AscensionLife May 2021

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MAY IS SU E 202 1

T I P S ON H OW TO AWAK EN T HE Q UALI T I E S O F YO U R D I VINE SELF

1 . TAK E T I M E TO BE SILEN T, TO MEDI TATE , TO QU IE T T HE I N T ER NAL DI ALO G U E . IN MOMEN T S OF SILENCE , R E ALIZ E THAT YOU AR E R E CO NTAC T I N G YOU R SOU R CE OF PU R E AWAR ENE S S . PAY AT TEN T I ON TO YO U R I N N ER LIF E SO TH AT YOU CAN BE GU IDED BY IN T U I TI ON R ATH ER T H AN E X T ER NALLY IMPOSED I N TER PR E TATI ONS OF WHAT IS OR ISN’ T G OOD F OR YOU. 2 . R ELI N QU ISH YOU R NEED F O R E X T ER NAL APPR OVAL . YOU ALONE AR E T H E JU D G E OF YOU R WOR TH, AND YOU R GOAL IS TO DISC OVER INF IN I T E WOR TH IN YOU R SELF, NO MAT TER WHAT ANYONE EL SE T HINK S . T H ER E IS GR E AT F R EED OM IN T HIS R E ALIZ ATI ON. WHEN YOU F I ND YO U R SELF R E ACTING WI TH AN GER OR OPPOSI TI ON TO ANY PER SO N O R CI R CUMSTANCE , R E ALIZ E T HAT YOU AR E ONLY STRUGGLING WI TH YO U R SELF. PU T TING U P R E SISTANCE IS THE R E SPONSE OF DEF ENSE S CR E AT ED BY OLD H U R T S . 3 . WH EN YOU F IND YOU R SELF R E ACTI NG WI TH ANGER OR OPPOSI TI O N TO AN Y PER SON OR CIR CU MSTANCE , R E ALIZ E THAT YOU AR E ONLY ST R U G G LI N G WI TH YOU R SELF. PU T TI NG U P R E SISTANCE IS THE R E S P O NSE OF D EF ENSE S CR E ATED BY OLD HU R T S . WHEN YOU R ELINQU ISH T H IS AN G ER , YOU WILL BE H E ALING YOU R SELF AND C OOPER AT I NG WI T H T H E F LOW OF TH E U NI VER SE . 4 . K N OW T HAT TH E WOR LD “O U T T HER E ” R EF LE CT S YOU R R E ALI T Y “I N H ER E .” T H E PE OPLE YOU R E ACT TO MOST ST R ONGLY, WHE THER WI TH LOV E O R H ATE , AR E PR OJE CTI ONS OF YOU R INNER WOR LD. WHAT YO U M OST H AT E IS WH AT YOU MOST DENY IN YOU R SELF.

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