Previously, we’ve been looking at how the mind operates and dispelling ideas of its complexity. We’ve been taking this approach because when we look at the simplicity of the mind, we see more clearly that we have the power and authority to handle the mind and thus have it serve us rather than becoming a slave to it. Now we’re going to approach the mind as direct as we can…
Since my return from the last Abundance Course retreat at Camp Allen I have been reflecting on why I go to retreats. It’s pretty simple. There is nowhere else I could spend that week that would support my releasing as much. And I make noticeable progress in my releasing each time. It is easiest to see the progress I make at the retreat when I return to my everyday life and notice what is different.
We say “Yes” a lot when we are releasing. Lester discovered that saying “No” just causes us to suppress our feelings — and this just leads to unhappiness. So we say yes to pain, yes to fear, yes to anger, yes to the ego… yes to whatever we are resisting. The more we can say yes to it, the faster it dissolves and we are free of it. Here’s an historically true story about Thomas Jefferson:
There have been tons of studies with good, solid evidence — not just in the U.S., but all over the world — about a so-called happiness thermostat. This is interesting… Lottery winners tend to go right back to the baseline level of happiness of where they were before they won. Let’s say, based on a one-to-ten scale, they were at a five before they won the lottery. The researchers measured their happiness level within two weeks after winning and generally found that their happiness level hit a nine, a ten (or a twelve).
This website is all about one single purpose: Unlimited Happiness. That’s saying a lot… and you may even ask, “How do you even quantify unlimited happiness?” Well, the definition is simple. What we’re talking about is having a constant state of happiness with no trace of sorrow, whatsoever. Is it possible? You bet.
