MINDSETS

We had a little rain last night, an all night drizzle. It wasn't any drought buster but it sure is welcome. We may get more.

Jamie and I have been talking about mindsets. Everybody has mindsets. Some primary, some secondary. Ones from childhood; the abused child mindset, the orphaned child mindset, the picked on child mind set, the rich child mind set, the spoiled child mindset etc.

Then there are the mindsets that come with your profession or job. Whether your a policemen, doctor, minister, welder, whatever, you have a collection of ideas and perceptions that form a conscious and unconscious mindset.

Until you become aware of your thoughts you won't recognize the influence these mindsets have. Our automatic reactions come from our mindsets. We tend to see things in accordance to our mindsets. We alter our perception according to our beliefs and then the perception reinforces that original mindset. Creating a circle. It is like a moat around our mind that won't let anything in that challenges our original thought. We, thus, lock ourselves into a belief system. We don't see "what is".

In the 1970s, when I was a psychotherapist, a client presented me with a book. He said, the author sounds just like you. Upon reading the book, I felt flattered, I didn't think I had reached the understanding portrayed by this author.

I haven't seen or thought about this book for many years and last night I found it on the back of the couch. It turns out, that it caught my daughter's eye, and she took it out to read. I used to be big at recommending books. Over the years, I found that books have to come to you when you are ready. A book, that changed your life, can be a yawner to your best friend. Now, I wait for people to ask me if I have any recommendations and the books, I suggest, are well received.

 The name of the book is, THREE MAGIC WORDS. It was written by U.S. Andersen and it was copyrighted in 1954. The copy I have now is from Melvin Powers Wilshire Book Company.

To intrigue you, I will give you the opening paragraphs.

                THE FORGING OF THE LOCK

Somewhere. in some city, town or hamlet, there is a child being born. Somewhere pure spirit is inspired into form. And even now the Lock takes shape. Mighty is the anvil that forges this Lock, for it is memory of the Subconscious Mind. Light, sound , discomfort, pain, roughness. dampness, hunger, smells- all impinge on subconscious memory, forging the Lock that bars the door to the infinite.
     There is something both sad and beautiful about this- sad because it seems sad to see spirit deny itself- beautiful because self-determination is beautiful. For this infant, wherever it is being born at this moment, is free, even as each member of the entire human race is born free- free to determine his destiny- free to discover the source of his being and the immensity of his power.

This was an important book on my journey of discovering who I am or I AM. I hope it is still available and useful on your journey.

My dishes have soaked enough and I need to continue with my day.

Shine brightly.

Love and Peace,  Gregg