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- Practice the meditations you have already learned. NNC (NNC always means No Need to Comment, just write if you did it. If you had a revelation or new awareness that you want to share in 1-2 sentences pls feel free. Or share it with your AP.)
2. New material: The Holy 4: two minutes meditation on each core belief per day. Keep it positive. (eight minutes total) NNC
a. What came up for you? Give a one sentence example for each (Holy 4) belief on how your life may become better by embracing such a core belief.
- AP call: 7 minutes each. Use a timer and learn balance by respecting class & personal boundaries. Talk to your AP about how your meditations are going, if you need any helpful suggestions on how to accomplish your meditations, and mostly about your 6 min Holy 4 meditation. NNC
- Listen to or read 30 minutes more of the Gratitude Diaries. Use one word to one sentence only for the following responses. a. Janice notes, “It is ok to look at only one side of things.” What is your response? b. What is chapter 2 about? c. How many months does it take to make a real change of behavior? d. People avoid being grateful to a spouse because they don't want to be _________.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! There is no class this week. See you on Dec 2nd. 🙂
1 Practice the meditations you have already learned. NNC (NNC always means No Need to Comment, just write if you did it. If you had a revelation or new awareness that you want to share in 1-2 sentences pls feel free. Or share it with your AP.) Did it.
2. New material: The Holy 4: two minutes meditation on each core belief per day. Keep it positive. (eight minutes total) NNC
What came up for you? Give a one sentence example for each (Holy 4) belief on how your life may become better by embracing such a core belief.
1) I am safe. This was helpful as I had some anxiety come up in the last couple days.
2) I am loved, lovable & loving. Yes I feel this, yet know I could be more open with more people.
3) I am worthy. I’ve been doing this work for awhile now, so nothing came up except recognition of how I’ve shifted a lot over the years in what I accept in life or don’t!
4) I am whole. Health has been on my agenda for decades. It doesn’t make me happy to be too obsessive, yet I am always experimenting & fine tuning.
3 AP call: 7 minutes each. Use a timer and learn balance by respecting class & personal boundaries. Talk to your AP about how your meditations are going, if you need any helpful suggestions on how to accomplish your meditations, and mostly about your 6 min Holy 4 meditation. NNC
4 Listen to or read 30 minutes more of the Gratitude Diaries. Use one word to one sentence only for the following responses.
Janice notes, “It is ok to look at only one side of things.” What is your response? If it makes me happier, I’m willing to try it. 😉
What is chapter 2 about? Its about learning how to shift your perspective which actually changes your brain chemistry n structure toward happiness.
How many months does it take to make a real change of behavior? Some say 21 days. Some say a couple months. Some say 6 months.
d. People avoid being grateful to a spouse because they don’t want to be _indebted_.
1: (meditations) Yes I have done them.
2: (holy 4 meditation) Yes
a: write a sentence about each and how it may benefit.
1) I am safe: This meditation has been helping me ground after the car accident and soothes my nervous system. I like to do this one in the mirror most.
2) I am loved, lovable and loving: Oddly enough this is the least impactful out of the four, but still offers a positive affect, helping to anchor acceptance and thus wholeness more deeply.
3) I am worthy: I can feel my worth increasing each time. This core belief can add value to all areas of my life such as career and relationship.
4) I am whole: This is the second least impactful, which I always take as a good sign, implying that I believe this to such a degree that I don’t notice much of a shift. This core belief brings a deep relaxation and empowerment into my system. It has the added benefit of bringing forth my offering to humanity as it reminds me I didn’t come to earth in need of anything but to give everything : )
3) (talk with AP partner) Spoke with Gloria and enjoyed myself.
