[from Marsha<\/p>\n
Have you ever noticed that there are pictures going on in your mind?\u00a0\u00a0 Do you have pictures in there from the past, pictures predicting tomorrow and on into the future \u2013 pictures of arguments and unresolved conflicts? Are those pictures accurate? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Below is a condensed verson of the topic from Dr. Bob.]<\/p>\n
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So are we responsible for the pictures that float in the head \u2013 they don\u2019t just float \u2013 we floated them around because we weren\u2019t payin\u2019 any attention to what they were doing; and so the pictures got made.<\/p>\n
One day I saw a pretty lady sittin\u2019 in her automobile on a parking lot; and she hadn\u2019t even started her car because she couldn\u2019t decide whether to stay or go — it was snowing very heavily. She had two pictures in her head and didn\u2019t know which was the \u201cright thing to do\u201d. So I gave a push to one of \u2018em. I sat with her a few minutes and made one picture look better than the other one.\u00a0\u00a0 I added a few little pictures on it and put color in it so one looked better than the other.<\/p>\n
Now you see when you get two pictures in your head and you\u2019re \u201cscared of both of \u2018em\u201d which way do you go? That\u2019s called freezing. When you make two and you \u201cwant both of them\u201d, then it\u2019s called catatonic \u2013 you can\u2019t go either way.<\/p>\n
Okay, let\u2019s talk about some of the pictures that you might have made that you did not accept responsibility for; and you finally see that those two pictures made problems?\u00a0\u00a0 Who made the pictures?<\/p>\n
(I did.)<\/p>\n
But you forgot about makin\u2019 \u2018em, huh? And that\u2019s when we say we can be aware of the picture makin\u2019 behavior.<\/p>\n
Now one of our most used bits of behavior is makin\u2019 pictures in the mind \u2013 You\u2019re making pictures when you\u2019re doing everything else — even while you\u2019re doin\u2019 dishes, walkin\u2019, drivin\u2019, shopping — while you\u2019re doin\u2019 everything and anything.<\/p>\n
So the most used behavior of mankind is the picture makin\u2019 ability of the mind. Now that is where it pays very well to pay attention to that behavior because that is the most common behavior we have is the picture makin\u2019 of the mind.<\/p>\n
So if I see I have made two pictures, I can look for an experiment to run — I can then collect information as to whether the picture will work or not, okay? .<\/p>\n
So this is when you begin to take responsibility for illusion and not saying, \u201cWell I conceived it, now I\u2019ll just do some positive thinking and it\u2019ll happen magically?\u201d But if I just think positive and sit and wait in the house for the miracle to occur, tell me how long it will take? Forever \u2013 no matter if you treated 16 times a day, right?<\/p>\n
Now if you remember, you are making the pictures, you stop and say \u201cI\u2019m making this picture\u201d then you\u2019re remembering the self; and you don\u2019t have much problem \u2013 that\u2019s all there is to it. You can\u2019t make a problem now \u2013 you start laughin\u2019 at yourself every time you start makin\u2019 a problem.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re good at makin\u2019 pictures and holdin\u2019 \u2018em.\u00a0\u00a0 Huh? But\u2026.you got a couple of scenes going on in there that\u2019s in conflict So you hold the picture — hold the thoughts \u2013 hold the illusion for who knows what.<\/p>\n
Do you remember you\u2019re makin\u2019 the picture or do you forget all about it and suddenly get yourself scared of the picture?<\/p>\n
Okay, so let\u2019s do it deliberately — on purpose.\u00a0\u00a0 Consciously make all kinds of pictures. Then, sometime when you\u2019re makin\u2019 these pictures and you really weren\u2019t paying attention; maybe you\u2019ll quickly remember that all pictures in the mind are made by who?<\/p>\n
Now if you self remember, you can be aware that you\u2019re doing that and stop and say \u201cI\u2019m making this picture\u201d then you\u2019re remembering self \u2013 and you don\u2019t have much problem. You can\u2019t make one now \u2013 you start laughin\u2019 at yourself everytime you start makin\u2019 a problem.<\/p>\n
The most wonderful ability of man is the ability to create an illusion \u2014is that right?\u00a0\u00a0 However, I am saying take responsibility for it and conceive every kind of picture you want and know that this is the ability to create \u2013 that which makes man god-like is the ability to create an illusion and also to let the illusion go after while. That\u2019s what makes him god\u2013like is his ability to create \u2013 but take responsibility for the creation. I would not say any illusion in the mind was either good, bad or indifferent \u2013 only thing I said was take responsibility for it, is that right? I didn\u2019t say quit making illusions. The ability to create illusions is the most valued creation of man \u2013 the most common behavior \u2013 that which makes him a human being which makes him a god in disguise.<\/p>\n
So when a god disclaims responsibility for his creating ability, he\u2019s gonna get scared of the worlds he creates and try to run away from them so fast that he forgot he created them. So one could drop the pictures made of the past and see only the probability of future events instead of believing the picture in the mind. Then one could be in the moment.<\/p>\n
Now when all struggle after illusions are gone, the mind gets quiet.\u00a0\u00a0 When you\u2019re totally unconcerned with how and why things happen, it\u2019s pretty wonderful \u2013 there\u2019s a whole bunch of ways.<\/p>\n
If you want to know something, just shift into the attitude of listening. Try it the next time with \u201cWhat\u2019s goin\u2019 on?\u201d instead of how or why did this happen ask \u201cWhat\u2019s going on?\u201d You kind of relax; and you got a quiet mind. Normally you see something and you wanna know why and then change it into what you think it ought to be. How about just lettin\u2019 it remain quiet by inquiring as to \u201cwhat\u2019s goin\u2019 on\u201d if you wanna ask a question.<\/p>\n
When you have a quiet mind you have more perception. So you can call it a voice or you can call it a thought — or you can call it any number of other things. Why not leave it as is, okay?\u00a0\u00a0 Just stay in the quiet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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