Week Two of the MKE was a new experience!
Picked what I thought was an easy chore, thank God for the red rectangle/box and the linking “do it now” to doing the chore… definitely was a great idea to keep me focused!
The card with the PPNs (personal pivotal needs) was harder. I circled Spiritual Growth and Liberty which now I realize are two areas I have struggled with for a long, long time!
I have for many years read a lot of spiritual books, and had many discussions with various individuals that were what I considered more “enlightened.”
Drifted from church to church or group to group, always searching for the ‘answer,’ looking for the Guru to appear and hold my hand and help me cross the lake. I have met good teachers that have walked with me to the edge of the lake but told me I needed to go across by myself. My search continued.
Then along comes Mark J, who says, “There is no meaning to life” … you give life its meaning!” What??? So what is my purpose, how do I find it? My PPNs were Spiritual Growth and Liberty. I guess I need to go within and consult that Guru inside in order to cross the river on my own to the land of Liberty!
But I must prepare to cross that lake and fill my ‘knapsack’ and boat with tools and supplies. The Master Key Experience is giving me what I need to cross the lake! It’s up to me to put my fears and limiting beliefs in the garbage!
I remember reading that book (The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino) a long time ago but never did “I drink the words of wisdom and not spill a drop, let alone swallow the seed of success.”
Then I remembered the Kung Fu TV series in the early-mid 1970’s, I recall in one of the episodes Grasshopper’s teacher telling him that if you want to know what an apple is you must also ‘eat the seed’; or it could have been Grasshopper telling someone else this.
Well, I thought eat the seed? I remember that because it caused a very animated discussion about who wanted to eat the seeds and who didn’t! I did not want to eat the seeds, never ate the seeds, did not want an apple tree growing inside of me! Negative beliefs!
Week Two has really made me see how deeply rooted my limiting beliefs are. I have a whole chest full of limiting beliefs. Funny how I chose to clean one drawer out my chest of drawers for my chore this week.
The ‘do it now’ exercise linked to the blue rectangle/box really helped me focus and do that chore and get it done on time! I have thought about that drawer for a long, long time and would say to myself, I don’t have time now, tomorrow… well tomorrow might not come because “Now” is all there is! Felt good to do it!
Looking forward to Week Three!
Og is amazing. Once you transform the reading in your mind from a story to your life’s journey amazing things happen. It’s a pleasure to be on this journey with you.
This is a great way to reflect in your own journey, Thank you Aurora.
Stick with them exercises, Aurora, and you’ll see that dreams really do come true! 🙂
Aurora – how funny that I was also taught not to eat the apple seeds unless I wanted a tree growing on my insides. It reminded me of all the cement that has been piled on us from the kindness of others, and the realization that we don’t have to keep hanging on to it. Powerful insights – thanks so much for sharing them.
Aurora, I really love the reference to your furniture – chest and the limiting beliefs you have inside you. What a great awareness. Something really cool to ponder. Thanks for sharing.