An extraordinary truth
by gprice on Dec.15, 2009, under Acceptance
What if you knew you live in a determined world? What if you knew your mind, and everyone else’s, is determined, meaning that everything you or anyone else has ever done is the only thing you could possibly have done with the awareness you had at the time. How might it effect the way you think? Do you think it might change things? Yes it changes things. It changes everything. It’s amazingly freeing and empowering.
It allows us to ‘accept what is’ all the time. It eliminates self-blame and replaces it with responsibility. It changes the way we think about, and behave towards, others. It dramatically enhances relationships. It enables us to take control of our lives and the way we experience every moment. It allows us to achieve whatever we want to achieve in life. And that’s just the beginning. www.abicord.com/what-is-is
Accepting feelings
by gprice on Dec.15, 2009, under Acceptance
When someone comes to see me with an emotional or behavioural issue, the first thing I usually teach them is how to accept their uncomfortable feelings. I didn’t find out about this until I was in my thirties. Nobody had told me. I stumbled on it by accident while I was experimenting with ‘accepting what is’.
Little did I know then that I’d stumbled on an idea that over the following twenty years was to become the most valuable tool used in therapy today. We all experience uncomfortable feeings from time to time. Accepting them is the most powerful psychological tool anyone can develop in their life-time. It’s huge. It’s the holy grail of developing resilience in life. It should be taught in schools. www.abicord.com/what-is-is
Accepting what is
by gprice on Dec.05, 2009, under Acceptance
I’m often asked … what’s the single biggest change I’d encourage people to make to improve their lives. It has to be learning to ‘accept what is’, in other words to stop ‘resisting what is’.
I see people 100 times a day ‘resisting what is’. They’re either wanting something that’s happened, not to have happened or a situation that exists right now, not to exist right now. In other words they’re wanting something to be ‘already’ different from the way it is, which is wishing for the impossible. This is crazy. Yet the whole world is doing it.
Is there anyone out there already ‘accepting what is’ without having been on a ‘Power to Choose’ training or read the book? If so I’d be curious to hear how you learned about it. www.abicord.com/what-is, is
What’s it all about
by gprice on Dec.01, 2009, under General
We all feel time pressured, yes?. At least I assume we all do. Seems to me it’s a good idea to stop once in a while and spend a few moments checking what it’s all about. Why are we working so hard? For me it’s clear. I have huge goals I want to achieve. I love working on them. I’m driven by them. But I also make sure I stop every now and then and tune into the moment. When I do I marvel at the buzz I get out of it all. It’s simply amazing. I love contemplating the opportunities life brings …. and making sure I’m using them. If you don’t do this at least once in a while, give it a try. Let me know if you come up with any inspirations.
