Difference between revisions of "Questions to ask"
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;"When you get on board a bus or a conveyance or around other people, do not judge and evaluate them. Just watch and listen. Ask yourself: | ;"When you get on board a bus or a conveyance or around other people, do not judge and evaluate them. Just watch and listen. Ask yourself: | ||
| − | :What am I looking at here? And listen more deeply than the immediate response of your intellect. <ref name="dysp"/> | + | :What am I looking at here? And listen more deeply than the immediate response of your intellect."<ref name="dysp"/> |
;"Every day you are reinforcing your beliefs, your habits and your inclinations. | ;"Every day you are reinforcing your beliefs, your habits and your inclinations. | ||
:What are those beliefs, those habits and those inclinations? | :What are those beliefs, those habits and those inclinations? | ||
:Are you aware of them? | :Are you aware of them? | ||
| − | :Do you see how you are reinforcing your weaknesses, your distractions, your vulnerability to persuasion by others? | + | :Do you see how you are reinforcing your [[Weakness|weaknesses]], your distractions, your vulnerability to persuasion by others? |
| − | :Do you see, on a daily basis, how you keep your mind preoccupied, rarely ever aware of where you are or what is going on around you, and unaware of the guidance and the power of Knowledge within yourself?" <ref name="dysp">[http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/deepening-your-spiritual-practice Deepening Your Spiritual Practice (November 1, 2008)]</ref> | + | :Do you see, on a daily basis, how you keep your mind preoccupied, rarely ever aware of where you are or what is going on around you, and unaware of the guidance and the power of [[Knowledge]] within yourself?" <ref name="dysp">[http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/deepening-your-spiritual-practice Deepening Your Spiritual Practice (November 1, 2008)]</ref> |
;"Ask yourself: | ;"Ask yourself: | ||
| − | :What is coming for the world? | + | :What is coming for [[the world]]? |
:And what must I do to prepare?" <ref name="dysp"/> | :And what must I do to prepare?" <ref name="dysp"/> | ||
| − | ;" When listening to others talk to you, if they are presenting something important, ask yourself: | + | ;"When listening to others talk to you, if they are presenting something important, ask yourself: |
:What do I really know about this?" <ref name="dysp"/> | :What do I really know about this?" <ref name="dysp"/> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
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| + | [[Category:Four Pillars/Spiritual Development]] | ||
Revision as of 14:01, 7 February 2020
- "Whenever you are extremely upset about something, ask yourself
- Is there something I need here?
- Is there something I need to know here?
- Is there something I need to do here? Three questions." [1]
- "When you get on board a bus or a conveyance or around other people, do not judge and evaluate them. Just watch and listen. Ask yourself
- What am I looking at here? And listen more deeply than the immediate response of your intellect."[1]
- "Every day you are reinforcing your beliefs, your habits and your inclinations.
- What are those beliefs, those habits and those inclinations?
- Are you aware of them?
- Do you see how you are reinforcing your weaknesses, your distractions, your vulnerability to persuasion by others?
- Do you see, on a daily basis, how you keep your mind preoccupied, rarely ever aware of where you are or what is going on around you, and unaware of the guidance and the power of Knowledge within yourself?" [1]
- "When listening to others talk to you, if they are presenting something important, ask yourself
- What do I really know about this?" [1]