Michael Bergman
03-17-2005, 09:13 AM
Hey one and all,
I have been paying alot of attention to my thoughts lately and have noticed
how I tend to focus on the negative and so this is a result of that
catalysts. I hope it is of some service...enjoy :)
What is troubling you? What is the matter with you? What is the problem
with you? What is wrong? What is wrong with you? How many times have you
been asked these questions and be honest, how does it make you feel to know
that someone close to you thinks that there is something wrong with you?
Even more important than how it makes you feel, do you take it personally
and actually believe that something is wrong with you just because another
person imagines that there is a problem with you?
Now perhaps the person is just being compassionate by showing their concern
but be careful and use your discerning wisdom for more often than not the
person is trying to leech onto to you and suck away some of your power.
Underneath those questions are even subtler questions that rarely get asked
but are never the less sent along with the other questions that are hidden
like a vampire. How can I fix you? How can I save you? How can I heal
you? How can I complete you? How can I correct your ways? How can I make
everything all better? How can I suck your blood and make you immortal?
Well maybe not the last one but these underlying and unspoken questions are
the ones that you really have to watch out for.
Have you ever noticed how people in general tend to focus their attention on
what is wrong with things instead of what is right? For instance, take a
moment right now to observe your thoughts, take a long look at the content
of your mind. What are you focusing on? What are you paying your attention
to? What are your thoughts about? I am guessing that it is something that
seemingly went wrong in the past, or perhaps you are worrying about some
potential future problem. Where did this insanity come from? Why are we
always seeking for what is wrong? Perhaps it is because we have been
hypnotized into believing that there actually is something wrong with us.
Now use your imagination and go back in time to when you were just an
infant, to the time when you were just learning to talk and would mock every
word you heard. Imagine that you are making a big old mess, perhaps you are
throwing your food all over the place or perhaps you are writing on the
walls with some crayons or maybe you are biting your sister or brother.
Whatever it is that you are doing it is something that your parent or
caretaker believes is wrong and so they ask and tell you, ?What is wrong
with you? That is a no-no, you are being a bad child, that is unacceptable
and naughty behavior.? Children being as innocent as they are naturally
accept the beliefs of their parents and so the child begins to believe that
there is something inherently wrong with them, that they are in fact bad and
naughty and that Santa/God is not going to come this year to punish them for
their mistakes.
Now I am not blaming the parents for as Jesus would say, ?They know not what
they are doing.? They were raised the same way; they took on the same
beliefs in their childhood from their parents and so what else is to be
expected but they pass them along to their kids. Like I was saying, no one
is to be blamed, things are the way they are, but more importantly things
can change just as quickly by taking back your power and becoming
responsible for what you really believe to be true about yourself. So
naturally the question of, ?What is wrong with me?? must be challenged.
Is there something wrong with you or are you perfect just the way you are?
The choice between heaven and hell depends on your answer to this question.
If you are perfect then you will feel good and whole and everything will be
experienced as well, but if there is something wrong with you then you will
feel bad and incomplete and everything will be experienced as if you have
fallen from grace.
Ah?that brings us to our next journey through time with the imagination.
Imagine the first time you heard about religion or went to church to learn
about God. What were you told? Perhaps it went something like this, ?You
are a sinner, you are a fallen angel, God has abandoned you, and now you
must repent and ask to be forgiven for your wrongdoings by your savior, the
only Son of God, Jesus the Christ.? There it is once again, you are being
told that something is wrong with you and if you believe it you are giving
away your power to be who you really are.
Let?s continue this journey and hop on over to your first couple of years at
school, it is not too far of a leap for church and state are not as separate
as they seem for they both teach the same message. Imagine yourself in
kindergarden cutting and pasting and coloring within the line as you rack up
those stickers in your folder that express and confirm how fantastic,
excellent, super and perfect you are doing but how long does that last? As
you continue graduating and progressing through the grades sooner or later
you are going to answer a question that you will be told is wrong. ?You are
wrong, you are incorrect, you have made a mistake? the teacher explains, and
out the window flies your 100 percentile along with your self-esteem.
Shall we continue this journey to the workforce where you are rewarded in
paper bills for doing a job right or being fired for doing a job wrong or do
you now see how much the world is hypnotized by the belief that something is
wrong?
I know the feeling that there is something wrong with you is a very deep
wound ingrained in nearly every child on this planet and can take plenty of
time to heal. However, the future is the past healed and it can only be
healed right now by using your imagination as you go back in time, and take
back your power by forgiving yourself and others for the insane belief in
being wrong or wronged. Now use your imagination and tell every individual
that has added to your wound of wrongdoings including yourself that, ?There
is nothing wrong with me so don?t even bother asking!? To focus your
attention and thoughts on the wrongdoings of others only shows that you
yourself still believe that there is something wrong with you. If you truly
believed in the innocence of your wholeness and perfection then you would
never entertain a thought about anything being wrong ever again. And I ask
you if that is not heaven then what is?
In conclusion, nobody wants to be fixed, nobody wants to be saved, nobody
wants to be healed, nobody wants to be completed, nobody wants to be
corrected, nobody wants to be made all better. All anybody ever desires is
to be treated like an equal just as they are, to love and be loved just as
they are, to accept and be accepted just as they are, to feel as one with
all just as all is. You have the power to believe whatever you choose. I
for one choose to believe that absolutely nothing is wrong with me, that I
truly am perfect and whole just the way that I am for I know that I am one
with love and that only love is real. The kingdom of heaven is truly within
and it is but waiting for you to express your understanding with everyone
that you meet by sharing with them the simple reminder that all is well,
that all is perfect and whole just as it is. By focusing your attention on
what is right the kingdom of heaven is revealed.
peace,
Mikey
I have been paying alot of attention to my thoughts lately and have noticed
how I tend to focus on the negative and so this is a result of that
catalysts. I hope it is of some service...enjoy :)
What is troubling you? What is the matter with you? What is the problem
with you? What is wrong? What is wrong with you? How many times have you
been asked these questions and be honest, how does it make you feel to know
that someone close to you thinks that there is something wrong with you?
