Day 183: Four Teachers, One Message

Something very interesting happened this morning with my reading.

It was like each passage I read was contributing a piece of a story.

Louise Hay said, I give myself permission to be all that I can be, and I deserve the very best in life.

The Teachings of Abraham said to remember the Law of Attraction is always fair and what comes to us is in response to the level of vibrational energy we are putting out, based on our thoughts.

A Course in Miracles said that anytime we question our value, we need only remind ourselves that creation is incomplete without us.

And Wayne Dyer offered something more challenging.

He asked several questions including:

Are you willing to internalize radical new ideas that require a shift in your concept of yourself?

Can you imagine that you can eschew ego's limiting demands that are keeping you stuck at an ordinary level of consciousness?

In other words, can you approach the questions of "Who am I?" with complete unknowing?

That's a big ask from Wayne, even for me after moving toward the ability to approach things with an empty mind for more than 50 years now.

So when I read that, my first thought was, who can honestly answer those questions with a yes?

Because it's nearly impossible for mere mortals to do.

That's the whole reason I created Change One Thing, Change Your Life 26 years ago. I wanted to do the opposite of what this is asking of you. To give you a way to make small shifts in a unique way that doesn't challenge the ego mind or get it involved at all.

Instead of spending a lifetime and maybe making little progress because your ego mind has a strong grip on you with its job of keeping you safe at all costs.

COT allows you to start your day with 10-15 minutes of reflection and asking a couple of questions that are thought provoking, but in a non-confrontational way. The questions work as a gentle opening for possibility and for your higher self to speak to you.

So, on this occasion, I have to disagree with what my first and biggest mentors philosophy.

I don't believe you have to go to that extreme to discover who you really are.

And luckily the other 3 passages give us a much gentler, happier outlook.

But, to be able to live what they talk about in their thoughts for today, you have to be at least on the road to getting out of the clutches of the ego mind and finding a way to release yourself from the stuckness of choosing safety and things feeling familiar.

I would encourage you to take a look at COT here, if this speaks to you. https://thetruththreshold.com/cot

Then, when you read Louise's affirmation of I give myself permission to be all that I can be, and I deserve the very best in life, you will feel your heart open and feel a lightness that wasn't there a minute ago, knowing that, yes, this is possible for you.

That's what I realized as I sat with all four of these messages this morning.

They aren't actually disagreeing with one another. They're describing different points along the same journey.

Wayne is talking about the destination.

Louise is speaking to the heart.

Abraham is explaining the mechanics.

ACIM delivers us back to kindness and grace.

And Change One Thing is simply offering a bridge.

I created that bridge, almost as your own personal internal AI, to help you gain direct access to your inner most being.

Because most of us don't wake up one morning ready to release everything we think we know about ourselves.

Most of us arrive there one small realization at a time. One new thought, one new perspective. One tiny shift that opens a door that wasn't open yesterday.

When I first learned about manifesting in my early twenties, it felt like magic. I changed my thinking about myself and the world and the things I wanted showed up.

That's how transformation has always happened for me.

Not through force, struggle, or trying to become someone else.

It's come through a willingness to become a little more of who I already am every day.

And that's the real invitation.

Not to completely reinvent yourself overnight.

Not to fight your ego.

Not to become enlightened before lunch.

Just to create enough space for a new possibility to enter.

Because the moment you begin questioning an old limitation, you have already started changing.

The moment you become willing to see yourself differently, the door begins to open.

And the moment you give yourself permission to believe that you are worthy of the very best life has to offer... everything else becomes possible.

One new thought.

One insight.

One Truth Threshold at a time.

Today's Gentle Practice

Take a moment today and notice one belief you hold about yourself that you've carried for a long time.

Maybe it's something you've never questioned.

Maybe it's something that feels so familiar you've mistaken it for truth.

Now gently ask:

Is this actually true or is it simply a story I've been telling myself?

You don't need to replace it.

You don't need to fix it.

Just create a little space around it.

Sometimes the smallest opening is all that's needed for a new possibility to enter.

With you,

Lynn