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[From Marsha\u2026 All through the years ever since I began with the teachings in 1975, it has been said, \u201cDon\u2019t make anything important and keep your mood up.\u201d How often I made something important and then tried to drop it and it just wouldn\u2019t drop. So I decided to ask myself and people around me \u201cWhat Could I Do?\u201d\u00a0 So here\u2019s some ideas.]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.\u00a0 The mind attaches to the importance, but I can take charge by putting my attention on something else\u2014something that requires concentration and creativeness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.  When people say something derogatory,\nsometimes I remember an idea that I\u2019ve been given from time to time that says \u201cthey\nare projecting onto me what they don\u2019t want to see in themselves\u201d.  I can check to see if it\u2019s something I really\nneed to change because it is an unnecessary disturbance to others.  If it is not, I can just consider the source\nand let it go.   So it is to consider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.  Sometimes it helps to change my\nactivity.  Perhaps go for a walk. Dr. Bob\ntold me to walk until I didn\u2019t feel the anger anymore. That\u2019s to \u201cwalk it\noff\u201d.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.  Another idea is to ask myself if this is\ngoing to affect my life 2 weeks, 2 months or 2 years from now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.\u00a0 Ask \u201cWhat is the ideal?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 If I could get the ideal, what do I think it would give me. Look up \u201cideal\u201d in the dictionary — Ideals are illusions created in the mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.  Notice if what is being made important is\nsomething I am wanting right now\u2014perhaps seeing that it can be had eventually\u2014perhaps\nit\u2019s a process and will take a period of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7.\u00a0 I\u2019ve also observed that at times when I\u2019ve made something important and been blocked, that it was the best thing that could possibly have happened.\u00a0 I have realized that and sometimes it took years! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

8.\u00a0 Change perspective.\u00a0 Imagine other ways of looking at it\u2014perhaps the way someone I respect and admire might see it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[From Marsha\u2026This at least gives some ideas to work with. And if all else fails read #26 Motion under the school talks where Dr. Bob suggests beating the bath tub with a wet towel \u2013 and I\u2019ve used that one on several occasions and found it to be very valuable.]<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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