Self-Divine-ation ... Defining a divine future!Written by Edward B. Toupin
In some of my counseling and coaching sessions, my clients ask me to perform a reading to tell them their future. In many cases, my response is, "why don't you tell me your future?" They stop and stare, speechless. Of course, that sounds sarcastic and demeaning, but indeed, you know your future better than anyone else!I am in no way knocking psychic arts, but I'm presenting you with fact that you have ability to define and determine your future and outcomes as much as any psychic. "Divination for personal use" is merely a way to vocalize and symbolize that which you already know about yourself! It is interesting to consider future. Indeed, every decision we made and action we took in past placed us where we are right now. As such, every decision we make and action we take in present creates a path to a point in time in future. Each decision establishes a series of events and situations that allow us to move forward from our current circumstances into a new set of complementary circumstances. Indeed, every entity in Universe maintains an established future path. However, at one point or another, these paths do cross our own. Even if it is a chance meeting or a situation that places you on a road for success with your endeavors, these are events defined by paths chosen by you and other involved entities. But, it is essential to realize that since you can control your current actions and events, then indeed this gives you "power of control" over your future. Don't think that future is easy! You must visualize your destination and desires and then task Universe to reach your Vision. For every new future, you will encounter a new set of obstacles and challenges to enhance your character and test your mettle. It is give and take --- you task Universe, and it wants to ensure that you can handle what you demand. But, don't let this sway you as it is part of forward movement and positive growth!
| | Fearing the Future ... I am what I fear!Written by Edward B. Toupin
When we were children, we were fearless. We would stick our hands in fire, chew on beetle bugs, and eat that dirt. But, over time, we learned those things that we should not do through experience and from "parental voices" --- those baseless fears passed down through generations. Later in life, we learned that fire burns, beetle bugs are "yucky" and dirt is not nutritious. But, we also learned all of things that our parents learned, including their fears and phobias, and integrated those lessons into our own "belief systems."Our belief systems are basis of our personalities and foundations of our directions in life --- they are rules by which we live. In essence, our fears, desires, and values define each of us. We are what we believe --- including our fears. However, consider what your current fears are that prevent you from moving forward. Realize that these fears are of things that we were taught and those things that we learned on our own --- in past. Fear is based on past experiences and not on those things that we have not yet encountered. With that, we only fear what we've "already experienced." The "fear of unknown" is doubt in future based on circumstances that we've encountered in past. Since we are what we believe, we can change who we are by enhancing our belief systems. To overcome your fears, you must first determine if fear is based on something learned through experience or taught to us by parental voices. Fears that are taught or passed down to us can be more prominent than those we learn from personal experiences because we don't know why we fear such things. We can overcome fears through rational thinking if we're able to learn why such situations occurred that caused fear. But, if we don't know basis, we won't look further because we fear what we "might" find.
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