[et_pb_section admin_label=\u201dsection\u201d background_image=\u201dhttp:\/\/spiritwithasmile.com\/MS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Morning-Meditation.jpg\u201d transparent_background=\u201doff\u201d allow_player_pause=\u201doff\u201d inner_shadow=\u201doff\u201d parallax=\u201doff\u201d parallax_method=\u201doff\u201d custom_padding=\u201d40px|40px\u201d padding_mobile=\u201doff\u201d make_fullwidth=\u201doff\u201d use_custom_width=\u201doff\u201d width_unit=\u201don\u201d make_equal=\u201doff\u201d use_custom_gutter=\u201doff\u201d][et_pb_row admin_label=\u201drow\u201d make_fullwidth=\u201don\u201d use_custom_width=\u201doff\u201d width_unit=\u201doff\u201d custom_width_percent=\u201d82%\u201d use_custom_gutter=\u201doff\u201d padding_mobile=\u201doff\u201d allow_player_pause=\u201doff\u201d parallax=\u201doff\u201d parallax_method=\u201doff\u201d make_equal=\u201doff\u201d column_padding_mobile=\u201don\u201d custom_padding=\u201d30px|30px\u201d][et_pb_column type=\u201d4_4\u2033][et_pb_blurb admin_label=\u201dBlurb\u201d title=\u201dThe Eleventh Pathway To Unconditional Love\u201d url_new_window=\u201doff\u201d use_icon=\u201doff\u201d icon_color=\u201d#000066\u2033 use_circle=\u201doff\u201d circle_color=\u201d#000066\u2033 use_circle_border=\u201doff\u201d circle_border_color=\u201d#000066\u2033 icon_placement=\u201dtop\u201d animation=\u201dtop\u201d background_layout=\u201dlight\u201d text_orientation=\u201dleft\u201d use_icon_font_size=\u201doff\u201d use_border_color=\u201doff\u201d border_color=\u201d#ffffff\u201d border_style=\u201dsolid\u201d header_font=\u201dHappy Monkey|on|||\u201d header_font_size=\u201d28\u2033 header_text_color=\u201d#000066\u2033 body_font_size=\u201d18\u2033 header_line_height=\u201d1.4em\u201d body_text_color=\u201d#000066\u2033]<\/p>\n
Gregg Sanderson<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n I am constantly aware of which of the seven centers of conscious- ness I am using, and I feel my energy, perceptiveness, and inner peace growing as I open all the centers of consciousness. ~ Ken Keyes, Jr.<\/em><\/p>\n ********<\/p>\n The Centers of Consciousness are different ways we experience Life.\u00a0 From the bottom up, they are Security, Sensation, Power, and Love.\u00a0 We\u2019re happier when we use the higher centers. There are three more beyond the Love Center, and also beyond the scope of this article, so we\u2019ll leave them for another time.<\/p>\n Suffering \u2014 the unpleasant emotions \u2014 are in the lower three, and the goal is to live as much as possible in the Love Center. Unconscious beliefs (Programming) of what you need to be happy trigger them.<\/p>\n Think of the \u201ccenters\u201d as lenses in front of the telescope of your consciousness.\u00a0 You can mentally change them when you change the unconscious belief.<\/p>\n The dominant emotion in the Security Center is fear whenever you feel insecure.\u00a0 The Sensation Center is a place of \u201cnever enough\u201d and anxiety in the search for gratification. In the Power Center, anger rules when faced with a threat to control, power, or prestige.<\/p>\n None are pleasant places to be, and you can view any situation from all three.\u00a0 Generally fear is underneath.\u00a0 From Security, move to Sensation to try to escape the fear.\u00a0 Move to Power to mask it.\u00a0 Fear dissipates when you view it from Love\u2014the unconditional acceptance of \u201cWhat is.\u201d<\/p>\n At the risk of over-simplification, you move to the Love Center by means of what you tell yourself when you\u2019re emotional. Emotions are the power that makes the change, whether positive or negative.<\/p>\n When you perceive a situation your programming tells you if it\u2019s OK or Not OK.\u00a0 If it\u2019s OK, you feel fine.\u00a0 If not OK, you suffer.<\/p>\n Since, at any moment, you can\u2019t change the situation, your only alternative to \u201cnot OK\u201d is to change the programming.\u00a0 When you \u201cmake it OK\u201d, you don\u2019t suffer.<\/p>\n I know this seems abstract\u2014It IS abstract, so lets take an example of a scene experienced in the different centers.\u00a0 Here is what your programming might tell you, and how you can counter it.<\/p>\n The scene: Bernice ate the last piece of cake.<\/p>\n From the\u00a0Security Center: Fear. \u201cOMG, Bernice ate the cake.\u00a0 She doesn\u2019t love me. She\u2019s going to leave me.\u00a0 What did I do to make her hate me?\u00a0 I\u2019m gonna die without her.\u201d Counter with, \u201cI\u2019m OK, even if Bernice finished the cake.\u201d<\/p>\n From the\u00a0Sensation Center: Anxiety. \u201cThe cake is all gone.\u00a0 How can I get more?\u00a0 That wasn\u2019t enough.\u00a0 I gotta have more cake\u201d Counter with, \u201cIt\u2019s OK if Bernice finished the cake.\u201d<\/p>\n From the\u00a0Power Center: Anger. \u201cBernice doesn\u2019t respect me. How dare she eat that cake.\u00a0 She\u2019s out of control.\u00a0 I have to get even.\u00a0 After all, I\u2019m the boss.\u201d Counter with, \u201cIt\u2019s OK if Bernice finished the cake.\u201d<\/p>\n From the\u00a0Love Center: \u201cOh, I see Bernice finished the cake.\u201d You have no negative emotional reaction.<\/p>\n \u201cBut what if it really is not OK?\u201d you ask.\u00a0 The beauty of this system is that it doesn\u2019t make any difference.\u00a0 We\u2019re about changing reaction, not reality.<\/p>\n The subconscious mind has no critical faculty, and accepts anything you tell it. You might as well tell it something that feels good.\u00a0 Since you want to view the scene from the Love Center, \u201cIt\u2019s OK if\u2026\u201d and \u201cI\u2019m OK even if\u2026\u201d\u00a0 will do the job.<\/p>\n Repeat those mantras with emotion, and you\u2019ll feel your \u201c\u2026energy, perceptiveness, love, and inner peace growing\u2026\u201d Move into your Love Center, then if you don\u2019t like the situation, you can take action to change it. Everything works better when you feel good.<\/p>\n Remember, The cake doesn\u2019t care who eats it.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gregg Sanderson I am constantly aware of which of the seven centers of conscious- ness I am using, and I feel my energy, perceptiveness, and inner peace growing as I open all the centers of consciousness. ~ Ken Keyes, Jr. ******** The Centers of Consciousness are different ways we experience Life.\u00a0 From the bottom […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[9,12,17,26],"class_list":["post-2029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-the-love-collection","tag-emotions","tag-freedom","tag-love","tag-release","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritwithasmile.com\/MS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritwithasmile.com\/MS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritwithasmile.com\/MS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritwithasmile.com\/MS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritwithasmile.com\/MS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2029"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spiritwithasmile.com\/MS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2032,"href":"https:\/\/spiritwithasmile.com\/MS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029\/revisions\/2032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritwithasmile.com\/MS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritwithasmile.com\/MS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritwithasmile.com\/MS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}