4) 30 more minutes on Gratitude diaries:
a) “is it ok to only look at one side of things” (not sure if you are looking for our response or Janice’s response? if its the latter the person above quoted correctly) I personally like to look at the whole picture of an event so that I may become more intimate with unconscious, habitually or negative responses, however doing so with the outlook that everything is always benefitting and ending it on a high note 😉
b) The second chapter is about shifting our perspective to form new habits and how it can positively benefit different areas of our lives- this chapter is about rekindling the love in her marriage.
c) how long does it take to form a new habit? For many years researchers have believed it only takes 21 days to form new habits but now they believe for a new pattern to be fully engrained that it can need at least two months.
d) I’ve had trouble actually hearing this one so here is my best guest- people don’t want to be grateful to their spouse or significant other in fear that encouraging them will re-enforce patterns we don’t like and make us feel that we owe them something in return.
I will be sure to complete my HW posting by next week this time. Thank you –
1) Practiced Meditations/ Tools We Have Been Working With So Far
2) Practiced Holy 4 Meditations
A) What came up for me:
-Telling myself I am safe brings me into my breath and body, and makes me feel grateful for the gift of self-expression, which I have been allowing myself to embrace.
-Affirming that I am love, lovable, and loving, has been releasing the guilt and shame that have built up from times that I was not so loving.
-Realizing my worth comes naturally, as I feel my connection with Source and know that my alignment with purpose leads to a very worthy contribution to the All.
-Not much came up for me on the matter of wholeness, but I really like what Chad said about the danger of embracing others’ energies when we do not feel whole ourselves.
3) Completed AP Call
4) Gratitude Diaries
A) I like that Janice says “It’s OK to look at only one side of things”. I often focus on only the bright side of things, and get accused of living life with eyes closed to reality. But we create our reality, and I am merely choosing to create a nice one for myself and those around me!
B. Chapter 2 is about gratitude in a marriage.
C. It takes 2 months to make a real change of behavior. The number used to be 21 days, and some say it takes more like 6 months.
People avoid being grateful to a spouse because they don’t want to feel indebted.
whoops, don’t know what happened to my outline at the end there!
1) Practice IFG meditation, going in and out of the body and the Holy Four.
2) Did Holy Four meditation.
a) I am safe. Great to enable grounding and discharge background anxieties.
b) I am loved…… Reminds me acknowledge and receive love from others as well as to express it.
c) I am worthy. Funny this was the one I had the hardest time remembering. Think it may need some attention.
d) I am Whole. Great to remind myself of my perfection.
3) Spoke with AP and which meditations seemed to bring the greatest response.
4) In the context of the book, She is correct to include only the positive expectation as she is creating a new direction.
b) Chapter 2 is about applying gratitude to everyday happenings not just to exceptional events.
c) It takes 2-6 months on average to make a real change.
d) indebted
1) I did the meditations
2) Holy Four Meditations- check.
2a) I am safe- have really been
Working with this one this
Week. Perhaps the
meditation is the best way
to work with it, it’s far less
effort than trying to
explain emotional safety
to someone!
I am loved, love able,
loving- felt that I had been
unloving in my attempts
to explain emotional
safety to someone else.
I am worthy- relates To
finances for me.
I am whole- this really
grounds me and connects
me to source.
3) Spoke with AP
4) listened to book
A) in the context of a
gratitude journal, I think
it’s fine to focus on only
the positive.
B) chapter 2 is about gratitude
in marriage/ relationships
C) 2-6 months to make a real
change in behavior
D) most people don’t want to be indebted
Homework Report – Level 1 – Week 4
1. I practiced the meditations.
2. I meditated 2 minutes each with the Holy 4.
2 a. – I am safe… I can be more visible.
2 a. – I am loved, lovable, loving… I can have happy new friendships.
2 a. – I am worthy… I can recognize my contribution.
2a. – I am whole… I can create something new, from now.
3. My HW partner and I did our call, with a timer.
4. I listened to 30 minutes more of the Gratitude Diaries
4a. Janice was referring to not needing to caveat good things or complain in her gratitude journal; sounds good to me!
4b. Chapter 2 called “Falling Back in Love with My Husband” is about gratitude and relationships/marriage.
4c. Most of us need 2-6 months to make a real change of behavior.
4d. People avoid being grateful to a spouse because they don’t want to feel indebted.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
1) I have been doing the meditations daily.
2)Holy 4 meditation:
I am safe- This feels comforting and grounding, brings me to a present feeling.
