{"id":2000,"date":"2015-10-20T15:21:15","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T15:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiritwithasmile.com\/MS\/?p=2000"},"modified":"2015-10-20T15:22:26","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T15:22:26","slug":"the-third-pathway-to-unconditional-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritwithasmile.com\/MS\/the-third-pathway-to-unconditional-love\/","title":{"rendered":"The Third Pathway To Unconditional Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gregg Sanderson<\/strong><\/p>\n

I welcome the opportunity, (even if painful) that my minute-to-minute experience offers me to become aware of the addictions I must reprogram to be liberated from my robot-like emotional patterns.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I have the most delightful little device around the house.\u00a0 It moves along the floor and bumps into things.\u00a0 No, it\u2019s not a puppy.\u00a0 It\u2019s a robot, and it goes along one way until it bumps into something, then it heads off in another direction until it bumps into something else.<\/p>\n

That describes the emotional lives of a lot of people.\u00a0 One big difference is that my robot cleans the floor in the process. But robot or human, all they can do is follow their programming.<\/p>\n

People get programmed from birth with limitations and models about right and wrong. When something happens that your programming can\u2019t accept, it sets off the unpleasant emotions.\u00a0 We call them addictions, because they act just like physical addictions, except they\u2019re emotional\u2026 and they\u2019re the ONLY cause of suffering.<\/p>\n

My robot can\u2019t change its programming. People can if they just know what to change it to.\u00a0 That\u2019s where these 12 pathways come in.\u00a0 They describe a mindset that you can apply to get back to center any time you\u2019re upset.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been using them for (OMG!) almost 40 years and have never found a painful emotional incident where one or more of the pathways didn\u2019t apply.<\/p>\n

If you missed the earlier columns, check the archives.\u00a0 If you want all 12 ahead of time, just send me an email.\u00a0 Meanwhile, realize that any time you aren\u2019t feeling happy, you have the opportunity to open your personal gates of joy even wider.<\/p>\n

I welcome the opportunity (even if painful).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

You can go from \u201cpoor me\u201d, and \u201csomebody done me wrong\u201d to peaceful acceptance, and you\u2019d never have had that chance unless your programming got triggered.<\/p>\n

\u2026that my minute to minute experience offers me\u2026\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

If you aren\u2019t happy, you\u2019re suffering. If you\u2019re suffering, you ALWAYS have the opportunity to change\u2014and you don\u2019t have to. Emotional growth is always an opportunity, but never a requirement.<\/p>\n

\u2026to become aware of the addictions I must reprogram\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

All suffering is caused by needs that aren\u2019t being met.\u00a0 You have the chance to discover exactly what you\u2019re demanding from the situation that you aren\u2019t getting. You reprogram by \u201cup leveling\u201d the addiction to a preference.<\/p>\n

\u2026to be liberated from my robot-like emotional patterns. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

No more bouncing off the walls.\u00a0 When you change the program, you\u2019re free to make your own choices when you (metaphorically) bump into something, then you can take off in any direction you choose.<\/p>\n

Thus completes the \u201cFreeing Myself\u201d section of the 12 Pathways.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve learned:<\/p>\n

I am freeing myself\u2026<\/em>\u00a0Nobody is going to free me.<\/p>\n

I am discovering\u2026\u2026.\u00a0<\/em>My needs distort my perception.<\/p>\n

I welcome the opportunity\u2026\u00a0<\/em>My chance to shine!<\/p>\n

Next month, we start the all important section, \u201cBeing Here Now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Be there then.<\/p>\n

Relationships<\/a>,\u00a0 Love<\/a>,\u00a0 Emotions<\/a>,\u00a0 Cause&Effect<\/a><\/p>\n

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