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What’s stopping us from reaching our goals and creating the life we wish to have?

By Doris Ehrler — Almost a hundred years ago, Charles F. Haanel and Wallace D. Wattles sold thousands of books, revealing that thoughts directly affect our personal reality. Yet, in spite of the rapidly growing understanding of the principles of manifestation, most people still find it difficult to create what they want. Why can’t we simply think positive thoughts, visualize our dreams, and find peace and happiness?

One key is that we don’t always know what we want and our thoughts keep pulling us in different directions. We often fear some aspect of the “wanted” future. Another key is that we are largely determined by subconscious beliefs. What we believe to be conscious decisions are the result of experiences that occurred at a much earlier time. Many self-help programs point out that one of the major obstacles on our path to fulfillment is a lack of self-worth. We generally believe that if we had acted differently or tried harder, things would be better. At the same time we often project our frustration on others — even when we try to take responsibility for our thoughts.

Then there are those teachers who say that we should not have a self/ego, and that we simply have to give what we want. But for most of us that is not as simple as it sounds. We can’t override the fact that self/ego is an expression of life itself, and that life yearns to support itself in its totality as well as in its individual forms.

After twenty years of research in the healing field, I have come to believe that the root of all suffering is the perception of error and guilt. Even the slightest bit of resentment or shame prevents us to stand in our power and share our gifts. It prevents us from trusting that all things are possible, that the universe will support us, and most of all, that we all deserve “it.” Mental concepts about right and wrong inevitably cause fearful thoughts and behavior.

The belief that we can hurt life, take life, or destroy life is the consequence of our perception to be separate from life. But if you observe nature, you can see that any kind of destruction is also the beginning of something new, and maybe even more beautiful. So a third key is that we live in the illusion that life can stagnate: we assume that after certain events, our experiences will be either pleasant or unpleasant. We forget that life is an eternal process, that life is energy expressed through an endless series of forms and formless being. The essence of life cannot be lessened by what we do or not do; it is everywhere, at all times.

Since the evolving of the conscious mind, we have perceived ourselves as individual beings that have to fight and struggle to survive. The original purpose of definitions of right and wrong was to preserve life. As it turns out, they also prevent us from keeping our hearts open and letting a deeper intelligence guide us. When we recognize that our humanness, our needs and our pain, is an expression of life itself, we can reconnect with the qualities we seek. Ultimately we are all looking for the same: all want to feel safe and cared for; we all want to be appreciated for who we are.

“The recognition that in essence we are already perfect, that in essence we are innocent and invulnerable, could help us get closer to each other rather than drifting farther apart.” INNOCENCE REMEMBERED, A Path to Personal and Global Healing

Doris Ehrler RecallingInnocence.com

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