I am worthy- A self reminder to continue on my path no matter the challenges that come up. It gave me a boost of confidence.
I am whole- I have what I need to feel balanced and whole.
I am loved- Taking more time to enjoy the sweetness of life.
3) talking with my AP tonight
4)Listened to 30 more minutes of the” Gratitude Diaries”
4a) I think it is best to see more of the sunny side the positive. This helps to manifest more positive in life. Although I do like to look at the whole picture, but why focus on what can bring you down.
4b) Chapter 2 is about Janice reflecting on her marriage. Learning to say thank you and show appreciation for things that may seem so routine in life, but to be grateful no matter how small it may seem.I could see how this can really shift a relationship.
4c) it can take 2 up to 6
4d)People avoid being grateful to a spouse because they don’t want to feel indebted.
1. Practiced meditations.
2. Practiced Holy 4 meditations:
A. I was surfing and practicing the “I feel safe” part of the meditation and realized I was holding myself back because subconsciously I didn’t feel safe at times. It instantly changed the way I felt.
I feel safe: Act and feel from a place of safety instead of fear.
I feel loved: Being more confident with self esteem.
I feel whole: Feeling complete within oneself and not needing something or someone to fill a void.
I am worthy: Believing you can achieve your goals.
3. I talked with my AP. It was nice to hear his point of view on the book and how the meditations are benefiting to both of us.
4. Listened to Gratitude Diaries:
A. I feel you can look at one side of things and appreciate the good while not being naive. It’s like choosing to be happy.
B. This chapter was about how the author was starting to practice gratitude with her husband and in other relationships.
C. It can take 2-6 months to form a habit.
D. Indebted.
1. Done
2. Done
2a. I am safe: I do feel safe, so this statement really resonated. It can help reduce anxiety when you embrace this core belief.
I am loved, loveable and loving: I have a tendency to put qualifications on this somewhat, so it is a good affirmation for me to use. It must help build self esteem in relationships of all types.
I am worthy: This one I have greatest need of, having grown up internalizing judgmental messages. Internalization of this affirmation should help pave the way for abundance as well.
I am whole: I really like this one, as it implies “I am enough.”
3. Done
4a. For the purpose of changing one’s attitude, fostering gratitude and rewiring the brain for positivity, I agree with the statement that it is ok to just focus on the positive.
4b. Chapter 2 is about the power of frequent gratitude, esp for everyday occurrences and relationships, to foster good experiences and human connection, and nurture relationships.
4c. 2 to 6 months
4d. Indebted
1.) Practiced all meditations- I was able to feel them more in depth this week by embodying each of the Holy 4.
2.)Holy 4-
– I’m safe- What arose for me was a lot more bodily relaxation and less fear.
-I’m loved, loveable and loving- A feeling of being more in touch with my heart towards myself and others periodically.
-I’m worthy- A release of a lot of unconscious guilt came up in this mantra.
-I’m whole- A sense that there’s nothing that needs to be added or taken away to me. An awareness of my people pleasing came up through this meditation. So a desire to know I’m safe to be me is what I’m working on.
3.) Called Ap partner!
4.) Gratitude Diaries-
A.) Looking at the good side of things I feel is important more so now in any situation; yet at the same time I feel it’s important to respect ourselves and if a situation doesn’t honor us or show us that respect than finding a solution is also important through that process.
B.) Ch. 2 is about Janice finding the daily gratitudes for her marriage and her husband in every facet as well as the awakening to how powerful these gratitudes are in relationships in general.
C.) 3 months to change a behavior. Though not 100% certain I heard that in ch.2
D.) ‘People avoid being grateful to a spouse because they don’t want to feel indebted or obligated to them.’
1. Practiced meditations
2.Practiced Holy 4.
a. I am love, lovable and loving: helped remind me to love myself and accept love from others.
b. I am worthy: Helpled release guilt and Heal.
c.I am whole: Felt healing on a deep cellular level.
d.I am safe: Helped release fear.
3. Completed call to AP partner. Bonded, connected and enjoyed the call. Nice to hear how another mother of 4 juggles and prioritizes.
