THE LAW OF SELF-MASTERY
Dear Friends and Students, Our lives and our minds are like gardens. If we don’t plant flowers, we will forever be pulling out weeds. I learned that from a lovely lady named Mrs. Grubbs, who lived next door to me when I was a child. As I was pulling out weeds from our garden, she kept telling me that if I keep pulling out those weeds, and I don’t plant something else in there, I will just keep having more weeds. Today I realize that the garden is also a metaphor for our mind. Our self-mastery in life is determined by how we manage our minds. If we “plant” into our mind the very fine detail of exactly how we want our lives, and we hold the image of that and focus on that, and if we feel it as if it were there in our inner world, we begin to manifest it in our lives. Our self-mastery actually comes from inner mastery. Our self-mastery must be willing to experience and endure both positive and negative feedback. I learned that a rocket ship, when it is launched, spends 90% of its energy to get it off the ground and into space, in feedback and correction. In our lives, a very high percentage of our own “launching” comes through feedback. We need positive and negative feedback, support and challenge, to grow. It has been shown that we grow the most when we are right at the border of support and challenge, or (you might say) of positive and negative feedback. A person of self-mastery must embrace both sides, both positive and negative feedback. We must embrace the vision we hold, knowing there will be people who like and people who dislike that vision. It has been said that if you are not being crucified, you are not on purpose. In life, you will have challenges. That is what will make you stronger. If you have children, for instance, and you support and support and support them, they become weak and dependent and insecure. If you challenge them, they become strong and independent. So in life, as you develop your self-mastery, know that whatever happens, both positive and negative help you accomplish your mission. They are there to assist your mastery of life! Clarify your mission. Identify it visually until you “see” it! Say it to yourself until you “hear” it. Hold it as a thought. Hold it as a feeling. Endure both positive and negative feedback. Your mastery of life will endure. Our life’s mastery is really our mental mastery. And our mental mastery is simply the willingness to embrace all aspects of our life and never lose our vision and focus. The Law of Self-Mastery is yours. It does not cost you anything except your time and effort. It does not take any distractions except your focus. The Law of Self-Mastery is yours. Right now, stop! Close your eyes. Hold your image of how you want your life. You are the master! Love and gratitude,
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