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"The deep evaluation is really an evaluation of what you are giving your life to and what you are assigning in life to be your chief influences, for every relationship represents an influence. This power of influence is very significant, but most people are not aware of it or its consequences." | "The deep evaluation is really an evaluation of what you are giving your life to and what you are assigning in life to be your chief influences, for every relationship represents an influence. This power of influence is very significant, but most people are not aware of it or its consequences." | ||
<ref>''The Great Waves of Change'', [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/great-waves-change/the-deep-evaluation Chapter 5: The Deep Evaluation]</ref> | <ref>''The Great Waves of Change'', [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/great-waves-change/the-deep-evaluation Chapter 5: The Deep Evaluation]</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Directives== | ||
| + | "Begin then with simple things. Review everything that you | ||
| + | own. Everything that you own, even insignificant things, have a | ||
| + | value to you of some kind and in a subtle way represent an | ||
| + | influence." ... "Begin, then, to clear out your life, to simplify."<ref name="gwc5"/> | ||
"It’s important to review your fundamental circumstances. Are you living in the right place? yes or no. Are you with the right people? yes or no. Is your form of work appropriate for you now at this time? yes or no. Are your hobbies or other activities appropriate and identify them each? yes or no. Write down your responses. If there are things to reconsider then ask yourself, 'Is there something I need to do about this now?' yes or no." | "It’s important to review your fundamental circumstances. Are you living in the right place? yes or no. Are you with the right people? yes or no. Is your form of work appropriate for you now at this time? yes or no. Are your hobbies or other activities appropriate and identify them each? yes or no. Write down your responses. If there are things to reconsider then ask yourself, 'Is there something I need to do about this now?' yes or no." | ||
| − | <ref>Spiritual Retreat | + | <ref>''Deepening Your Spiritual Practice '': [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-3/deepening-your-spiritual-practice/spiritual-retreat Spiritual Retreat]</ref> |
| − | "The deep evaluation is a process of discernment and release. You are discerning what is really important and releasing that which is not important. You are changing your relationship with things, with people, with places and with engagements. In so doing, you are changing, on a subtle but increasingly powerful level, your relationship with your mind and your body. Here you are gaining strength and learning to become inner-directed rather than merely being outer-directed."<ref>'' | + | "Think for a moment in terms of everything being a |
| + | relationship." ... "The next thing to consider is | ||
| + | that each of these relationships represents an influence. Each | ||
| + | influences you, and you influence them." | ||
| + | <ref name="gwc5">''The Great Waves of Change'', Chapter 5: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/great-waves-change/the-deep-evaluation The Deep Evaluation]</ref> | ||
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| + | ==A process== | ||
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| + | "As you can see, there are many questions, and these are not | ||
| + | all of them. That is why this deep evaluation takes time. It is | ||
| + | not something you do in an hour as | ||
| + | a process or an exercise. It is not | ||
| + | something you spend a weekend | ||
| + | thinking about. Instead, it is | ||
| + | something you must give yourself to | ||
| + | as one of the main priorities of your | ||
| + | life, particularly at this time."<ref name="gwc5"/> | ||
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| + | "The deep evaluation is a process of [[discernment]] and release. You are discerning what is really important and releasing that which is not important. You are changing your relationship with things, with people, with places and with engagements. In so doing, you are changing, on a subtle but increasingly powerful level, your relationship with your mind and your body. Here you are gaining strength and learning to become inner-directed rather than merely being outer-directed."<ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 2, Chapter 24: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-2/work-spiritual-growth Work]</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
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| + | [[Practices]] | ||
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| + | [[Questions to consider]] | ||
==Further Study== | ==Further Study== | ||
*''The Great Waves of Change'', [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/great-waves-change/the-deep-evaluation Chapter 5: The Deep Evaluation] | *''The Great Waves of Change'', [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/great-waves-change/the-deep-evaluation Chapter 5: The Deep Evaluation] | ||
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Revision as of 05:17, 13 December 2021
"The deep evaluation is really an evaluation of what you are giving your life to and what you are assigning in life to be your chief influences, for every relationship represents an influence. This power of influence is very significant, but most people are not aware of it or its consequences." [1]
Directives
"Begin then with simple things. Review everything that you own. Everything that you own, even insignificant things, have a value to you of some kind and in a subtle way represent an influence." ... "Begin, then, to clear out your life, to simplify."[2]
"It’s important to review your fundamental circumstances. Are you living in the right place? yes or no. Are you with the right people? yes or no. Is your form of work appropriate for you now at this time? yes or no. Are your hobbies or other activities appropriate and identify them each? yes or no. Write down your responses. If there are things to reconsider then ask yourself, 'Is there something I need to do about this now?' yes or no." [3]
"Think for a moment in terms of everything being a relationship." ... "The next thing to consider is that each of these relationships represents an influence. Each influences you, and you influence them." [2]
A process
"As you can see, there are many questions, and these are not all of them. That is why this deep evaluation takes time. It is not something you do in an hour as a process or an exercise. It is not something you spend a weekend thinking about. Instead, it is something you must give yourself to as one of the main priorities of your life, particularly at this time."[2]
"The deep evaluation is a process of discernment and release. You are discerning what is really important and releasing that which is not important. You are changing your relationship with things, with people, with places and with engagements. In so doing, you are changing, on a subtle but increasingly powerful level, your relationship with your mind and your body. Here you are gaining strength and learning to become inner-directed rather than merely being outer-directed."[4]
References
- ↑ The Great Waves of Change, Chapter 5: The Deep Evaluation
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Great Waves of Change, Chapter 5: The Deep Evaluation
- ↑ Deepening Your Spiritual Practice : Spiritual Retreat
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 2, Chapter 24: Work
See also
Further Study
- The Great Waves of Change, Chapter 5: The Deep Evaluation