4. Listened to te tape.
a. I think it helps to focus on the positive. Keep moving forward!! Gratitude and appreciation.
b. Chapter 2 is about gratitude in relationships. Finding things to appreciate, be grateful for no matter how small. It can shift a relationship.
c. Can take 2 – 6 months to change a behavior.
d. People avoid showing appreciation/gratitude to a spouse to avoid feeling indebted.
1. Practiced meditation
2. Practiced Holy 4 meditation
a. I am loved, lovable, and loving-It reminds me that I am loved. My life is better when I embrace self-love people gravitate toward me with ease.
I am worthy- It reminds me of my self worth. My life is better when i embrace worthiness because clients appreciate my services.
I am safe-It reminds me that there is nothing to fear. My life is better when I embrace safety because I am able to face life like a peaceful warrior.
I am whole- It reminds me that I am that I am. My life is better when I embrace wholeness because I am who I am no matter where I am.
3. I talked to my AP about the meditations.
4. I listened to 30 minutes of the Gratitude Diaries.
a. I agree with Janie that “It is ok to look at only one side of things.”
b. Chapter 2 is about falling back in love with Janice’s husband and to be grateful to pursue positivity in marriage.
c. It takes 2 months sometimes even 6 months to change a behavior
d. People avoid being grateful to a spouse because they don’t want to be indebted.
1) I practiced the meditations.
2) I practiced the Holy 4 beliefs.
A) I am worthy. This has been a big one for me, & sonething I have been working on. As I continue to work on this, i will learn to value myself more and my life will continue to be better.
I am safe. I have had a lot of trauma in my life so this is crucial for me too. Also, I just now realized, that I think I have been attracting situations in my life where I’m not safe because of the belief I have. As I continue to practice this belief I feel I will become more relaxed in my body and be more present, and will create a better life.
I am loved, loving and lovable. I’ve held the opposite of this belief for a long time, until recently. As I continue to embrace this belief more fully, i will take better care of myself and enjoy life more.
I am whole. I always thought i was broken and needed to be fixed, and i can still feel that way. When i embrace this belief, I can see that i already have everything i need within me, and there is nothing anyone can give to me or take away from me….I am enough!!
3) Spoke with AP partner for 7 min each and used a timer.
4) Gratitude Diaries
A) It’s ok to look at only one side of the story when its the positive stuff and you’re not looking at the negatives… doubts, fears, etc. If I could do this more I would feel much better and manifest better and faster.
B) Chapter 2 is about Janice falling back in love with her husband.
C) It tastes more than two months and as many as six to create change of behavior.
D) People avoid being grateful to a spouse because they don’t want to feel indebted.
1 – I did the balanced breathing and soul love meditation.
2 – I meditated on the Holy 4 each day for 2 minutes each:
a – I’m safe. Im a child of God and I’m protected by the intelligence of the Universe.
b – Im loved, lovable, and loving. It is ok for me to say no. It is ok to take care of myself first.
c – I’m worthy. I have been chosen to share my gifts. Im here because I’m worthy.
d – Im whole. Im one with Nature and all living beings. I accept all parts of myself.
3 – I spoke with my HW partner.
4 – Gratitude Diaries:
a – I believe that in order to manifest what I want, I need to focus specifically on the positive aspect of each experience. To focus on both aspects would be conflicting with the Law of Attraction.
b – Chapter 2 is about choosing to be grateful and give special attention to our everyday life and relationships, so to make the ordinary extraordinary.
c – A real change of behavior requires 2 to 6 months.
d – People avoid being grateful to a spouse because they don’t want to be indebted.
Practiced meditation, IFG, soul love.
Holy Four Meditation
I am safe. I feel safe and secure in every way.
I am loved. I am loved by most people. Because You can’t make everybody love you, no matter how you try.
I am worthy.I feel I am worthy of everything.
I am whole.I am complete, acceptable just the way I am.
Discussed with AP about Holy Four.
Listened to the book.
Focusing on te positive is acceptable.
Gratitude is the main theme of the chapter.