Even more important than how it makes you feel, do you take it personally
and actually believe that something is wrong with you just because another
person imagines that there is a problem with you?
Now perhaps the person is just being compassionate by showing their concern
but be careful and use your discerning wisdom for more often than not the
person is trying to leech onto to you and suck away some of your power.
Underneath those questions are even subtler questions that rarely get asked
but are never the less sent along with the other questions that are hidden
like a vampire. How can I fix you? How can I save you? How can I heal
you? How can I complete you? How can I correct your ways? How can I make
everything all better? How can I suck your blood and make you immortal?
Well maybe not the last one but these underlying and unspoken questions are
the ones that you really have to watch out for.
Have you ever noticed how people in general tend to focus their attention on
what is wrong with things instead of what is right? For instance, take a
moment right now to observe your thoughts, take a long look at the content
of your mind. What are you focusing on? What are you paying your attention
to? What are your thoughts about? I am guessing that it is something that
seemingly went wrong in the past, or perhaps you are worrying about some
potential future problem. Where did this insanity come from? Why are we
always seeking for what is wrong? Perhaps it is because we have been
hypnotized into believing that there actually is something wrong with us.
Now use your imagination and go back in time to when you were just an
infant, to the time when you were just learning to talk and would mock every
word you heard. Imagine that you are making a big old mess, perhaps you are
throwing your food all over the place or perhaps you are writing on the
walls with some crayons or maybe you are biting your sister or brother.
Whatever it is that you are doing it is something that your parent or
caretaker believes is wrong and so they ask and tell you, ?What is wrong
with you? That is a no-no, you are being a bad child, that is unacceptable
and naughty behavior.? Children being as innocent as they are naturally
accept the beliefs of their parents and so the child begins to believe that
there is something inherently wrong with them, that they are in fact bad and
naughty and that Santa/God is not going to come this year to punish them for
their mistakes.
Now I am not blaming the parents for as Jesus would say, ?They know not what
they are doing.? They were raised the same way; they took on the same
beliefs in their childhood from their parents and so what else is to be
expected but they pass them along to their kids. Like I was saying, no one
is to be blamed, things are the way they are, but more importantly things
can change just as quickly by taking back your power and becoming
responsible for what you really believe to be true about yourself. So
naturally the question of, ?What is wrong with me?? must be challenged.
Is there something wrong with you or are you perfect just the way you are?
The choice between heaven and hell depends on your answer to this question.
If you are perfect then you will feel good and whole and everything will be
experienced as well, but if there is something wrong with you then you will
feel bad and incomplete and everything will be experienced as if you have
fallen from grace.
Ah?that brings us to our next journey through time with the imagination.
Imagine the first time you heard about religion or went to church to learn
about God. What were you told? Perhaps it went something like this, ?You
are a sinner, you are a fallen angel, God has abandoned you, and now you
must repent and ask to be forgiven for your wrongdoings by your savior, the
only Son of God, Jesus the Christ.? There it is once again, you are being
told that something is wrong with you and if you believe it you are giving
away your power to be who you really are.
Let?s continue this journey and hop on over to your first couple of years at
school, it is not too far of a leap for church and state are not as separate
as they seem for they both teach the same message. Imagine yourself in
kindergarden cutting and pasting and coloring within the line as you rack up
those stickers in your folder that express and confirm how fantastic,
excellent, super and perfect you are doing but how long does that last? As
you continue graduating and progressing through the grades sooner or later
you are going to answer a question that you will be told is wrong. ?You are
wrong, you are incorrect, you have made a mistake? the teacher explains, and
out the window flies your 100 percentile along with your self-esteem.
Shall we continue this journey to the workforce where you are rewarded in
paper bills for doing a job right or being fired for doing a job wrong or do
you now see how much the world is hypnotized by the belief that something is
wrong?
I know the feeling that there is something wrong with you is a very deep
wound ingrained in nearly every child on this planet and can take plenty of
time to heal. However, the future is the past healed and it can only be
healed right now by using your imagination as you go back in time, and take
back your power by forgiving yourself and others for the insane belief in
being wrong or wronged. Now use your imagination and tell every individual
that has added to your wound of wrongdoings including yourself that, ?There
is nothing wrong with me so don?t even bother asking!? To focus your
attention and thoughts on the wrongdoings of others only shows that you
yourself still believe that there is something wrong with you. If you truly
believed in the innocence of your wholeness and perfection then you would
never entertain a thought about anything being wrong ever again. And I ask
you if that is not heaven then what is?
In conclusion, nobody wants to be fixed, nobody wants to be saved, nobody
wants to be healed, nobody wants to be completed, nobody wants to be
corrected, nobody wants to be made all better. All anybody ever desires is
to be treated like an equal just as they are, to love and be loved just as
they are, to accept and be accepted just as they are, to feel as one with
all just as all is. You have the power to believe whatever you choose. I
for one choose to believe that absolutely nothing is wrong with me, that I
truly am perfect and whole just the way that I am for I know that I am one
with love and that only love is real. The kingdom of heaven is truly within
and it is but waiting for you to express your understanding with everyone
that you meet by sharing with them the simple reminder that all is well,
that all is perfect and whole just as it is. By focusing your attention on
what is right the kingdom of heaven is revealed.
peace,
Mikey