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“How to Stop Yourself from Your Greatest Achievements” From The Gratitude Effect written by Dr. John Demartini
“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.”
-Buddha
Dear Friends,
There are many people who are holding themselves back from expressing their fullest mental capacity because their mind is not clear. If we sort through our thoughts and discover the people, things or events we are not grateful for, then we can analyze them. We can look at our infatuations and find out what drawbacks are hidden. Then we can find the benefits of our resentments. When we are able to attain equilibrium between the positive and the negative, we return to the center, where our mind is empowered by gratitude. The immediate experience of the Gratitude Effect is clarity of mind. We are back into lucidity. We have access to clear vision and inspiration. And whatever it is we are doing, we take it to the new level. We become congruent and more awakened. Our mind power is infinite once we recognize that a balanced state of gratitude is the source of our inspirations and true mental power. It’s automatic. And the greatest of news is you don’t have to believe it to try it. I suggest that you do not pass up another moment.
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Our mental capacities are not limited by our formal education levels as much as they are by our perceptions and attitudes. I’ve seen well educated people in sports that were blocking their physical achievements and making excuses by adopting a disempowered mindset: “I’m getting too old for this. I’m nearly thirty, or forty, or fifty. There’s no way I can do my sport anymore. I’m getting too old, too tired, too sick, too this or too that.” These people are not truly too old, tired or sick; in most cases they have simply transformed their original inspiring vision and dreams into some other form, either temporarily or permanently. I remember this one particular gentleman who was an outstanding athlete, but had had a period of setbacks and stopped pursuing his dreams. He really didn’t envision stopping that early, but after one overly challenging season, he just gave up.
I sat down with him, did my little magic, which is another word for the Demartini Method®, and was able to bring him back into a state of gratitude for his life and for what had happened during that so-called “terrible” season. He realized that the season was low because he was focused on his wife, his kids, his house, and new family developments. It wasn’t a “bad” season as he first claimed, and he had not ”lost” anything as he initially assumed. He simply shifted his energy and focus over into other areas of his life, and this is where he and his accomplishments grew. That’s where his ”success” and “gain” was. That’s where his achievement was. Once he realized that, he had tears in his eyes and said to me, “Oh, my God. I didn’t actually fail that year. I transformed my achievements into a different form.”
I agreed, “No, you didn’t fail. You didn’t have a setback. You had achieved a tremendous growth in another area. You just didn’t realize that your values have shifted to that area.”
He asked me, “Now that those areas of my life are stable, do you really think I can become high achieving at my sport again?”
“Absolutely,” I said, “you’ve had the power to sustain a decent year even when you were taking on all those new family responsibilities, and you still achieved a lot. Now that those areas are stabilized, you can put your energy back into sports. You haven’t “lost” anything. Your values can be readjusted back to those focused on the game.”
When he became grateful for the different form of his achievement during that “terrible” season, he became grateful for himself again. Out he came again. It had nothing to do with his age. It had everything to do with his values, perceptions and resultant actions. He became a so-called “success” once more in the area of sports. He reminded me of Tiger Woods, who had a lower season when he first got married. Now his marriage is stabilized, and he’s back in the game again because he redirected his values and energy. Our achievements match our values, and once we recognize this, we can awaken the Gratitude Effect.
Love and Wisdom,
John
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