It takes 21 days (3 weeks) to 180 days (6 months) to change a habit.
They feel they will owe the spouse a favor or in debt, obligation.
1.Practiced Meditations. Counting Breaths is always immediately soothing, grounding, and gets me present.
2.a. I am Safe creates more trust in Myself and others.
b.I am Whole supports me calling all disconnected parts of myself Home.
c. I am Worthy allows me to receive magnitude of beauty that surrounds me.
d. I am loved, Loving and Lovable, reminds me of what ultimately true in every moment and the power i have to choose.
3. Spoke with AP partner, i appreciated our authentic connection.
4. Gratitude
a. looking at on side of things can be helpful when your focused on making a specific change, yes.
but when working with a group or navigating with another person i have found it can really piss other people off.
b. Appreciation, not taking others and all we have for granted.
c. 2 to 6 months to make a change
d. people avoid being grateful so they don’t feel indebted.
1. Did my best to do daily meditations
2. The Holy 4
a. I am loved: I would be able to relax and feel more at peace.
b. I am worthy: I would be able to accept myself as is, the way I am.
c.I am whole: Again, I would be able to better accept myself and feel more confident.
d.I am safe: I would be more trusting and expecting more good to come to me.
3. Did the AP call.
4. Listened to audible.
a. I find it very challenging to look only at the bright side and am struggling to fully embrace the LoA and positive thinking, as if my identity surrounds identifying myself with the week, meak, and those suffering…. Trying to figure his out for myself.
b. Chapter 2 is about How gratitude can affect relationship positively.
c. It could take 21 days to 6 months to make real change.
d. “indebted”
1. Continued meditation(s) practice / IFG / counting breath / connecting to Source
2. Holy Four meditation
A. I am safe / I belong: the sustaining energies will surround my endeavors.
B. I am loved, lovable, and loving: I recognize my energies of compassion, and the universal energies of compassion which hold me.
C. I am worthy: I choose to leave the Roman Catholic mantra “Lord, I am not worthy….” and instead step up and onto the altar holding all the gifts, the abundance, I need for this life.
D. I am whole: I accept all of the nurturing and balancing energies which constitute my legacy.
3. Conversed with my MI partner about the meditations, the Holy Four, and the Gratitude Diaries chapter for this week.
4. Read the assigned chapter of TGD
A. A consciousness of Gratitude observes the whole picture, not just one section of it; there is no “positive” and “negative” if one is grateful for whatever life is revealing, and if one is able to perceive that revelation.
B. This week’s chapter emphasizes and focuses on personal (marital) relationship.
C. Depending on the power of one’s intention and will, it can take several weeks to several months to change/replace a habit.
D. According to researcher Bob Emmons, partners hold back gratitude because, “In a long-term relationship, the fear of owing something can be uncomfortable.”
4. D / Specifically, a partner might feel that an expression of gratitude carries a debt; the person will feel indebted.
1. Practiced the meditations – I am starting to notice more when I am grounded and when I am not.
2.a. I am safe helps me to feel financially stable. I saw what I think was the hair of an angel feather floating down while looking in the mirror – made me feel safe and loved.
b. I am loved, loveable and loving helps me to see and radiate more love to myself and others.
c. I am worthy helps me to remember to value myself and know that I am deserving.
d. I am whole helps me to know that I am exactly where I need to be, doing just what I need to be doing at this moment.
3. I was especially thankful to talk with my AP as she gave me some much needed guidance and support in dealing with unwanted energies in my new home.
4. Gratitude Diaries
a. I agree that if you’re wanting to manifest more positive outcomes into your life then “It is okay to look at one side of things.” What you think about more you will attract. I wonder how that works when taking into consideration the needs of others?
b. One has the power to choose how their life will unfold – showing gratitude and appreciation will attract more of the same.
c. It takes 2 – 6 months to make a change.
d. People avoid being grateful so they don’t feel indebted.
1 – Meditations.
2 – Holy 4 meditations felt good.
