The Tools: 5 Tools to Help You Find Courage, Creativity, and Willpower--and Inspire You to Live Life in Forward Motion
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The Force of Forward Motion only works in an individual if she consciously chooses to use it—and accepts the pain that comes with it.
Christina Ducruet added 1mo ago
So it’s when you’re expressing yourself that you’re most in harmony with the universe.
Christina Ducruet added 1mo ago
In fact, the ancients saw self-expression as the fundamental quality of the universe. In Genesis, God is portrayed as a self-expressive being. God says let there be light, and light is created.
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A few rare individuals refuse to live limited lives. They drive through tremendous amounts of pain—from rejections and failures to shorter moments of embarrassment and anxiety. They also handle the small, tedious pain required for personal discipline, forcing themselves to do things we all know we should do but don’t—like exercising, eating right,
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To make sense out of this, I had to expand my focus beyond the tools themselves and take a closer look at the higher forces they were releasing. I’d seen these forces at work before. So have you—every human being has experienced them. They have a hidden, unexpected power that lets us do things we usually think of as impossible. But, for most people
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When you’re in a self-righteous rage, it feels like you shouldn’t send love to the person who put you in that state. Usually, we think of love in a moralistic or religious context; we try to be loving because it’s the “right” thing to do.
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Attributing human qualities to the Source triggers emotions in us that make the relationship feel real. All religions, in their own way, personify the divine to reach the same end.
Christina Ducruet added 1mo ago
On the other hand, there is a large group of people who have spiritual inclinations but don’t connect easily to organized religion. For them, the concept of the Source gives a name to an experience they’ve already had but might not have defined: the sense that everything is given by a beneficent universe. This new focus deepens their sense of grate
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But for it to be really lasting, the connection has to be ongoing—which means you have to keep working on it. This is counterintuitive. Normally we envision peace of mind as a resting state. But that isn’t peace, it’s passivity. Because it requires constant work to stay connected to the Source—peace of mind is an active state.
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