. People are always saying, “But I can’t stop thinking!” Thoughts are flowing through the mind at a rate that’s mind boggling. We often feel at the mercy of our thoughts…, analyzing, rationalizing, judging, computing, remembering, and imagining, both unconsciously and deliberately. Our minds seem to be seldom silent. Even in the dream state, our minds are working. Our mind however, is really silent the vast majority of the time. Our thoughts arise from The Field, independent of each other. It is our agonizing over things, which exhaust the mind and body as we ruminate.

So, when does our mind rest? Peculiarly, the mind doesn’t need rest; It needs to be taught or trained: 1.) how to see the flow of our thoughts and let each one go, one thought at a time.(meditation) 2.) how to organize thoughts so they don’t overwhelm us. 3.) how to think with deliberation and intention. Here are a few beginning exercises to do:

Get comfortable and sit in a quiet place. Focus on your breath, inhaling deeply, and then exhaling slowly. Think of your mind as a river and the thoughts as boats floating down the river gently going their own way and disappearing into the distance. Watch each thought as it arises, flowing downstream and out of site. You are not attached to any of them. They are of no importance. As you do this consciously, you will have less and less attachment to them, realizing they are not you. This is meditation. Remember thoughts are things, so be aware of the content as they float by and ask if this is truly meaningful as you let it go. If it doesn’t serve you, let those types of thoughts become meaningless in your life, also.

In order to organize thoughts, we must have order, so this is a little exercise to keep thoughts from overwhelming us. 1.( Make a list of things that are hanging in your life that you would like to finish. 2.) List anything you’re confused about or that makes you feel uncomfortable, strange, tired, upset or weird. 3.) What makes you feel exhausted when you think about it? After you have this list, do a little self-analysis about the things (on the lists) that you can handle, or what you need, to know more about each subject. Then put the lists away and see how you feel. You should have renewed energy and those things shouldn’t be hanging around your mind anymore. If any remain, do the exercise over.

Now about thinking with deliberation and intention. This requires a lot more practice. It’s a much longer road to training the mind to think the way you want it to and not how it’s been programmed since birth. Start with this exercise…1.) Concentrate all your attention on a single object for 2 minutes. Anytime within the 2 minutes you find your attention wandering, bring it back. Continue with other objects. You should feel more focused and relaxed. 2.) Breathing in, notice something far away. Breathing out, notice something close. Repeat 10 times. Result: recovery of perspective. 3.) This exercise is like Simon says, only you are the leader. Before any action, even scratching your head, Stop, Verbalize your intended action, then Do it. Continue for 5 minutes. (i.e.) Stop, “Now I will climb the stairs”, climb the stairs, then …Stop, “Now I will turn right”, turn right, then Stop, Now “I will enter the living room,” enter the living room, then Stop, etc. This will place your behavior under your control. See article on “Money” for The Resurfacing book. The book is the complete beginning course on getting your life and your will under your control.


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Releasing Emotional Energy

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When something happens to us, we feel the experience as emotions. The energy we give the emotion is a gauge as to how we are handling the experience. The more energy we expend, the worse the emotion feels. Until we release the energy field surrounding the experience, we become trapped by it. This can last as long as the emotion is being fed. Here is an exercise to release the entire creation.

Close your eyes. Slowly breathe in the experience, and exhale slowly. Feel all of the experience and see it as a cloud expanding as you feel all the emotions surrounding it. Allow the cloud to expand out, infinitely. Continue breathing slowly as you surrender the feelings and the experience, while expanding the cloud out further and further. Release the entire cloud to The Infinite Field of All That Is. Trust that The Field is taking it all as a gift. Feel the peace of The Field and the Love. Everything is perfect as it is.

Repeat this exercise as often as you need to until a release is experienced.


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