How to Recreate Your Life
A long time ago, we used to sign a song that began with the words: “School days, school days, wonderful golden rule days.
Remember those infamous Three R’s? There is another set of three R’s which can help you recreate your life:” Recognize, Refute, and Reprogram.
Recognize: If we want to recreate our life, we have to start by becoming aware of what we aren’t happy with. And sometimes, it is hard to recognize. For example, think about the phrase “yeah, but?”
“Yeah, buts” are strong negative affirmations. (I am filled with glorious heath and energy — yeah, but do I feel so lousy? OR yeah, but I’ve just been diagnosed with cancer. Here’s another one: I am a money magnet, and have plenty to share and spare — yeah, but how am I going to meet my bills this month? I am one with God and all is well — yeah, but God seems to be sleeping this week!)
“When, then games” are how we trick ourselves into putting off our joy. (For example, we might say “I believe that what we give comes back to us multiplied — and when I get that new job, then I’ll start really tithing!” Another example is “I believe I a, connected with Divine Substance, and when I start getting my retirement income, then I’ll be able to have fun!)
“Mismatching words and actions” occurs when what we say and what we do don’t match. (For example, many companies have excellent Mission and Values Statements up on their walls, but the day-to-day actions of the leadership are totally opposite what these statements proclaim.)
Refute: We refute when we refuse to give any power to other people’s attitudes. (For example, There is no way your attitude will change my attitude!) We can also refuse to give power to the appearance of lack, or illness, or fear. (For example, we can say, “There is no deficiency in my experience.” OR “This perceived health challenge has no power over me.”)
The denials we are talking about do not mean the same thing as the psychological term “in denial.” According to Webster, to deny means to declare to be not true; to declare as utterly false. Denials are our ability to put our error thoughts in their proper place. Denials are a way of talking back, refusing to give power to something ‘outside’ of us that seems controlling or restrictive.
Reprogram : A denial without an affirmation is a very dangerous thing! So we must fill the vacuum created by denials with powerful affirmations what we know to be truth. In the Gospel of Luke 11:24-26, Jesus tells the parable of the man who was cleansed of an evil spirit. However, the spirit returned, finding the “house” swept clean, and so it moved back in, with seven of its buddies, more wicked than he. This reminds us of how important it is to reaffirm our beliefs and reprogram our thinking, by following up denials with powerful affirmations!
According to Emilie Cady, in Lessons in Truth, “to affirm anything is to assert positively that it is so, even in the face of all contrary evidence. Deny the appearance of evil; affirm good. Deny weakness; affirm strength. Deny any undesirable condition, and affirm the good you desire.”
The key is to affirm with power - with faith! When you use a Definitely Maybe approach, you are simply wishing. When you affirm from the strength of your Christ consciousness, you are speaking with a voice of faith and strength!
When our granddaughter graduated from the pre-Brownies group, Daisies, the leaders celebrated the event by giving each girl an album filled with pictures capturing the events they had participated in. One of the pictures showed the girls lying on the ground, in front of a fire truck. Above the photo were the words “Stop, Drop, Roll.” Our granddaughter proudly told us that it was a phrase the firefighters used to remind a person what to do if they ever caught on fire: Stop, Drop, Roll.
It connected with us as a reinforcement of these 3 R’s: STOP — Recognize the “sort of-kind of’s” that dilute your spiritual growth and happiness; DROP — Release thoughts and actions that are out of sync with Truth by denying their power; and ROLL — Reaffirm the transformative power of the beliefs, the Truths, of spiritual principles! Make the 3 R’s a regular part of your life, so you change your “sort of-kind of” into ‘”Absolutely Positively!”.