What came up/How would life be better by embracing each of these beliefs?
a – I’m safe. To believe that I will always have shelter and food and be mentally, physically and spiritually healthy would feel like true safety.
b – I feel very loved, lovable and loving. I feel Spirit’s love for me. My beautiful students are always hugging me and telling me how much they love being with me, and my friends and family are loving towards me and show me that I am lovable.
c – I’m worthy. I can see that I struggle with this one. If I embraced this belief, I would be earning more money and have an awesome partner to share my life with.
d – I do believe I am whole, but that I become fragmented when in a highly anxious state. I had a reading done by one of my AP partners recently who told me that part of my soul had abandoned my body in childhood and she did some energy work to call it back.
3 – Had a good talk with Dawn.
4 – Gratitude Diaries:
a – I believe that in order to manifest what I want, I need to focus on the positive aspect of each experience.
b – Chapter 2 is about gratitude transforming a marriage. Also about the power of appreciating small moments and communicating one’s appreciation to create a shift in personal and interpersonal dynamics.
c – A real change of behavior requires 2 to 6 months.
d – People avoid being grateful to a spouse because they don’t want to be “indebted.”
1. practiced meditations
2. incorporating holy 4 meditations
a. I am safe – I connected this with grounding, this belief will bring me closer to a place of trusting
I am worthy – I struggle deeply with this, and I have been inviting space for this belief as it will allow me to receive self-love, and be more successful with self-care
I am loved, loving, lovable – I have been sharing this one with clients, bc it feels very juice, this belief will allow for greater compassion
I am whole – this was the hardest for me, my body doesn’t believe it at this moment in time, yet I believe it will bring me to a place of peace, and abandon the constant search outside myself
3. checked in with AP about new meditations
4. Finished gratitude diaries over the holiday of giving thanks and gratitude
a. Janice notes, “It is ok to look at only one side of things.” What is your response? I believe in the importance of perspective, it’s a good practice to find the light in things, and i also believe in seeing the whole picture
b. chapter 2 is about being grateful for the person whom you are in relationship with, to appreciated how they show up, and not want them to be our everything
c . 2-6 months
d. People avoid being grateful to a spouse because they don’t want to be indebted
1. Did not everyday, but several days yes.
2. Wholy Four
I am safe: saw when I was not safe, how that creates anxiety when around other people, breathed into it, held myself as a 4 year old, loved myself, felt more safe.
I am loved, lovable, loving. Noticed my head tilted to the right when I got to the loving statement…block on the left side of neck? I opened myself to love and felt safety expand
I am worthy: emotional response, sad, forgiveness of past failures released sadness and I could see more of my worthiness vs. unworthiness.
I am whole: felt whole in parts of me, but the whole being did not feel whole…released control into love feeling and felt throb of interconnectedness, wholeness.
3. AP Call: my AP showed up as very positive and light hearted, a good example for me. Did 5 minutes which was enough.
4.
a) I can always choose my pespective, response, only need one positive response.
b) Chapter 2: about acknowledging who you partner is, how wondeful they already are, and how showing appreciating for them often causes a boomerang effect.
c) 2 up to 6 months of being different to cause real change
d) don’t want to be taken advantage of
1. Practiced the meditations
2. Practiced the Holy 4 meditations, really enjoy this one.
a. I started practicing this meditation at night and found it helped me to go to sleep very peaceful and feeling positive and thankful.
I am safe: This is the one I struggle with the most, I believe that practicing this daily will help settle and calm many fears of things that are beyond my control.
I am loved, loveable, and loving: This was a big confidence boost for me to concentrate more on the positive things about me, rather than my “flaws”.
I am worthy- I think this will help me to eliminate negative things and situations in my life by believing I am deserving of more.
I am whole- I think learning this core belief will help me to love myself just the way I am, and not to be so hard on myself in regards to some things.
AP call: Had a wonderful conversation with Phyllis.
A. “It is ok to look at only one side of things.” I think this would be very helpful in trying to re-train your mind to see more positive, and less negative.
b. Chapter 2 is about applying gratitude in her marriage.
c. People used to believe it only took 21 days, but they now believe it can take anywhere from 2-6 months.
d. Indebted