1. Listen to your body's wisdom, which expresses itself through signals of comfort
and discomfort. When choosing a certain behavior, ask your body, "How do you feel
about this?" If your body sends a signal of physical or emotional distress, watch out
If your body sends a signal of comfort and eagerness, proceed
2. Live in the present, for it is the only moment you have. Keep your attention on
what is here and now look for the fullness in every moment. Accept what comes to you
totally and compeltely so that you can appreciate it, learn from it, and then let it go.
This moment is as it is because the universe is as it is. Don't struggle against the
infinite scheme off things instead, be at one with it
3. Take time to be silent meditate, and quiet the internal dialogue. In moments of
silence realize that you are recontacting your source of pure awareness Pay attention to
your inner life so that you can be guided by intuition rather than by externally imposed
interpretations of what is or isn't good for you
4. Relinquish your need for external approval. You alone are the judge of your
worth, and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else
thinks. There is great freedom in this realization
5. When you find yourself reacting with anger or opposition to any person or
circumstance, realize that you are only struggling with yourself. Putting up resistance is
the response of defenses created by old hurts. When you relinquish this anger, you will be
healing yourself and cooperating with the flow of the Universe
6. Know that the world "out there" reflects your reality "in
here." The people you react to most strongly, whether with love or hate, are
projections of your inner world. Use the mirror of relationships to guide your evolution.
The goal is total self-knowledge. When you achieve that, what you most want will
automatically be there, and what you most dislike will disappear
7. Shed the burden of judgment you will feel much, lighter. Judgment imposes right
and wrong on situations that just are. Everything can be understood and forgiven, but when
you judge, you cut off understanding and shut down the process of learning to love. In
judging others, you reflect your lack of self-acceptance. Remember that every person you
forgive adds to your self-love
8. Don't contaminate your body with toxins, whether through food, drink, or toxic
emotions. Your body is more than a life-support system. It is the vehicle that will carry
you on the journey of your evolution. The health of every cell directly contributes to
your state of well-being, because every cell is a point of awareness within the field of
awareness that is you
9. Replace fear-motivated behavior with love-motivated behavior. Fear is the
product of memory, which dwells in the past. Remembering what hurt us before, we direct
our energies toward making certain that an old hurt will not repeat itself. But trying to
impose the past on the present will never wipe out the threat of being hurt. That happens
only when you find the security of your own being, which is love. Motivated by the truth
inside you, you can face any threat, because your inner strength is invulnerable to fear.
10. Understand that the physical world is a mirror of deeper intelligence.
Intelligence is the invisible organizer of all matter and energy, and because a portion of
this intelligence resides in you, you share in the organizing power of the cosmos. Living
in balance and purity is the highest good for you and the earth
Life is a creative enterprise. It has many levels of creation, and therefore many
levels of possible mastery. To be completely loving, nonjudgmental, and self-accepting is
an exalted goal, but the important thing is to work from a concept of wholeness-active
mastery means handling the whole of life.