Friday, September 9, 2011

Self-Imposed Obstacles

When we finally decide to do something about changing our behavior, we awaken the desires in us to become actively engaged in our actions. Now they want to do something different from the boring work of creating lack, limitation, struggle, low self-esteem, fear, anger, and so forth in our lives.

This new awakening that occurs in our lives every time we want to change brings with it the energy, the power, and the knowledge of expression. This gives us the courage to take action.

At the moment of change, when we're feeling jubilant, energetic, and courageous, we also awaken the illusions of self-imposed obstacles, which, up to this point, have been the dominant forces in our lives.

And as we can see from the insights in "Seeds from the Ashes," they are formidable foes.

" When you discover you are responsible for the problems in your life, you also know that to overcome those problems you must remove the obstacles that keep you tied to them.

"You discover the obstacles in your life by examining the cause of your problems.

"As the creator of everything in your life, including the obstacles expressing themselves as lack, limitation, fear, doubt, and struggle, you are also responsible for removing them from your life.

"You can develop a plan, a strategy, and a commitment to achieving success.

"The thought of achieving success is a daunting one for someone who believes he or she is powerless. When you confirm your poverty, you confirm the lack in your life.

"When you confirm your obstacles, you confirm the limitation in your life. When you confirm the fears in your life, you confirm the doubts in your life. When you confirm the struggle in your life, you confirm the powerlessness in your life.

"These beliefs become the bases for your self-imposed obstacles, while your new actions become the bases for you to achieve a new way to think and live."

We are always present in all of our actions. This makes us responsible for creating them and for taking the actions to change them.

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